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In India, domestic gold prices rose to a record 86,592 rupees per 10 grams last week. File photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS India’s gold imports are set to tumble 85% in February from year ago levels to their lowest in 20 years, with demand sapped by record prices for the precious metal, a government official and three bank dealers told Reuters.Lower gold imports could help India narrow its trade deficit and support the rupee that is trading near record low against the dollar. India is the world’s second biggest consumer of the precious metal.”Banks and jewellers have cleared a very…
Prajakta Koli and Vishank Khanal during their ‘haldi’ ceremony. | Photo Credit: @mostlysane/Instagram Actor Prajakta Koli and boyfriend Vrishank Khanal are set to marry on February 25, 2025. The two looked stylish in their haldi ceremony in Karjat, Maharashtra.Prajakta, known for her performance in Mismatched, took to social media topost pictures from the ceremony. Twinning in matching outfits, Prajakta wore an off-shoulder ivory suit with jewellery while Khanal, a lawyer, appeared stylish in a kurta and pyjama.The couple has been together since before Prajakta’s rise to fame. On the work front, Prajakta was recently seen in season 3 of her…
An image of a young entrepreneur, Mr Chand, appears in a video. He looks confused as he wants to know ‘How to deduct and pay TDS’. A veteran chartered accountant hand-holds him through the process in a five-minute video. Chand is beaming at the end of it. “Running a business without the basics of accounts, is akin to driving without GPS or speedometer. If your destination is Chennai, you might just end up in Mumbai,” says CA Prabu Kesavan, co-founder and chief mentor of Accopedia School of Accounting & Finance or A-School, adding that the basics of accounting, finance, and taxation are prerequisites for business people.…
Actor Jyotika, who is gearing up for the release of Dabba Cartel, has opened up about parenting and managing stardom with her husband and actor Suriya. Dabba Cartel, a crime comedy, also stars Shabana Azmi, Gajraj Rao and Nimisha Sajayan.Talking to Screen, Jyotika said that in a bid to provide a smooth and normal childhood for their children, the two actors leave their stardom outside the door. Dabba Cartel is directed by Hitesh Bhatia and written by Vishnu Menon and Bhavna Kher. “I guess we leave the superstardom outside the door when we enter home,” she told Screen. “At home,…
Representational image of oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia June 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Manzyuk/File Photo | Photo Credit: Reuters India, the world’s third largest oil consuming and importing nation, bought crude oil worth €49 billion from Russia in the third year of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, a global think tank said. India, which has traditionally sourced its oil from the Middle East, began importing a large volume of oil from Russia soon after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. This is primarily because Russian oil was available at a significant discount to other international…
Sometime in the year 1996, Nasir Shaikh, a video parlour proprietor and movie buff in Malegaon, a small city near Nashik in Maharashtra, embarked on a grand mission. Marshalling a ragtag team of friends, he began directing a series of delirious spoofs of classic films, rigging a camcorder on the rear of a bicycle to use as a dolly mount. The films — doubly entertaining for being made on the cheap — spawned a local cottage industry, colloquially known as Mollywood. A ₹50,000 investment (typically loaned by family and friends) would fetch Shaikh a return of ₹2 lakh: a 300%…
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani speaks at the Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment & Infrastructure Summit 2025 in Guwahati on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: NarendraModi/YT Reliance Industries will invest ₹50,000 crore across five different verticals in Assam over the next five years, its chairman Mukesh Ambani said on Tuesday (February 25, 2025).Speaking at the ‘Advantage Assam’ business summit, Mr. Ambani said the money will be invested to make Assam technology and AI ready.”At the 2018 investment summit, I announced an investment of ₹5,000 crore. Since then, the investments have crossed ₹12,000 crore. This amount will quadruple and we…
Rashme hegde | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Shankaraa Foundation, on Kanakapura Road, is organising Spasibo Shankaraa- A Tribute, a cultural collaboration between maestros from India and Russia. It is an artistic confluence to express reverence to Shiva through music and dance, says Rashme Hegde Gopi, who founded the Shankaraa Foundation in 2002 as a tribute to all forms of creative expression. “It extends an open-hearted welcome to artists and artisans from different streams of life,” says Rashme. “The space also facilitates cross-cultural and interdisciplinary interactions. ” Tatiana Nazarova and Eleonora Petrova | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Spasibo, Rashme says means…
Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani speaks at the Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment & Infrastructure Summit 2025 in Guwahati on Tuesday (February 25, 2025),. | Photo Credit: NarendraModi/YT Adani Group chief Gautam Adani on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) said his conglomerate will invest ₹50,000 crore across various sectors in Assam.Addressing the inaugural function of the Advantage Assam summit here, he said the group is committed to investing more in the future for the development of the State and the northeastern region.”We are eager to be a part of the progress story of Assam. We will invest ₹50,000 crore in Assam,” he…
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Reuters Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) said it began commercial production at its Kharkhoda facility in Haryana in 30 months from the time of ground breaking.The foundation stone, for this facility, was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August 2022, virtually.To begin with, the Kharkhoda facility will have an annual production capacity of 250,000 units and produce the compact SUV Brezza, the company said in a statement.With this, MSIL, including Suzuki Motor Gujarat Private Ltd, its wholly owned subsidiary, will have a total annual production capability of…