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Gold near 3-month high on softer dollar, Trump policy uncertainty

Jan 22 (Reuters) – Prices of safe-haven gold rose to a near three-month high on Wednesday, boosted by uncertainty surrounding U.S. President Trump’s policies and a softer dollar. Spot gold added 0.6% to $2,759.83 per ounce as of 0941 GMT. The price hit its highest since Nov. 1 earlier in the session and is close to its record peak of $2,790.15 hit in October. U.S. gold futures gained 0.4% to $2,771.10. Spot silver rose 0.1% to $30.89, hovering near a one-month high hit on Jan. 16. The dollar index is hovering around a two-week low hit earlier in the week.

India and US trying to arrange Modi meeting with Trump next month, sources say

NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Indian and U.S. diplomats are trying to arrange a meeting in February between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, two Indian sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters. India, a strategic partner of the United States in its efforts to counter China, is keen to enhance trade relations with the U.S. and make it easier for its citizens to get skilled worker visas, two topics that will be on the agenda if the leaders meet, the sources said. Trump’s return to the White House has raised worries among

Congress chief Kharge says Priyanka Gandhi is ‘Stree Shakti’, Rahul Gandhi ‘Yuva Shakti’

Belagavi (Karnataka), Jan 21 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said Lok Sabha MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra represented ‘Stree Shakti’ and likened her with historic freedom fighters Kittur Rani Chennamma and ‘Jhansi Ki Rani’ Lakshmi Bai. Kharge also hailed Rahul Gandhi as a symbol of ‘Yuva Shakti’. Addressing the ‘Gandhi Bharat’ event here, Kharge said the Congress has organised the event to commemorate the centenary of the lone Congress session held in Belagavi, which Mahatma Gandhi had chaired as the grand old party’s president way back in 1924. “If there is Kittur Chennamma it’s Priyanka Gandhi. If there is

China expresses firm support for WHO after Trump decided to quit UN health body

Beijing, Jan 21 (PTI) China on Tuesday expressed its firm support for the World Health Organisation (WHO) after US President Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from the UN health body, accusing it of mishandling the Covid-19 crisis and failing to carry out reforms. Soon after his swearing-in on Monday, Trump signed an executive order beginning the process of withdrawing America from the WHO, the second time in less than five years that the US has ordered to withdraw from the world body. Reacting to Trump’s move, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Tuesday that China will continue to

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