AUGUST 22, 2025
Odisha Gold Mines
Odisha has emerged as a potential new hub for gold mining following confirmed discoveries of gold reserves in multiple districts. The Geological Survey of India identified these during recent mineral exploration projects, prompting immediate interest in mining and auction strategy.
Gold deposits have been confirmed in Deogarh (Adasa-Rampalli), Sundargarh, Nabarangpur, Keonjhar, Angul, and Koraput, and exploratory...
AUGUST 22, 2025
China cuts ties with the global internet for 60 minutes.
On August 20, 2025, for about 60 minutes, China’s internet was disconnected from the global web, leaving experts and users confused. Activist group Great Firewall Report spotted the outage. They said it stopped all traffic to TCP port 443, which is the standard port for HTTPS websites.
The group...
AUGUST 18, 2025
Protesters clash with riot police during a demonstration in the center of Athens on February 24, 2010. Greece ground to a halt on February 24 as unions staged a one-day general strike and thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest austerity measures designed to tame a public debt crisis. Schools, government offices and courthouses were...
AUGUST 14, 2025
Timeless Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita
In the silent corners of the mind, where thoughts multiply like wildfire, overthinking often becomes our greatest enemy. It creeps in quietly — turning small worries into overwhelming anxieties and robbing us of clarity, peace, and sleep. Accompanying it are negative thoughts — about ourselves, others, and our future — that cloud...
AUGUST 9, 2025
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on at a press conference during a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Kyiv, June, 28, 2025. Zelenskyy rejected territorial concessions to Russia as part of a peace deal in a video released Aug. 9. - Thomas Peter, REUTERS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected territorial concessions to Russia as part of a peace deal, speaking...
AUGUST 9, 2025
Semiconductor chips are seen on a circuit board of a computer in this illustration picture taken Feb. 25, 2022. - Florence Lo, Reuters
President Donald Trump plans to impose a 100% tariff on imported computer chips, a move experts warn could compel companies to pull back on production or hike prices.
Details remain murky, and the inflationary pressures likely won't be as...
AUGUST 9, 2025
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds an executive order about tariffs increase, flanked by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025. REUTERS/File Photo
President Donald Trump’s tariff policy has been described by the president as a tool to address the United States’ trade deficits...
AUGUST 8, 2025
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan says he's “always operated within the highest legal and ethical standards” after President Donald Trump said he should resign.
On Thursday Trump said on Truth Social platform that, “The CEO of Intel is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately. There is no other solution to this problem. Thank you for your attention...
AUGUST 8, 2025
Gold’s rally is also driven by concerns over the global economic outlook. - DENIS BALIBOUSE/REUTERS
Gold climbed to a fresh record high on Friday after a U.S. government agency clarified that import tariffs would apply to one-kilo gold bars, sparking turmoil in the global bullion market.
In afternoon trade in Europe, futures rose 1% to $3,488.90 a troy ounce after...
AUGUST 6, 2025
A cautionary message emerged from ex‑Google executive Mo Gawdat, who warned on the Diary of a CEO podcast that artificial intelligence (AI) would soon devastate middle‑class livelihoods. He forecast that AI-powered automation would eliminate professions across the board — from software engineers and chief executives to podcasters — with the upheaval beginning as early as 2027, a...
