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Silver halted its four-day rising trend and declined by Rs 65 to Rs 41,000 per kg.
Ahead of the meeting of jewellers with Gandhi, the Congress had asked the government to look into the demands of jewellers, who have been agitating for more than 20 days.
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The rally in the equity markets in the second half of 2023 has led to a sharp surge in the cutoff for stocks to qualify as largecaps and midcaps. On the latest list put out by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi), the smallest largecap stock now has a market capitalisation (m-cap) of Rs 67,000 crore, 35 per cent higher than in July 2023. In the case of midcaps, the cutoff has surged 26 per cent to Rs 22,000 crore.
Manjummel Boys is a largely conventional, commercial movie. But given the rather curvy observations that do stay intact in the film, Rohit Sathish is tempted to think what an even braver, more ambitious film would have done.
In Dubai, A Ganesh Nadar encountered high speeds on smooth-as-silk-roads, no bureaucracy, gold, Mr Toad's. And snow!
They would intensify the protest if their concerns are not addressed in the Budget.
The biggest bullion-importing bank in India plans to team up with jewellers for the first time to offer a gold deposit scheme, hoping ease of access and attractive interest rates will tempt people to part with their jewellery and relieve tight supplies.
'The temple's construction is the result of collective wisdom of some of the best brains in the country. Water and sacred soil from almost all pilgrimage sites in India, including Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kailash Mansarovar, Prayags (there are seven Prayags) and all 'puris' (seven holy towns in India, besides Ayodhya) have been used in the making of the temple'
Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has urged the government to reduce import duty on gold to 4 per cent from 7.5 per cent and a special package for the sector in the forthcoming Budget to boost shipments. As part of its pre-Budget recommendations, the council has also suggested a reduction in the import duty on cut and polished diamonds; cut and polished precious and semi-precious gemstones from 7.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent. "If (gold) imported at 4 per cent duty rate....working capital amounting to Rs 225 crore would be blocked instead of Rs 500 crore," the council said in a statement.
Two of the arrested members of the terror group Indian Mujahideen from Pune have told their interrogators that they were planning to abduct a builder and jeweller to generate funds, a police official said. "The duo had decided to conduct the kidnappings to generate funds for their other terror activities," a senior crime branch official said.
Silver followed suit and advanced by Rs 50 to Rs 33,750 per kg.
Some are eying the competitive markets abroad.
Only 21 tonnes of gold have been mobilised in the last eight years under the gold monetisation scheme (GMS) which was announced by the Government of India in November 2015. This could be considered as a failure as the scheme has undergone several changes with a revamped GMS announced in April 2021 to improve collections. This figure was released by the World Gold Council (WGC) on Wednesday in its report titled 'Gold Investment Market and Financialisation, in India gold market series'.
According to industry experts, individual entrepreneurs are uniting to offer a uniform retail experience.
More than half a dozen companies will hit the market with their initial public offerings (IPOs) between now and the end of next week. The cumulative amount raised from these IPOs is expected to be around Rs 8,000 crore. Stationery products firm DOMS Industries and home financier India Shelter Finance's IPOs - of Rs 1,200 crore each - got off to a flying start on Wednesday (December 13), with the former garnering over six times the subscription and the latter getting 1.5 times subscribed.
The IPO boom in 2023 added four new promoters to the billionaires' list.
Future Retail, once the crown jewel of Kishore Biyani-led Future Group, is now heading for liquidation as its lenders could not get any reasonable buyer of the debt-ridden firm. As the Committee of Creditors (CoC) rejected the sole resolution plan submitted by Space Mantra after four extensions in the deadline to complete the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP), the RP of the company has now approached NCLT to initiate liquidation of Future Retail (FRL). "The resolution plan submitted by Space Mantra Private has not been approved by CoC of FRL, kindly note that, the Resolution Professional (RP) has filed an application, before the National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, for initiation of liquidation of FRL," said a regulatory filing from FRL.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is headed for a big win in the Uttar Pradesh legislative council polls, bagging Barabanki and Ayodhya and leading in several other places. But it lost Varanasi to an Independent candidate.
Diwali always means special for the theatrical business in India.
Priyanka Chopra rocked her Met Gala look once again, and made a gorgeous picture next to her husband Nick Jonas.
Gold, silver shine in Diwali trade on jewellers buying
'To all members of media, I have sentiments attached with my high-jeweled crocodile masterpiece necklace.'
Protesters briefly interrupted play on the third day of Wimbledon, releasing orange ticker-tape mixed with jigsaw puzzle pieces on Court 18.
Globally, in Singapore, gold traded a tad higher at USD 1,182.22 an ounce, from $1,182.01 on Thursday.
As the stage gets set for the coronation of King Charles III and some monarchy gazing, the India connect over the centuries glimmers faintly through pages of colonial history.
Silver regained the Rs 35,000 per kg mark by gaining Rs 660.
He was also the first to be booked under the stringent Anti-Hijacking Act which had replaced the vintage law of 1982.
Priyanka Chopra looked like a dream at the New York premiere of her new film, Love Again.
In the overseas markets, which normally sets price trend on the domestic front, gold traded a shade higher by 0.05 per cent to $1,319 an ounce and silver by 0.14 per cent to $20.93 an ounce in New York in Tuesday's trade.
'There are multiple ups and downs.' 'You should be able to withstand all that.' 'You need to have the temperament to run a marathon.'
'She has lived through a lot,' close friend Asha Parekh revealed to Subhash K Jha.
'The othering of religious groups inevitably leads to violence.' 'It is sadly a narrative that has echoed through the centuries since man first discovered God.'
Silver also surged by Rs 1,050 to Rs 35,500 per kg on increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers.
Silver advanced by Rs 150 to Rs 34,200 per kg on increased offtake.
Former Test cricketer Chetan Chauhan paid rich tribute to Sachin Tendulkar on scoring his 50th hundred in Test hundred on Sunday, terming him a jewel and a genius.
Disha attends a fashion show... Huma takes a selfie... Prajakta goes to San Francisco...
Silver followed suit and traded higher by Rs 200 at Rs 34,200/kg.
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