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CHINA GOLD OBSESSION
Tea lover splurges on a 100g gold straw worth over ₹12 lakh, then accidentally drops while riding bike. What happened next will surprise youA Chinese man from Zhejiang province went viral after accidentally losing his gold straw worth over Rs 12 lakh while riding his electric bi...
Medals and mobs: China's 'toxic' sports fans face crackdownChinese authorities are cracking down on 'toxic fandom' after incidents involving sports stars like diver Quan Hongchan and gymnast Zhang B...
Neeraj Chopra represents not only a new breed of Indian athletes, but also of IndiansNeeraj Chopra, India's first-ever gold medalist at the Athletics World Championships, represents a new breed of Indian athletes. He has set...
Rising imports a concern, but imposing curbs not the solution: BVR SubrahmanyamWhile higher tariffs look like a good short-term solution, in the long run they make industries uncompetitive, Subrahmanyam said in an inte...
UBS reasonably defensive on India in the global context: Bhanu BawejaGlobal markets could be deep in bear market territory if the coronavirus outbreak continues over the next three months, says the chief stra...
Summer of 69: India's top show in Asiad promises bright futureWith 15 gold, 24 silver and 30 bronze, India's medal tally stood at 69, a step up from Incheon four years ago when they won 65.
Seventy-eight billion reasons why Bitcoin's the new goldGold bugs and bitcoin fetishists tend to share a deep distrust of fiat currency and the nation state.
Gold schemes by PM Modi right in time to celebrate 'Dhanteras': D K AggarwalIndia is the world’s top gold consumer. It is in 10th position among the top 10 countries that hold the most gold in their central banks
How government's gold monetisation scheme can help correct India's global economic rankingThe gold monetisation scheme proposed by the government is an opportunity for Indians to choose the road less travelled.
Global luxe brands have designs on IndiaPiaget watches capture ‘Silk Route’ with elephants and peacocks; Judith Lieber's handbag collection born out of ‘obsession with beauty of I...
BRICS in slowdown; how India can buck the trendAs the stars of developed economies ascend and of BRICS descend, HDFC Bank MD, Aditya Puri reflects on how India can buck the trend.
Poke Me: Government is responsible for India's craze for goldIndia is the world's largest consumer and importer of gold. And there may be good reason for it. It is a noble metal with a high atomic num...
Why government's attempts to curb gold demand may not succeedHow to force Indians to disgorge some of the several thousand tonnes they hold in the form of gold jewellery, was a staple of economic deba...
- Is cash prize for an Olympic gold medal justified?
For a country that is as obsessed with purity of metals, the fact that Olympic medals contain only 1.34% gold makes spending millions to wi...
How to unlock the large amounts of savings going to waste in goldFixing the distribution incentives would appear to be the solution to mass desertion of financial saving products for gold.
- Obama pilloried over ducking Dalai Lama to appease China
Republicans are pillorying Obama for being a pussycat before the Chinese, and there have been murmurs of disapproval from the Democrats too.
- Investors spot a cash cow in copper
Copper rose from Rs 268 on March 2 to Rs 330 by mid-April, a jump of almost 25%.