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Gold futures slip to Rs 1,21,290/10g as US-China truce temper safe haven demand

New Delhi, Oct 31 (PTI) Gold prices fell by Rs 218 to Rs 1,21,290 per 10 grams on Friday in a volatile movement in futures trade, as investors assessed the impact of the Federal Reserve’s cautious stance on rate cuts and a temporary truce in US-China trade tensions. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), the yellow metal futures for December delivery declined by Rs 218, or 0.18 per cent, to Rs 1,21,290 per 10 grams in a business turnover of 13,223 lots. Similarly, silver futures for December delivery decreased by Rs 410, or 0.28 per cent to Rs 1,48,430 per

‘She taught us nothing is more important than India’s self-respect’: Cong pays tributes to Indira on death anniv

New Delhi, Oct 31 (PTI) The Congress on Friday paid rich tributes to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary, with party leader Rahul Gandhi saying she was fearless and unwavering while facing the powerful and “taught us that nothing is more important than India’s self-respect”. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi along with a host of other senior leaders paid floral tributes to Indira Gandhi at the Shakti Sthal here and also visited the former prime minister’s memorial on 1, Safdarjung Road. In a post in Hindi on X, Kharge said,

‘Misappropriation by ideology that had no role in freedom movement’: Cong jabs BJP-RSS on Patel birth anniv

New Delhi, Oct 31 (PTI) Taking a swipe at the BJP-RSS on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary, the Congress on Friday said selfless icons would have been horrified by their misappropriation by an ideology that, in the words of Patel himself, had created an atmosphere that made the ghastly tragedy of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination possible. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh took a swipe at the Modi government and claimed that since 2014 especially, history has been subject to brazen misrepresentation and distortion by “G2 and their ecosystem”. “Today as a grateful nation celebrates Sardar Patel@150 we must also

China’s Xi promises to protect free trade at APEC as Trump snubs major summit

President Donald Trump left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, shake hands before their U.S.-China summit talk at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo: AP)

GYEONGJU, South Korea, October 31, 2025 (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Asia-Pacific leaders on Saturday that his country would help to defend global free trade as U.S. President Donald Trump snubbed an annual economic regional forum. Xi took center stage at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that began the previous day in the South Korean city of Gyeongju, as Trump left the country just hours before the summit opened, after reaching deals with Xi meant to ease their escalating trade war. This year’s two-day APEC summit has been heavily overshadowed by the Trump-Xi meeting that was arranged on

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