OCTOBER 15, 2018
NEW DELHI - Gold prices today rebounded by Rs 200 to Rs 32,250 per 10 grams, tracking gains in overseas markets amid fresh buying by local jewellers.
In Delhi, gold of 99.9% and 99.5% purity rebounded by Rs 200 each to Rs 32,250 and Rs 32,100 per 10 grams, respectively, Press Trust of India reported. Gold prices had...
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Image of "The Republican Club" courtesy of Andy Thomas
President Donald Trump liked a painting of him having drinks with Abraham Lincoln, Richard Nixon and Teddy Roosevelt so much that he called the artist on the phone and then put a print of it in the White House.
Called “The Republican Club,” the print of 10 Republican...
OCTOBER 14, 2018
Property And Leisure In Saudia Arabia's Eastern City. - Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
Saudi Arabia signaled on Sunday it may use its clout in the world economy to retaliate against any punitive measures, in an apparent reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to punish the world’s largest oil-exporter over the disappearance of a government critic.
“The kingdom emphasizes that...
OCTOBER 14, 2018
The RBI has asked all system providers to ensure that the entire data relating to payment systems operated by them are stored in systems only in India. Photo: Mint
New Delhi: Two US senators have called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to soften India’s stance on data localization, warning that measures requiring it represent “key trade barriers” between...
OCTOBER 14, 2018
Brief Scorecard: India 367 (Pant 92, Rahane 80, Shaw 70, Holder 5-56) and 75 for 0 beat West Indies 311 (Chase 106, Holder 52, Umesh 6-88) and 127 (Ambris 38, Hope 28, Umesh 4-45) by 10 wickets
HYDERABAD - Another West Indies Test in India, another three-day finish. By the end of it, it seems scarcely believable that...
OCTOBER 14, 2018
Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks to staff at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on July 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Wheeler will replace Scott Pruitt who resigned last week. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has appointed five new members of an independent committee that...
OCTOBER 14, 2018
A protest in Nashville in May against a new Tennessee law prohibiting “sanctuary city” policies. - Drew Angerer/Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Not long ago, as heart-rending images of migrant children separated from their parents at the border filled the airwaves, the issue of immigration seemed to be losing some of its potency as a weapon for Republicans...
OCTOBER 14, 2018
Stephen Hawking: ‘Some people won’t be able to resist the temptation to improve human characteristics.’
The late physicist and author Prof Stephen Hawking has sparked controversy by suggesting a new race of superhumans could develop from wealthy people choosing to edit their own and their children’s DNA.
Hawking, the author of A Brief History of Time, who died...
OCTOBER 13, 2018
Jared Kushner, first down the steps of Air Force One, probably avoided paying federal income taxes via his family’s real estate investments.
Over the past decade, Jared Kushner’s family company has spent billions of dollars buying real estate. His personal stock investments have soared. His net worth has quintupled to almost $324 million.
And yet, for several...
OCTOBER 13, 2018
Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi recorded audio on his Apple watch of the moments he was allegedly interrogated, tortured and then killed, according to reports.
He has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul over a week ago after apparently giving his fiancee his iPhone, which the watch was synced with.
Turkish officials have said...
