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Gold prices edged lower on Friday but were headed for their third consecutive quarterly rise, while investors looked toward key U.S. inflation data due later in the day that could throw some light on the Federal Reserve's stance on interest rate cuts. FUNDAMENTALS

Upon receiving the information, around three fire tenders rushed to the spot. «Around 5.30 am, we received a call regarding a roof collapse at Terminal-1 of Delhi airport. Three fire engines have been rushed to the spot,» says an official from Delhi Fire Services.

Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump traded attacks on abortion and their handling of the economy early in their debate on Thursday night, giving voters a rare side-by-side look at the two oldest candidates ever to seek the U.S. presidency. Biden, sounding hoarse and tentative at times, stumbled over his words on occasion, while Trump rattled off one attack after another that included several well-worn falsehoods, including claims that migrants have carried out a crime wave and that Democrats support infanticide.

Going by the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) latest Financial Stability Report released on Thursday, banks are nice and stable. Bad loans as a proportion of overall loans are at multi-year lows, with their gross ratio standing at 2.8% in March 2024, which could decline further to 2.5% by March next. Their capital buffers have been well over regulatory minimums, and tests show they would be adequate in stress scenarios.

NEW DELHI : Every Friday, Plain Facts publishes a compilation of data-based insights, complete with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by. Despite arriving early, the annual monsoon rains have been deficient in June so far, while the government has imposed stock limit on wheat to control price rise. The Adani Group is planning to nearly double its capital expenditure in 2024-25.

banks are well capitalised and capable of absorbing macroeconomic shocks, with lenders likely to report higher-than-required capital ratios even under the most severe stress scenarios, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said. «Under the baseline scenario, the aggregate CRAR (capital to risk weighted asset ratio) of 46 major banks is projected to slip from 16.7% in March 2024 to 16.1% by March 2025,» the RBI said in its June 2024 Financial Stability Report.

Bitcoin (BTC) is currently swimming in a turbulent market environment, trading at approximately $60,750.

Earth or passing near it, this warning is more serious. It will come closer to the Earth in a few hours and you may be one of those fortunate people who may watch it. As asteroid 2011 UL21 is likely to come near us on June 27, you may get ready to watch it. According to SpaceReference, this asteroid orbits the sun once every three years and is estimated to be somewhere between 1.1 and 2.4 miles wide. According to the European Space Agency, it is one of the known near-Earth asteroids. In a statement issued earlier, Virtual Telescope Project Scientific Director Gianluca Masi said that minor planets are those that are larger than 140 meters and can come within 7.5 million kilometers from the Earth. He also said that only the largest asteroids capable of approaching close enough to our planet are flagged as PHAs. They may not hit us, but better monitoring is required.

Dexter: Original Sin, Sarah Michelle Gellar will play Dexter Morgan's new boss at the Miami Metro Police Department.

Netflix renews its unscripted dating series "Perfect Match" for a third season. The show, which debuted last year, quickly became popular, securing a spot at No. 2 on the English-language TV rankings for the streaming platform.

Bitcoin mining has become as cost-intensive as ever since the halving, with the asset’s “hashprice” at its lowest levels ever over the past two months, according to Hashrate Index data.

Homebuilders who bucked the worst of last year's housing slump may be seeing their luck run out

Netflix's Bridgerton series are eagerly awaiting the central romance of Season 4, but recent casting news hints that Benedict Bridgerton’s story might be postponed to Season 5. The show, set in the early 1800s, revolves around the high-society Bridgerton family, focusing on the romantic entanglements of its eight siblings. With the love stories of Daphne, Anthony, and Colin already explored, speculation abounds regarding the next sibling to take the spotlight.

monsoon has covered more than three-fourths of the country and it is set to cover the entire country on time for the planting season despite stalling earlier this month, two senior weather officials said on Thursday. Summer rains, critical for economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy, usually begin in the south around June 1 before spreading nationwide by July 8, allowing farmers to plant crops such as rice, cotton, soybeans, and sugarcane. «Monsoon is advancing quickly in northern India and will cover the entire country on time,» said an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the media.

The Morning Show Season 3 finale left viewers in suspense, with Alex (Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) facing dramatic shifts in their careers and personal lives. As anticipation builds for the next chapter, here's a comprehensive look at what lies ahead in Season 4.

Former Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President and CEO James Bullard looks ahead to the next rate decision, unpacks jobs data and reacts to Yellens housing development.

The Czech Republic’s central bank has cut its key interest rate for the fifth straight time as inflation remains low and the economy shows signs of recovery

The Canadian government has ended the Newfoundland and Labrador cod moratorium, which gutted the Atlantic-coast province’s economy and transformed its small communities more than 30 years ago

Stocks are barely budging on Wall Street as markets wait for a key report on inflation

Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week but the total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits rose to the highest level in more than two years