Gold futures gain 0.15% on firm global cues
NEW DELHI: Gold prices increased by 0.15 per cent to Rs 25,796 per 10 grams in futures trading today as speculators enlarged positions amid a better trend overseas. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for delivery in June rose by Rs 40, or 0.15 per cent, to Rs 25,796 per 10 grams in a business... read more »
Railway platform ticket to cost Rs.10 from April 1
The railway platform ticket is going to be costlier – Rs.10 – from April 1. “The rate of platform ticket will be increased from Rs.5 to Rs.10 per per person from April, 2015,” said a senior Railway Ministry official. The official said the Divisional Railway Managers (DRM)... read more »
Indonesia to call off search for AirAsia crash victims
Jakarta: Indonesia will on Sunday end a search for the bodies of 56 people missing from an AirAsia jet that crashed in the Java Sea in December, a national rescue agency official said. AirAsia flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control during bad weather less than halfway into a two-hour... read more »
Syria claims to have brought down US drone
A US predator drone went down over Syrian territory but it is unclear whether it was shot down as claimed by the country’s government or suffered from a malfunction. “Syrian air defences brought down a hostile US surveillance plane in northern Latakia,” the country’s state news agency Sana... read more »
