Asian News International Gold prices tumbled to one-month low by falling Rs 350 to Rs 29,950 per 10 grams in the national capital on Wednesday on fresh selling by stockists against fall in demand at prevailing levels.
Silver, however, extended gains for the third day by adding Rs 50 to Rs 42,300 per kg on increased offtake by industrial units.
The benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 108 points in early trade on Thursday, following gains in IT stocks, after Infosys reported a better-than-expected rise of 24.9 percent in Q4 net profit at Rs 2,992 crore.
However, disappointing IIP numbers released after market hours on Friday, limited the gain.
Besides, a mixed trend in the other Asian markets also influenced the trading sentiment here.
Kate Middleton’s phone was hacked 155 times, on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day 2005, it has been revealed.
The News of the World’s former royal editor Clive Goodman first hacked the Duchess’ voicemail in December 2005 and also hacked Prince William’s phone 35 times and Prince Harry’s on nine occasions, the BBC reported.
Earlier, Goodman, who is of seven defendants, including former News of the World editors Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks, had earlier said that he only hacked aides and denies conspiring to commit misconduct in public office.
‘Beer Goggle’ is real. People become more attracted to the opposite sex after a few drinks and even a small amount of alcohol can shift your attention to gorgeous ladies.
According to researchers from University of Bristol, attractiveness ratings were higher for participants in the alcohol group compared to the placebo group.
To prove their point, they asked volunteers to look at photos of men, women and landscapes before and after drinking.
They conducted lab tests to gauge whether drink changed people’s perceptions of what is attractive.
Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) leader Giriraj Singh has stoked yet another controversy by saying why all terrorists belong to a particular community.
“Is it not true that people in terror activities are from one religion? Not saying all people from that religion are terrorists,” said Singh.
“My intention is not to say that everyone from a community is a terrorist. But when all those arrested are from one community, why are secular parties silent,” he asked.
In an extraordinary find, scientists have discovered ancient giant sperm – thought to have been longer than the crustacean male’s entire body – at a world heritage fossil site in Australia.
Tightly coiled up inside the sexual organs of the fossilised freshwater crustaceans known as ostracods, these preserved giant sperm are from tiny shrimps that lived at least 17 million years ago.
The researchers estimate the fossil sperm are about 1.3 millimetres long – about the same length or slightly longer than the ostracod itself.
A judge has formally sentenced a man to death for killing a woman as part of what he said was a plot to assassinate President Barack Obama.
The hearing yesterday formalized the unanimous vote of a jury to sentence 44-year-old James McVay to death. McVay would have been sentenced to life in prison without parole if the jury’s decision had not been unanimous.
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India has set an ambitious target to sell 45 lakh units in the country this fiscal as it gears up to introduce two new motorcycles, and hopes to cash in on the recently launched scooter – Activa 125.
It is also planning to open 1,000 more outlets taking the total to 3,800 by the end of the 2014-15 fiscal.
ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of state explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), plans to raise Rs 5,190 crore in loans this fiscal to fund its planned capital expenditure of Rs 14,792 crore.
Time is running out to pass immigration reform before the approach of the mid-term elections effectively precludes congressional action, US President Barack Obama said Tuesday during a meeting with leaders of law enforcement.
The president wants to give another push to the immigration debate and once again called on the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to bring to a vote something compatible with the bipartisan bill that was approved by the Senate a year ago.
If increasing weight of your body is bothering you, do not lose sleep as researchers have found that how well you sleep is intricately linked to how healthy your diet is.
Lack of adequate rest at night is linked to poor food choices during the day, the findings showed.
The researchers found that women participants in the study who slept for less than six hours every night consumed more calories than those who slept for seven hours.
Did you ever want to dress up like a Disney princess? A new collection of headpieces from London-based milliner Alexandra Harper Millinery will help you with the fantasy.
Millinery has teamed up with The Walt Disney Company Britain to produce one-off designer hats and headpieces inspired by the enchanting stories and beloved characters of the most iconic fairytales, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Chaayos, a chai-café chain offering more than 25 varieties of tea customised in over 12,000 ways, has launched two new outlets here.
Dedicated to their motto ‘Experiments with Chai’, Chaayos provides fresh and gourmet, customizable tea to their customers.
Founded by IIT Bombay graduate Nitin Saluja and IIT Delhi graduate Raghav Verma in November 2012, some popular teas at Chaayos are Hari Mirch Chai, Aam Papad Chai and God’s Chai.
Actress Angelina Jolie suffered an embarrassing cosmetic blunder when she arrived at a movie premiere with her face covered in a noticeable white powder.
Jolie’s face suffered a make-up disaster as the powder make-up left her face pale white and it seemed like white dust, reports contactmusic.com.
