(LiveMint) Gold prices in India today struggled for gains today after hitting a record high in the previous session. On MCX, August gold futures were flat at ₹48,730 per 10 gram while silver futures were up 0.12% to ₹50,423 per kg. Domestic gold prices, which include 12.5% import duty and 3% GST, hit a record high of ₹48,825 per 10 gram in the previous session after they surged over 1%, in tandem with a rally in global markets. Silver had surged about 3% in the the previous session. In global markets, gold prices today edged closer to near an eight-year high as resurgence in coronavirus…
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(LiveMint) As India entered ‘Unlock-2’ from today with more relaxations in lock down curbs, the country today reported 18,653 new cases in past 24 hours, taking the tally to 5,85,493. The death toll rose to 17,400 today after 507 new fatalities. It was the eighth day in a row that over 15,000 cases have been reported daily in the country. According to health ministry’s figures. the number of active cases stands at 2,20,114, while 3,47,978 people have recovered. The recovery rate has improved to 59.43% while the gap between recovered and active patients has widened to 1.27 lakh. According to the…
(FE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the three-month (April-June) free-grains scheme, unveiled in late March amid Covid-19 outbreak, for another five months till November-end, a move that will increase the total cost of the scheme to around Rs 1.4 lakh crore. With this, the additional budgetary cost of the Covid-19 stimulus package will rise from a little over Rs 2 lakh crore or around 1% of the gross domestic product (GDP) to close to Rs 3 lakh crore or 1.5% of GDP. In a televised address to the nation, his fifth after the onset of the intractable pandemic, the prime minister cautioned…
(TNIE) Union Minister for Petroleum and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday urged the State Government to prepare a roadmap for revival of MSMEs under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. Addressing a webinar on Financial Packages and Opportunities for MSMEs in Odisha organised by Odia Samaj, a non-profit organisation, on the occasion of World MSME Day, Pradhan said the Centre has announced `3 lakh crore package for MSMEs under the scheme. These loans will help MSME units resume their operations, rebuild their capacity and become self-reliant. The Government should grab the opportunity to develop new entrepreneurs and create an ecosystem between bankers and…
(ET) Ongoing operation at oil well No 5 of Baghjan in Assam’s Tinsukia was suspended after floodwater inundated the area following heavy rainfall. “Dangori River is overflowing. All connecting roads to the site are submerged with flood water. Bridge on Doomdooma-Baghjan Road is broken, while Plastic Park Road is closed by District Authority for vehicles for flood water. Flood water has entered Debris area, Kill Pump area and CMT Water Pump area making the areas unsafe for carrying out operations,” Oil India Limited said in a statement. All connecting roads to the well site have been badly hit by flood. The approach road via Talap-Daisajan-Kordoiguri-Badarkhati-Baghjan which was…
(ET) Tata Steel announced the temporary closure of its Jamadoba coal mine after a mine manager tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday night. The mine manager is currently admitted to Tata Main Hospital in Jamshedpur. “Mining operations have been stopped as a precautionary measure to stop the spread of coronavirus and sanitization work of the coal mine as well as of the surrounding areas has been launched. All mine staff and associates of the mine manager have been directed to undergo necessary health check-ups as per the government protocol,” Tata Steel spokesperson Rajesh Thakur said. The mine manager was posted at Pit number two of the Jamadoba mine…
(AU) हिमाचल प्रदेश में रविवार देररात आंधी तूफान और बारिश ने भारी तबाही मचाई। मंडी जिले के धर्मपुर में एक व्यक्ति की मौत हो गई। उक्त व्यक्ति गर्मी से बचने के लिए छत पर सोया हुआ था। तूफान आते ही वह छत से उतरने लगा और पांव फिसलने से गिर गया। घायल को धर्मपुर सिविल अस्पताल लाया गया जहां से उसे मंडी रेफर कर दिया गया। यहां उसकी मौत हो गई। डीएसपी सरकाघाट चन्द्रपाल ने पुष्टि की है। वहीं मंडी जिले में कई घरों की छतें उड़ गईं, गाडियों और मकानों पर पेड़ गिर गए। कई गाडिय़ोंं के शीशे भी टूटे हैं।…
(PTI) Reliance Industries has pushed back the start of production from the second wave of discoveries in its eastern offshore KG-D6 block to September/October after the COVID-19 lockdown imposed unprecedented constraints in execution of the deepwater project. The company, along with its partner BP Plc of the UK, was initially targeting the start of production from the R-Series field in the Krishna Godavari block in May but pushed it back to June-end due to the lockdown. The lockdown has further pushed the start of production to mid of 2020-21 fiscal, Reliance said in its latest annual report. Fiscal year runs from April to March and…
(AU) दक्षिणी कश्मीर में अनंतनाग के रूनीपोरा इलाके में सुरक्षाबलों और आतंकियों के बीच हुई मुठभेड़ में तीन आतंकी मारे गए हैं। मारे गए आतंकियों के पास से एक एके 47 राइफल और 2 पिस्तौल बरामद की गई हैं। फिलहाल सर्च ऑपरेशन जारी है। बता दें कि इलाके में आतंकियों की मौजूदगी की सूचना पर एसओजी, सेना की 19-आरआर(राष्ट्रीय राइफल्स) और सीआरपीएफ ने तलाशी अभियान शुरू किया था। इस दौरान खुद को घिरा देख आतंकियों ने सुरक्षाबलों की संयुक्त टीम पर फायरिंग करनी शुरू कर दी। इसके बाद सुरक्षाबलों ने मोर्चा संभाला और कई घंटे चली मुठभेड़ में तीन आतंकियों को मार गिराया।…
(News18) The government has again extended the deadline to bid for Air India by two months till August 31 as the COVID-19 fallout has disrupted economic activities globally. This is the third time the deadline has been extended. The divestment process for the national carrier was initiated on January 27. Issuing a corrigendum to the Expression of Interest (EoI) for sale of Air India, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) said the deadline has been extended in view of the “request received from the IBs (interested bidders) in view of the prevailing situation arising out of COVID-19.”…