Jewellers are expecting consumer demand to be driven by light weighing ornaments on this Akshaya Tritiya, as gold prices are soaring to the historic highs of Rs 1 lakh.Akshay Tritiya, set to be celebrated on April 30, is considered an auspicious day to buy gold, hence often bringing a surge in the yellow metal’s purchases…
Two Indian-origin MPs in New Zealand have introduced members’ bills to tackle important social issues. While the bill presented by Priyanca Radhakrishnan was aimed at criminalising virginity testing and hymenoplasty, the one by Parmjeet Parmar sought a balance between alcohol licensing and community well-being. Radhakrishnan is an MP from the Opposition Labour Party. She became…
Nvidia said on Tuesday that the U.S. government had blocked the sale of some of its artificial intelligence chips to China without a license and would begin requiring a license for future sales. The restrictions are the first major limits that President Trump’s administration has put on semiconductor sales abroad. It raises the possibility that…
Tesla’s (TSLA.O), opens new tab first-quarter sales slumped 13%, its weakest performance in nearly three years, as backlash to CEO Elon Musk’s embrace of far-right politics grows and as consumers seek out newer models from rival electric-vehicle makers. The EV maker’s stumbling sales indicate that the one-time leading brand is reeling from the fallout of…
If there is anyplace Tesla should be thriving, it’s Norway. Electric vehicles account for more than 90 percent of new car sales in the Scandinavian country, and buyers here are among the most sophisticated in the world when it comes to understanding the nuances of batteries, charging and range. So it hardly bodes well for…
The auto industry witnessed a different kind of March madness last month as buyers flocked to dealerships to lock in deals before President Trump’s auto tariffs lift prices by thousands of dollars, several carmakers said. “This past weekend was by far the best weekend I’ve seen in a very long time,” Randy Parker, the chief…
Yogi Adityanath (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government, led by CM Yogi Adityanath on Saturday issued strict directives to shut down illegal slaughterhouse and enforce a ban on meat sales within a 500-meter radius of religious sites during Navratri.Amrit Abhijat, principal secretary of the urban development department, has instructed all District Magistrates, Police…
Meta won a legal victory on Wednesday against a former employee who published an explosive, tell-all memoir, as an arbitrator temporarily prohibited the author from promoting or further distributing copies. Sarah Wynn-Williams last week released “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism,” a book that describes a series of incendiary allegations…
SRINAGAR: A liquor paradox is playing out in J&K as sales are surging against the grain of political parties pushing for prohibition, driven by growing worries over alcohol abuse in the region.Govt’s economic survey report presented in the assembly last week projects a 4% increase in excise revenue, expected to reach Rs 2,000 crore in…
Deflation occurs when prices of goods and services decrease across the board. Rising prices or inflation is a common headache for economies around the world. But what about falling prices? Believe it or not, a sustained fall in prices, commonly known as deflation, is just as big a concern for governments, as is inflation. And,…