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Gold futures rise to Rs 1.53 lakh/10 gm on firm spot demand

New Delhi, Sep 10 (PTI) Gold prices on Thursday rose by Rs 231 to Rs 1.53 lakh per 10 grams in futures trade as speculators created fresh positions on firm spot demand. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, the yellow metal contract for the October delivery traded higher by Rs 231, or 0.15 per cent, at Rs 1,53,994 per 10 grams in a business turnover of 867 lots. Fresh positions by market participants led to a rise in the precious metal’s prices, analysts said. Gold futures rose 0.47 per cent to USD 4,419.57 per ounce in New York.

Census 2027 totally perverted, intent dubious: Congress

Census 2027 totally perverted, intent dubious: Congress

New Delhi, Sep 10 (PTI) The Congress on Thursday alleged that Census 2027 has gotten “totally perverted” with its intent “very dubious” and content at times “worthless, superfluous and diabolical”. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh’s attack on the government came over a media report which stated that the government’s decision to advance the Population Enumeration phase of Census 2027 in four poll-bound States, coupled with the introduction of several new questions in the Census schedule, has prompted some former Census officials to raise concerns regarding the quality of data that is to be collected and the potential links

The autonomy paradox: how more freedom at work can leave you feeling powerless

London, Sep 10 (The Conversation) You may know the feeling. You’re supposed to have finished work for the day, but later, during your evening meal, you start mentally preparing for tomorrow’s meeting. Or just having a quick check of your emails while you half watch TV. You might not mean to, or even want to. It’s just something that you end up doing as part of the price of enjoying some autonomy at work. For a while now, research has claimed that professional autonomy was a good thing. Being able to decide how, where and when you worked was considered

August was Earth’s hottest month on record, scientists say

WASHINGTON, September 10, 2026 (AP) — Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino, according to the European climate service Copernicus. August’s sizzle also helped push the globe and the United States to swelter through the hottest Northern Hemisphere summer scientists have measured. Last month the world averaged 62.53 degrees Fahrenheit (16.96 degrees Celsius), which technically was one-hundredth of a degree Celsius more than the all-time global mark set in July 2023, but because that’s also

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