Gold, silver at multi-year lows on overseas cues
NEW DELHI: Gold and silver prices slumped to their multi-year lows to trade at Rs 25,800 per 10 grams and Rs 34,900 per kg, respectively in the national capital today amid weak cues from global markets as strengthening dollar curbed demand for the precious metals. In addition, absence of buying by... read more »
US-led air strikes hit Qaida branch in Syria: Monitor
BEIRUT: US-led coalition air strikes hit al-Qaida’s Syrian branch overnight, expanding the raids to jihadists outside the Islamic State group for only the second time, a monitoring group said on Thursday. The strikes against Al-Nusra Front in northwestern Syria killed several jihadists as... read more »
Hope to make India power surplus by 2019: Piyush Goyal
NEW DELHI: The government is working towards making India a power surplus country by 2019, minister of state for power, coal and renewable energy Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. He said that ensuring the availability of power on a 24×7 basis was one of the most pressing challenges the Narendra... read more »
Airtel to woo data users through free internet
NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel, the country’s biggest telecom operator, is set to offer free internet to subscribers for trial as the company looks to convert more users into ‘internet users’ to push up revenues and profits. Data is gradually turning out to be the cash-cow of mobile... read more »
