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Gold rises to 3-month high of Rs 1.62 lakh/10g; silver surges Rs 10,000

New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) Gold staged a sharp comeback in the national capital on Thursday, rising by Rs 4,300 to a three-month high of Rs 1.62 lakh per 10 grams, and silver surged by Rs 10,000 as investors turned to precious metals amid a weak US dollar. The yellow metal of 99.9 per cent purity appreciated by Rs 4,300 to Rs 1,62,300 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes), according to local traders. It had closed at Rs 1,58,000 per 10 grams on Wednesday. The precious metal was last seen at comparable levels on May 26, when it was

Project Rahul Gandhi as leader to win 2029 polls: Chennithala tells opposition alliance

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New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (PTI) Keralam Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday said the opposition alliance could win the 2029 Lok Sabha elections only if it builds its campaign around projecting Rahul Gandhi as its leader. In an exclusive interview with PTI Videos in New Delhi, Chennithala, who was actively involved in Congress organisational politics at the national level before returning to Keralam, described Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi as a visionary leader capable of giving the country a new direction. “The Opposition should start campaigning for the 2029 Lok Sabha elections by projecting LoP Rahul Gandhi as

BNP’s Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir elected as 23rd President of Bangladesh

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 20 (ANI): Former Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was on Thursday elected as the country’s 23rd President, securing 255 votes in the presidential election held at the Jatiya Sangsad, the country’s Parliament. Alamgir defeated Oli Ahmed, the candidate backed by the 11-party opposition alliance led by the far-right Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and the country’s first major student-led political party, National Citizen Party (NCP), who received 88 votes. A total of 343 members of Parliament cast their votes in the election, which was held from 2 pm to 5 pm (local time) under

Australia passes law to levy tech giants that fail to pay for local news

SYDNEY, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Australia passed legislation on Thursday that will force tech giants to pay millions of dollars in levies if they fail ​to strike commercial deals with local media outlets for news ‌on their platforms. The News Bargaining Incentive taxes the companies 2.5% on their advertising revenues unless they strike agreements. Proceeds from the scheme would be directed to local ​Australian news outlets, whose content helps drive user engagement and ​advertising revenue on the tech firms’ platforms. The levy applies to Meta, ⁠Alphabet’s Google, TikTok and Microsoft’s, LinkedIn, covering companies with a “significant” ​social media or search

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