People buying silver on Dhanteras last year spent around Rs 1,100 for a 10-gram coin. On Dhanteras 2025, the price of a silver coin has almost doubled to around Rs 1,950. The 98% year-on-year spike for silver is largely driven by a global rally, and has beaten the rise in gold prices, which saw a…
News of the phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, in which they agreed to meet in person to discuss the war in Ukraine, will have come as an unwelcome surprise to Kyiv. The country is being hit hard. The last 24 hours alone have seen Russia launch…
Jose Raul Mulino says the visa-removal policy is ‘not coherent’ with the ‘good relationship’ he hopes to have with the US. Published On 16 Oct 202516 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said that someone at the United States Embassy has been threatening to cancel…
An uneasy calm prevails along the Durand Line as of now, after Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed upon a 48-hour ceasefire. A border conflict escalated into a deadly war between Afghanistan and Pakistan that left hundreds dead, with Pakistan using fighter jets and drones to target civilian areas inside Afghanistan, and Taliban fighters overrunning border outposts….
Israel has again delayed the reopening of Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to allow for the movement of people, with Foreign Minister Gideon Saar saying it could be open on Sunday, as Israeli attacks killed at least three Palestinians in southern Gaza. In a statement on Thursday, COGAT – an Israeli military unit that is…
US President Donald Trump thinks India gets a new prime minister every year. But it didn’t take social media much time to decode another of his trademark verbal slip-ups, with Trump seemingly mixing up India with its notorious neighbour Pakistan, which has seen its leaders come and go at a dizzying pace in its 77-year…
Arab Barghouti tells Al Jazeera Israel wants to ‘silence’ his father amid reports Israeli guards beat him last month. The son of prominent Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti says he fears for his father’s life in Israeli prison amid witness reports that he was beaten by guards last month. In an interview with Al Jazeera…
On the eve of Dhanteras, which marks the start of Diwali festivities and when gold and silver are purchased by scores of people for prosperity, Kerala-based jewellery giant Malabar Gold & Diamonds is facing fierce boycott calls and scrutiny. The backlash erupted after people took offence to the company’s collaboration with a London-based Pakistani Instagram…
A federal grand jury in Maryland has indicted John Bolton, United States President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, over his handling of classified documents, charging him with retaining and transmitting national defence information. The indictment, filed in federal court in Maryland on Thursday, charges Bolton with eight counts of transmission of national defence information…
In a sweeping political reset, all ministers in the Gujarat government have resigned ahead of a major cabinet reshuffle scheduled for Friday. Around seven to ten ministers are likely to be retained, while the rest of the positions will be filled with new faces. The resignations of those being re-inducted will reportedly not be forwarded…