Bullion hits new highs: It was a shiny session for precious metals on Friday, with gold and silver scaling fresh lifetime highs as investors rushed to the safety of bullion amid expectations of US interest rate cuts and rising global tensions.Silver led the rally, extending gains for a fifth straight session. On the Multi Commodity…
Whenever global risks rise, investors seek assets that preserve value, and bullion has historically played that role well. (AI image) Gold and silver dazzled investors in 2025. Gold prices surged close to 80% while silver outshone all asset classes with gains of nearly 150%. Such spectacular returns naturally lead to the question: should one load…
One of the most successful exports is the BrahMos missile. (File photo of BrahMos) By Pawan Khatter For the defence sector, 2025 is the Year of Reforms with various goals, one of which is the focus on new domains such as cyber and space, AI, ML, hypersonics and robotics. 2025 saw several feats in these…
You don’t look at your portfolio like a long-term investor; you look at it like a daily scorecard. (AI image) “‘If I know markets go up in the long run, why do short-term losses bother me so much?’This is one of the most honest questions an investor can ask.On paper, you know the logic. You’ve…
Asian markets inched higher on Friday amid holiday-thinned trading, with several exchanges remaining closed for the Boxing Day holiday. Regional stocks extended gains after Wall Street ended the week at record highs, while most global markets were shut on Thursday for Christmas.Markets in Tokyo, Shanghai, Seoul and Taipei all posted gains. Japan’s Topix climbed to…
Stock market today (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark Indies, opened in red on Friday on lacklustre global and domestic cues. While Nifty50 was just above 26,100, BSE Sensex was down over 140 points. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 26,101.30, down 41 points or 0.16%. BSE…
The Japanese government on Friday approved a record budget for the upcoming fiscal year, to pay for everything from bigger defence spending to ballooning social security costs as inflation persists.The 122.3-trillion-yen ($782 billion) budget for the fiscal year from April 2026 will include some nine trillion yen for defence spending, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi…
MUMBAI: Never mind Delhi’s winter or Mumbai’s traffic, Indians are feasting this festive season and raising a toast to the last few days of the year. There has been a rush of advance bookings at several restaurants, with seats at some of the eateries totally sold out for Christmas and New Year’s eve. After a…
NEW DELHI: India faces a lower risk of AI-driven disruption to cognitive jobs compared to Western economies, IT secretary S Krishnan has said, citing the country’s relatively lower proportion of white-collar roles in the overall workforce, and highlighted that the dominance of Stem-based employment can yield newer opportunities.Krishnan said AI’s real impact will come from…
NEW DELHI: India’s petrol pump network has crossed the 1,00,000-mark, doubling since 2015 as state-owned fuel retailers aggressively expanded outlets to defend market share and push fuel access deeper into rural and highway corridors amid a sustained boom in vehicle ownership. At the end of November, the country had 1,00,266 pumps — the third largest…