- Diwali Trade- Gold Sparkles while Silver Loses its Shine
Gold prices remained steady in the especial trade. The Gold price has finally become steady after displaying a 6 days continuous losing streak. Unlike gold, silver could not really sparkle during the Muhurtha trade.
Sources report that a bullion trader said, “Jewellery stockists and retail investors made token purchases of gold to mark ...
- Govt Cuts Import Tariff on Gold, Hikes Silver
In line with global rates of gold and silver, the government yesterday cut down the import tariff value of gold to USD 440 per ten gram and hiked silver value to USD 738 per kg. The import tariff value is base value at which custom duty is decided to avoid the under invoicing of these ...
- Temporary Solution for Janayugom’s Layoff Issue
Janayugom, the Communist party’s official newspaper has put an end to the layoff issues. The newspaper is owned by CPI, a party that always stood firmly for the needs of laborers. The trade union wing of CPI, AITUC has many times took stern stands against managements that did not give a heed to the right ...
- Yahoo Firing 500 Under-performing Employees
Yahoo is all set to send home its 500 under-performing employees. According to All Things D’s Kara Swisher reports, the company’s CEOMarissa Mayer has begun the lay off. The report says that the CEO is planning to send home any one who is rated as either ‘misses or occasionally misses’ at least twice in the ...
- Vodafone Slashed Data Rates by up to 80% Across the Country
Vodafone brings happy news for its customers across India-a slashed 2G and 3G data rates by up to 80%. The new rates will come in effect from today onwards. The company had already in June offered slashed data rates in UP West and Madhya Pradesh , Karnataka and Chhattisgarh circles. And also there are are ...
- Indian Students to Benefit from Australia’s New Visa Reforms
The Australian government is all set to reform its higher education industry. The government is planning to simplify the visa procedure aiming to attract more students from countries such as India. To undo the damage done by the previous government to the education scenario, education minister Christopher Pyne and imigration minister Scott Morrison jointly announced ...
- RBI hikes repo rate by 0.25%, brace for bigger EMIs
To fight inflation, the Reserve Bank Governor has again raised interest rates. This move will result in banks raising interest rate making living tough for the already suffering common man. Raghuram Rajan, The RBI governor claims the decision to hike the main lending or repo rate from 0.25 per cent to 7.75 per cent will ...
- KSRTC Collaborates with UAE Exchange to offer Bus Ticket Booking Services
UAE Exchange, one of the rapidly progressing travel and financial service providers of the country, has introduced a new service. Customers can now book bus tickets of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporations (KSRTC) through its various counters.
This step will be beneficial for customers as they will be able to avail travelling facilities offered by KSRTC ...
- Google Nexus 5 is Getting Launched Shortly
Google is planning to release its new phone Nexus 5 this month. It is rumoured that on October 14, Google and Nestle may conduct a joint conference to release the Android version 4.4 named Kit-Kit. The phone is supposed to hit market one week after the launch. Like every other Nexus phones, this one can be also ...
- What does US Shut Down Mean
The shut down in the US does not really mean US has stopped all the economic and social welfare activities. It is only a partial shut down and a temporary suspension of non essential government services .
It has been 17 years since the last shut down and it is estimated that around 800,000 federal workers will ...