Gold rallies Rs 446; silver zooms Rs 888

New Delhi: Gold prices in the national capital rallied by Rs 446 to Rs 46,460 per 10 grams on Tuesday, with recovery in global precious metal prices and rupee depreciation, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had ended at Rs 46,014 per 10 grams. Silver also gained Rs 888 to […]

Indian men’s basketball team to play in Asia Cup qualifiers

MUMBAI: The Indian men’s basketball team is in with a good chance to qualify for next year’s FIBA Asia Cup as it takes on Saudi Arabia and Palestine in the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday and Saturday. Five teams that finished third in their respective groups first qualifying round — […]

Global markets lower amid China, Afghanistan unease

Global markets lower amid China, Afghanistan unease

Beijing : Global stock markets and Wall Street futures sank Tuesday amid turmoil in Afghanistan and unease about China’s economic outlook after weak July activity. Investors looked ahead to a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for an update on the health of the biggest global economy. Traders also awaited U.S. retail sales and […]

Facebook bans Taliban supporting content: report

Facebook bans Taliban supporting content: report

London: Social media giant Facebook has said that it has banned the Taliban and all content supporting it from its platforms as it considers the group to be a terrorist organisation, according to a media report. The company says it has a dedicated team of Afghan experts to monitor and remove content linked to the insurgent […]

China asks US to lower frictions, ban ETIM for cooperation to stabilise Afghanistan

Beijing:  China on Tuesday asked the US to tone down frictions, re-impose the ban on Xinjiang’s Uygur militant group — the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) — for cooperation to stabilise Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power in Kabul. Taliban insurgents swept Kabul on Sunday after the US-backed Afghan government collapsed and President Ashraf Ghani […]

Pegasus row: SC issues notice to Centre, says govt need not disclose anything which compromises national security

Pegasus row: SC issues notice to Centre, says govt need not disclose anything which compromises national security

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the Centre on a batch of pleas seeking independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter, making it clear that it did not want the government to disclose anything which might compromise national security. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said this after […]

Afghan crisis: India brings back its diplomats, officials from Kabul

New Delhi: India on Tuesday brought back home the Indian ambassador and its staff at the embassy in Kabul in a heavy-lift military transport aircraft in view of the deteriorating security situation in the Afghan capital, two days after its take over by the Taliban, people familiar with the development said. The C-17 aircraft of the […]

India to face arch rivals Pakistan in T20 World Cup opener

India to face arch rivals Pakistan in T20 World Cup opener

Dubai:  India will clash with arch-rivals Pakistan in their ICC T20 World Cup opener on October 24 in Dubai, the ICC announced on Tuesday. As per the schedule announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC), India’s next opponent will be New Zealand on October 31 in Dubai, followed by a match against Afghanistan in Abu […]