Gold prices are expected to stay strong and may come close to historic highs in the coming week as market participants monitor crucial US data, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech and the RBI’s policy announcement, according to analysts.“Gold moves out of the consolidation range as investors focus on the manufacturing and services PMI data…
The week could prove pivotal for markets, including bitcoin BTC$73,685.87, with the U.S. Federal Reserve among seven major central banks set to announce interest-rate decisions while war-driven oil price gains threaten to reignite inflation in the global economy. Most of the central banks are expected to keep interest rates steady, but hawkish comments from policymakers,…
Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. Bitcoin’s slide into the low 90s has forced prediction markets into…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police‘s preliminary investigation into the alleged leak of a pre-print copy of ‘Four Stars of Destiny’, the unpublished memoir of former Army chief Gen MM Naravane (retd), suggests it was not the handiwork of a suspected whistleblower but a coordinated effort to bypass clearance by the ministry of defence, an official said…
Image created with help of AI Driving the newsThe Donald Trump administration’s 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) doesn’t just chart a course-it redraws the map. Released quietly at night, the 29-page document abandons decades of bipartisan foreign-policy orthodoxy in favor of a singular, transactional view of global power-and puts India at the crossroads.In this Trumpian…
More progress was made but no compromise deal has yet emerged after a meeting hosted by the White House on Thursday to bring crypto insiders and bankers to the table again on U.S. digital assets legislation, according to crypto insiders who attended. “Today’s constructive meeting at the White House reflects the importance of focused working…
India has deplored the attack on the Thai-flagged cargo ship, Mayuree Naree, in the Strait of Hormuz, while confirming the ship was bound for Kandla port, Gujarat. It condemned the commercial ship being made a target amid the ongoing conflict.The ministry of external affairs, in a statement, said that targeting the Thai cargo ship and…
Thieves allegedly broke into 22 lockers at Sangli District Central Cooperative Bank’s Zare branch in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur and decamped with ornaments kept in safety lockers, police said. The theft was discovered when the bank opened Thursday. “Thieves cut the bars of a window using a gas cutter. The locks were broken using a gas cutter….
Himanta Biswa Sarma, Gaurav Gogoi NEW DELHI: The Assam cabinet on Saturday decided to refer the case linked to Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s alleged Pakistan connections to the ministry of home affairs, with chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma saying the matter involves national security and cannot be probed further by state agencies.The decision came as…
MUMBAI: RBI deputy governor Poonam Gupta has responded to recent IMF comments questioning the quality of India’s growth data and classifying the rupee’s exchange rate regime as a “crawling peg” within a managed float system.On the concern regarding data quality, Gupta said that the IMF’s critique is more procedural than substantive. “The point that they’re…