The powder make-up covered her left cheek, part of her forehead and her chest, but the pair seemed unaware of the blunder throughout their time at the premiere.
Motorola Mobility Tuesday launched its affordable smartphone the Moto E, priced at Rs.6,999.
“The Moto E would be exclusively available on Flipkart.com for as little as Rs.6,999 starting tonight at 00:00 hours. India was the first market where the phone was unveiled followed by launches in five other countries in the world,” the company said in a statement here.
The phone is targeted at buyers who are price sensitive and those who have not been able to experience internet on their feature phones, said Magnus Ahlqvist, corporate vice president, EMEA & APAC, Motorola Mobility.
Researchers have found a way to shed light on the early stages of degeneration of Y-chromosome, by investigating the process in plants.
In many species, the possession of X and Y chromosomes determines whether an individual develops into a male or female. In humans, for example, individuals who inherit their father’s Y chromosome become male (XY), and individuals who inherit their father’s X chromosome become female (XX).
Researchers have said that forgiving ourselves for hurting another is easier if we first make amends.
Thomas Carpenter, a doctoral student in psychology in Baylor’s College of Arts and Sciences, said one of the barriers people face in forgiving themselves appears to be that people feel morally obligated to hang on to those feelings. They feel they deserve to feel bad. Our study found that making amends gives us permission to let go.
The benchmark BSE Sensex rose 33 points in early trade today on sustained buying by funds and retail investors amid a mixed trend in other Asian markets.
The 30-share index was up by 33.00 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 23,904.23. The gauge had touched an all-time intra-day high of 24,068.94 in yesterday’s trade.
The Sensex had gained 1,527.19 points in the previous three sessions after exit polls predicted that BJP-led NDA will form the government at the Centre. The NSE Nifty also moved up by 15.40 points, or 0.21 per cent, to 7,124.15.
According to most exit polls, the NDA has done good job in Bihar, which give it 20 seats and more, though various surveys show diverging numbers for the rest.
While the JD (U) is expected to have taken a serious beating and is foretell to win anything between five and 10 seats, down from 20 it won in the 2009 Lok Sabha election.
As per the ABP exit poll result, the UPA will win 14 seats but the Times Now exit poll has predicted a very poor tally for it with the RJD Congress combine expected to win only two seats.
This was the most expensive Lok Sabha elections entailing a cost of Rs 3426 crore to the national exchequer, a substantial jump of 131 per cent over the expenses incurred in 2009. In the last Lok Sabha polls five years back, the cost to the exchequer was Rs 1483 crore.
An Indian taxi driver in Australia has admitted in court to assaulting a drunk woman.
Jagdeep Singh, 25, picked up the woman from The Grand hotel in Adelaide in the early hours in December 2012, and close to her home she crawled out of the taxi and vomited, ABC News reported Tuesday.
A court heard that he put his hand up the woman’s dress, touched and then kissed her.
The defence lawyer said that the cabbie should not be jailed for indecently assaulting a drunk passenger because he already faced the likelihood of deportation to India.
The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday said its compact car Alto has become the second model from the company’s portfolio to cross the 25 lakh unit sales mark in the domestic market.
The Alto has entered the 25 lakh club, where the only other car is the Maruti 800, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement.
“Launched in 2000, the Alto has attained the 25 lakh milestone in less than 14 years, the fastest by any brand; we are overwhelmed and humbled by its popularity,” MSI Vice President (Marketing) Manohar Bhat said.
Suzuki Motorcycle India (SMIL) on Tuesday launched its 110 cc LET’s scooter in Kerala, targetting sales of 1,000 units per month in the state.
SMIL, a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan, is looking at national sales of one lakh units a year, Atul Gupta, Executive Vice-President, Suzuki Motorcycle India Ltd, told reporters here.
A series of regional launches have also been planned, he added.
Initially, the new scooter would be marketed in Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Thrissur and Kannur.
LG has launched a promo video of its debutant smartwatch called G Watch.
According to The Verge, the South Korean company claims that the G Watch will ‘define the smartwatch’.
In the promo, LG showed that the watch will be waterproof, and will be ready for anything with a single charge.
However, LG does not reveal more about the single charge feature.
The G watch is powered by Android wear, and it will be available in white and black colored straps with black glossy metal main piece.
LG has not disclosed the price, or the release date of the watch. (ANI)
Google’s mind reading predictive service, Google Now can help people manage their travel itinerary with much ease.
According to Greenbot, Google Now, available on Android devices running Jelly Bean or higher, churns out context-based cards by pulling information from users’ Google accounts.
Google Now can become users’ best travel guide if they have got all the right information stored in their Gmail accounts and search history.
However, in order to avail the most out of the service, users need to enable the correct settings in Google Now. (ANI)