Gold

Consumer

22 June, 2022

Aditya Birla's VC arm, existing backers bet on silver jewellery firm GIVA

Silver jewellery-focused startup GIVA has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series B round of funding co-led by Aditya Birla Ventures, ......

Consumer

16 April, 2020

Indian gold demand could hit three-decade low as lockdown hits festivals, weddings

India’s gold consumption in 2020 could fall as much as 50% from a year ago to the lowest level in ......

Finance

22 August, 2019

Stingy banks, struggling NBFCs drive credit-starved commoners into pawning family gold

Refused a loan by a state-run lender and desperate for funds to buy cotton seeds before the summer sowing season ......

Economy

15 March, 2019

India's trade deficit narrows in February on lower oil, gold imports

India's trade deficit narrowed to $9.60 billion in February, dragged down by a fall in gold and oil imports, the ......

Finance

15 January, 2018

Trade deficit at three-year high as crude, gold imports weigh

India’s December trade deficit widened to its highest in more than three years as higher import bills for gold and ......

Finance

19 December, 2016

In charts: How the pecking order of top sources of gold smuggled into India changed

Between January 2012 and August 2013, India increased the import duty on gold five times—from a flat Rs 300 per ......

General

21 November, 2016

Demonetisation: Who gains, who loses

It has been a little under two weeks since Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 ......

General

10 November, 2016

All you need to know as banks, ATMs reopen after high-value notes were scrapped

Late on Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the country by surprise as he announced that currency notes of ......

General

01 August, 2016

If you're Finnish, you're 2,600 times as likely to win an Olympic medal as an Indian

In 2008, when ace shooter Abhinav Bindra won India an Olympic gold at Beijing, he achieved cult status back home, ......

Manufacturing

11 May, 2016

India misses mineral drilling targets for FY16

Despite efforts to increase the country’s mineral production, India has failed to achieve mineral exploration targets for financial year 2015-16 ......