Global Q2 gold demand slips 16% to 964 tonnes: WGC

Global gold demand in the second quarter of this year declined by 16 per cent to 964 tonnes as consumers and investors held back due to an uncertainty about the direction and momentum in prices of......

RBI move to ease gold import norms to up offcial supplies: WGC

Welcoming the Reserve Bank's decision on easing the 20:80 gold import norms, the World Gold Council on Thursday said this will help in increasing the official supplies. "This is expected to......

India's gold demand up 13% at 975 tonnes in 2013

India's gold demand remained buoyant in 2013 and rose by 13 per cent to 975 tonnes compared to 2012, despite government putting in several restrictions to curb imports, according to a World Gold......

Prices to hit gold jewellery demand: WGC

Sky-high gold jwellery prices will haunt buyers in 2010 also though India is better placed than its global peers, where people are slowly turning back to purchases, according to World Gold Council.......

Lahiri to pair with Westwood, Jimenez at Masters

Anirban Lahiri of India plays a shot. Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images Anirban Lahiri is going the full distance in terms of preparation and soaking in the atmosphere as he plays the......

Sports Shorts: Pele recovering from kidney stone removal

Fans hold up cutouts of Pele. Photograph: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images Brazilian soccer legend Pele is doing 'fine' and will be discharged from a Sao Paulo hospital early on Thursday after he was......