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Gold tumbles Rs 1,550 to Rs 91,450/10 g on trade war fears

New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) Gold prices tumbled by Rs 1,550 to Rs 91,450 per 10 grams in the national capital on Monday amid heavy selling by jewellers and stockists as well as weak global trend, according to the All India Sarafa Association. On Friday, the precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity had finished at Rs 93,000 per 10 grams. Gold of 99.5 per cent purity plunged by Rs 1,550 to Rs 91,000 per 10 grams. It had closed at Rs 92,550 per 10 grams in the previous market close. “Gold price slipped…on Monday as panic selling in the

Indian benchmarks log worst session in 10 months as trade war tumult intensifies

April 7 (Reuters) – India’s stock benchmarks clocked their worst session in 10 months on Monday as a tariff-fueled selloff intensified and investors dumped riskier assets on growing fears of a global recession. The Nifty 50 lost 3.24% to 22,161.1 while the BSE Sensex fell 2.95% to 73,137.9. Both benchmarks posted their worst single-day decline since June 4, 2024. Other global markets slumped, with the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index losing 8.3%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 7.8%, while European stocks plunged with Germany’s Dax falling 5.3% and the British FTSE shedding 4.1%. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs are “larger than expected”

Vitamin D builds your bones and keeps your gut sealed, among many other essential functions − but many children are deficient

Florida, Apr 7 (The Conversation) You’ve likely heard about vitamin D’s important role in maintaining strong bones and teeth. But it also plays several other important roles to keep your body healthy – including the function of your gut. As part of our research on how a dietary fiber supplement affects bone mass in children and adolescents, the MetA-Bone Trial, we are also studying gut health. For this study, we recruited 213 children and adolescents from South Florida, primarily Hispanics, though some were Black. Before having them start taking the fiber supplement, we measured their vitamin D levels to ensure

Markets reacting predictably in ‘tariffying’ manner: Congress

New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) The Congress on Monday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the stock market crash, saying both he and US President Donald Trump are experts in giving their economies “self-inflicted wounds” and that markets are reacting predictably in a “tariffying” manner. Stock market benchmark indices went into a tailspin in early trade on Monday, with the Sensex and Nifty crashing over 5 per cent, mirroring a sharp fall in global equities, after US President Trump’s tariff hikes and retaliation from China fanned fears that a full-blown trade war will impact economic growth across

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