Gold Sold At Premium After 2 Months As Jewellers Bank On Festivals

In Bangladesh, some people resorted to selling gold with the coronavirus outbreak having shuttered businesses and choking incomes.

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India's Fuel Demand Up 7% In September, First Monthly Gain Since June

The country's daily number of coronavirus infections has slowed since hitting a single-day high of 97,894 new cases on September 17, a sign that infections were peaking for now.

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Delta inflicts new damage on storm-weary Louisiana

Delta has been downgraded from a once powerful hurricane to a tropical storm as it moves inland across the U.S. South

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Gold Futures Jump To Rs 50,749, Silver To Rs 62,079 As Dollar Eases

Gold Price In India Today: Gold has been one of the most consistent gainers through the six months of coronavirus pandemic-led turmoil in financial markets.

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Hurricane Delta has weakened to a Category 1 storm as it moves inland along the southwestern Louisiana coast

Hurricane Delta has weakened to a Category 1 storm as it moves inland along the southwestern Louisiana coast

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Van Dyke ends effort to overturn McDonald murder conviction

The former Chicago police officer imprisoned for the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald has ended an effort to overturn his conviction

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California fire investigators seize utility equipment

Pacific Gas & Electric is reporting that fire investigators have seized some of its equipment as they investigate the cause of a Northern California wildfire that killed four people last month

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Anti-nuclear activist Sister Ardeth Platte dies at 84

Anti-nuclear activist Sister Ardeth Platte, who spent time in jail for her peaceful protests, died in her sleep on Sept. 30

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RBI Predicts -9.5% GDP For 2020-21, Keeps Rates Unchanged: 10 Points

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said today that the country's economy is likely to contract 9.5 per cent in the current financial year, "with risks tilted to the downside", while maintaining a status quo...

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BCCI To Discuss Home Series vs England, Domestic Season On October 17

England are scheduled to tour India next year between January and March for five Tests, three ODIs and three T20 Internationals.

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Battered Louisiana coast braces for 1 more: Hurricane Delta

Major Hurricane Delta is spinning across the Gulf of Mexico toward an expected landfall in coming hours along the U.S. Gulf Coast

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Teen charged in Kenosha shootings due back in Illinois court

A 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is due back in court Friday as his attorneys fight efforts to send him to Wisconsin to stand trial on homicide charges

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Today in History

Today in History Today is Friday, Oct. 9, the 283rd day of 2020. There are 83 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 9, 1936, the first generator at Boulder (later Hoover) Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles. On this date: In 1888, the public was first admitted to the Washington Monument. In 1910, a coal dust explosion at the Starkville Mine in Colorado left 56 miners dead. In 1914, the Belgian city of Antwerp fell to German forces during World War I. In 1967, Marxist revolutionary guerrilla leader Che Guevara, 39, was summarily executed by the Bolivian army a day after his capture. In 1974, businessman Oskar Schindler, credited with saving about 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust, died in Frankfurt, West Germany (at his request, he was buried in Jerusalem). In 1985, the hijackers of the Achille Lauro (ah-KEE’-leh LOW’-roh) cruise liner surrendered two days after seizing the vessel in the Mediterranean. (Passenger Leon Klinghoffer...

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