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Gold rebounds Rs 400 per 10gm in Delhi on value buying

New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) Gold prices edged up by Rs 400 to Rs 1,48,500 per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday, while silver jumped Rs 5,000, as value buying by traders and a weak US dollar revived demand for precious metals. The yellow metal of 99.9 per cent purity closed at Rs 1,48,100 per 10 grams in the preceding session. Silver also snapped its three-session losing streak, surging Rs 5,000 to Rs 2,37,000 per kilogram (inclusive of all taxes) from Thursday’s closing level of Rs 2,32,000 per kg. Traders said the recovery came as the dollar index

At least 1 million women have lost access to aid after funding cuts, UN says

GENEVA, July 10, 2026 (AP) — At least 1 million women have lost access to humanitarian and other critical support as a result of budget cuts over the last 18 months, the U.N. agency focusing on women said Friday. UN Women says 84% of women’s organizations surveyed had reported increased needs since January 2025, when the Trump administration in the United States — the biggest U.N. donor — took office and began cutbacks in foreign aid. “Every dollar withdrawn from women’s organizations is a dollar withdrawn from survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, displaced mothers, girls forced from school and communities

Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina vows to return home in December to surrender with party colleagues

NEW DELHI, July 10 (Reuters) – Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, facing a death sentence back home where her party is banned, told Reuters she and senior party colleagues plan to return from exile ​in India around December and surrender. The South Asian nation’s longest-serving leader said she and members of her Awami League aim to return voluntarily to the country they fled two years ago ‌and present themselves in court, testing Bangladesh’s handling of its most prominent political opponent. Make sense of global markets with the Trading Day newsletter. Sign up here. “They may arrest me on my

E20 may cut mileage by up to 5 pc but offers cleaner combustion, energy security benefits: Oil Ministry

New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) Petrol blended with 20 per cent ethanol (E20) can reduce fuel economy by 3-5 per cent in some vehicles, the Oil Ministry said on Friday, but argued the impact is outweighed by benefits, including a higher octane rating, superior anti-knock characteristics, faster combustion, better pickup, smoother acceleration, cleaner engine operation, and lower lifecycle carbon emissions. In a detailed question-and-answer document issued to counter criticism of the Ethanol Blended Petrol Programme, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said E20 was a “cleaner, higher-quality and more efficient fuel” than E10 or pure petrol and had been

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