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Jewellers across Uttar Pradesh have reported robust sales of Ram temple coins and Ram Darbar statues in gold and silver, among other articles, ahead of the Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya on Monday. Ayodhya-based Rajan Jewellers said 20-25 gold coins of one-two grams each, with images of Ram Mandir embossed on them, were sold daily in the past week or so, up from five on average earlier. «It is a very auspicious occasion for the people of Ayodhya. And so they are purchasing these items to bring fortune and prosperity to their families, even though gold prices are high,» said Mahesh Soni, owner of Rajan Jewellers. Ram Mandir Inauguration Live Updates Prices of gold are hovering around '63,000 per 10 gm, while silver is commanding a price of '71,500 per kg at the retail level. «The consecration of Ram Mandir on January 22 has triggered religious buying in all segments of the society,» said Vaibhav Saraf, director of Gorakhpur-based Aisshpra Gems & Jewels.

parties, including NDA allies and erstwhile BJP partner SAD, have responded favourably to the idea of 'one nation, one election', sources said. Former president Ram Nath Kovind-led high-level committee is likely to hold deliberations with chief election commissioner and Bar Council of India representatives in its next meeting on Saturday, sources said. Several parties, including BJP, are yet to get back to the panel and have sought more time. Lok Janshakti Party, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, Tamil Manila Congress, PMK and SAD are among the parties that have backed the idea, sources said. The panel had sought views from 46 parties; only 17 have replied so far.

HUL) managing director Rohit Jawa said building beauty and digital capabilities is top priority and disproportionately important for the company's future in the country. HUL, market leader in the beauty market with brands such as Lakme and Ponds, will split its beauty and personal care division from April, with a new beauty head, and has also created a new role to push its digital agenda. «The beauty care market will grow exponentially and create way more value in the decades to come if its per capita consumption is anywhere near even Southeast Asia, forget China. So the primary motive for doing this is to create the focus and specialisation for different competitive sets.

NARCL), has made a ₹270 crore offer for Pink City Expressway Private Limited (PCEPL), the company which was formed to build, operate and maintain the six-lane Gurugram-Kotputli-Jaipur section of the Delhi-Jaipur highway. PCEPL has ₹1,761 crore of outstanding loans and another ₹30 crore of bank guarantees, according to rating agency Care, which means lenders can recover about 15% of their claims from NARCL. The bad bank acquires loans by paying 15% of the amount in cash and the rest in security receipts (SRs), which are to be matched with recovery over time. These SRs are guaranteed by the government, valid for five years, to be invoked by banks in case of resolution or liquidation of the bad loan. «The PCEPL offer was finalised last week after NARCL completed all its financial and legal due diligence.

Los Angeles Lakers are set to take on Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night. The game is set to take place at Crypto.com Arena. The tip off is scheduled at 10 pm (ET) on January 21. One can watch the game on NBA League Pass and Spectrum SportsNet. Free live streaming is available on fubo TV. Los Angeles Lakers, fueled by a near triple-double from Anthony Davis, spoiled Luka Doncic's return from injury with a convincing 127-110 NBA victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday.

Bilkis Bano case turned themselves in on Sunday night at the Godhra sub-jail in Gujarat's Panchmahal district, complying with the deadline set by the Supreme Court. «All 11 convicts have surrendered before jail authorities late Sunday night,» said local Crime Branch inspector NL Desai. SC had on January 8 annulled the remission the Gujarat government granted to the 11 convicts in the high-profile case while slamming the State for being «complicit» with an accused and abusing its discretion.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) apprehended a juvenile on Saturday for allegedly harbouring militants involved in the killing of five civilians in Dhangri village of Rajouri district of Jammu in January last year, said officials. They said the juvenile was apprehended and produced before the Juvenile Justice Board in Rajouri for remand.

capital expenditure target for central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) by 12-13%, people familiar with the matter said. In absolute terms, the capital expenditure of 54 CPSEs and five departmental arms of government including Railway Board and National Highways Authority of India is expected at around ₹8.20-8.30 lakh crore for the next fiscal year, said the people cited above. The capex target for CPSEs for FY24 was set at ₹ 7.33 lakh crore, up 13.4% over the revised FY23 target of ₹6.46 lakh crore.

Following the success of Season 1, Netflix swiftly announced the renewal of One Piece for a second season in September 2023. According to Becky Clements, President of Tomorrow Studios, the production house behind One Piece, scripts for Season 2 were completed before the 2023 writers' and actors' strikes. Clements optimistically estimates a potential air date within 12-18 months after the strike's conclusion. Want a Loan? Get cash against your Mutual Funds in

Small businesses are happier with the financial services they receive from credit unions than with those provided by the country’s five largest banks, a survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business has found.

Every January, I usually purge old snail mail, clothes and unwanted knickknacks to start the year anew. This time, I focused on my digital spaces instead. My virtual Marie Kondo-ing forced me to think about the indispensable apps and features on my devices—and on the flip side, the time thieves that make it hard to leave the couch.

cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been recorded in the country so far with Maharashtra and Karnataka registering the highest number of cases of the variant, according to INSACOG on Sunday. Data compiled by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) showed Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of JN.1 cases at 382 followed by Karnataka at 249.

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has got 'mahaprasad' prepared for the VIPs coming to attend the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on Monday. More than 20,000 packets of 'mahaprasad', which has been prepared with pure ghee, five types of dry fruits, sugar, gram flour ('besan') is being handed over to the Trust for the guest after the ceremony, an official said. 'Mahaprasad' is being prepared by Gujarat's Bhagwa Sena Bharti Garvi and Sant Seva Sansthan under the guidance of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust.

Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. The much-awaited Ram temple consecration will be held on Monday.

PTI citing Govind Dev Giri, the treasurer of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. Currently, the old idol of Lord Ram is kept in a makeshift shrine. “It (the original Ram Lalla idol) will be placed in front of Ram Lalla.

Ayodhya (UP), The old idol of Ram Lalla, kept in a makeshift shrine, will be placed in front of the new idol which will be consecrated at the temple here on January 22, said Govind Dev Giri, the treasurer of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. He also said that more than Rs 1,100 crore has so far been spent in constructing the Ram Temple and another Rs 300 crore might be needed to complete the work. A 51-inch Ram Lalla idol was placed in the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram temple last week.

₹17.9 trillion) will now amount to 6% of GDP. But there, the second big number—tax collections—comes to the government’s relief. For the third straight year, the mop-up has been robust, and in the first eight months of 2023-24, has risen way faster than what the government had projected.

Layoffs are hitting the world of retail especially hard this week

In the week gone by, FPIs net sold shares worth over Rs 21,000 crore, signalling a sudden shift in the strategy. So far in the month of January, FPIs were net sellers at Rs 16,455 crore. Domestic institutional investors, meanwhile, are holding for as they invested about Rs 10,274 crore in Indian equities so far this month. Analysts say the rise in US bond yields and elevated valuations are triggering capital outflows from emerging markets. The not-so-pleasing results of India's leading HDFC Bank also aggravated the outflows as they increased short positions.

Ayodhya for the consecration ceremony at the newly constructed Ram temple. The ceremony, which will include the Ramotsav and pran pratishtha rituals, is set to take place tomorrow with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the main yajman.

HDFC Bank emerging as the biggest laggard. Last week, the 30-share BSE benchmark fell by 1,144.8 points 1.57 per cent. The NSE and BSE conducted normal trading sessions on January 20.