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As Diwali and Dhanteras approach, gold continues to remain a preferred investment and a symbol of tradition in India. While most consumers buy gold in the form of jewellery, coins, and bars during the festive season, digital gold has been attracting attention from investors seeking convenience and systematic wealth accumulation.Digital gold allows investors to benefit…
Filmmaker Anees Bazmee has voiced concerns over escalating actor entourage costs and their interference in filmmaking decisions, attributing it to insecurity. He shared an anecdote from ‘No Entry’ highlighting the excessive vanity vans, emphasizing his commitment to economical filmmaking without compromising vision. Bazmee believes understanding actors’ child-like stubbornness is key to managing tantrums. Anees Bazmee…
Wholesale price inflation (WPI) eased to 0.13% in September, driven by lower prices of food articles and manufactured goods, according to government data released on Tuesday. The reading compares with 0.52% in August and 1.91% in the same month last year.“The positive rate of inflation in September 2025 is primarily due to an increase in…
Panaji: Goa’s rental and taxi operators are likely to see a 7.8% reduction in on-road vehicle costs for new vehicles following the recent rationalisation of GST rates, significantly improving the profitability of local auto, taxi, and bike-rental businesses.However, existing rental vehicle dealers said customers are unlikely to benefit from this change as operational costs continue…
The gap between telecom operators’ network expenditure and revenue continues to widen, prompting industry body COAI to defend calls for higher mobile tariffs, citing the increasing financial burden of network deployment on service providers.Speaking at the India Mobile Congress, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) Director General, SP Kochhar, told PTI that while the government…
The average long-term mortgage rate in the US fell to 6.3% this week, returning to its lowest level in about a year, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said on Thursday. The rate on a 30-year fixed loan edged down from 6.34% last week, while a year ago it averaged 6.32%.Rates on 15-year fixed mortgages, often used…
The Indian rupee slipped to a record low of 88.75 against the US dollar on Tuesday, a fall of 47 paise that exporters said will improve price competitiveness in global markets, even as they flagged risks from volatility and higher import costs.Import-heavy sectors such as gems and jewellery, petroleum and electronics may derive limited benefit…
Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday unveiled a set of integrated logistics plans aimed at reducing transaction cost of industry.The pilot programme has started in eight cities across eight states and is designed to review existing logistics infrastructure, spot gaps, and provide a roadmap for improving efficiency and reducing costs, the ministry said.Goyal…
Even as Bollywood continues to battle a dry spell at the box office, another long-standing issue continues to trouble producers, which is the mounting bills of celebrity entourages. Veteran actor Sharmila Tagore, who never faced such demands during her career peak, admits she became aware of the scale of it only because her family’s Pataudi…
There’s a lot of debate in the industry around the rising entourage costs of stars and how that burdens the producers, thus adding to the overall budget of the film. This is especially worrisome when after Covid 19, movies are not doing that well at the box office and are struggling to recover their costs….
