Gold demand fell in the second quarter but is still expected to rise for the full year as Asian buyers add to holdings and investors shift to it as a safe haven, the World Gold Council said Thursday.
Russian firm Orbital Technologies has unveiled its plans for constructing the first-ever space hotels for travelers and researchers which would orbit around 217 miles above ground.
Anna Hazare's followers see a triumph in their battle against corruption.
Politicians and lawyers are coming to the defense of Anna Hazare, who was arrested under uncertain circumstances Tuesday.
74 percent of Indians think corruption has increased in last three years
The Indian government has agreed to free Hazare, but the activist won't leave until he is allowed to go on a hunger strike against a weak anti-corruption bill.
Protests swelled across India on Wednesday in support of a self-styled Gandhian anti-corruption campaigner fasting to the death in jail, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's struggling government at a loss over how to end the standoff.
Hazare, whose arrest a day earlier sparked protests across the country, rejected the government's offer for his release, choosing to remain in prison until he is permitted to go on a hunger strike.
The arrest of 74-year-old Anna Hazare and the crackdown on the peaceful protest against the tooth-less anti-corruption bill by the Indian government might boomerang against the already troubled government.
India's leading anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare fasted in Tihar jail on Wednesday after refusing a police release order, a stand-off that has sparked nationwide demonstrations and widespread derision at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government.
Hazare has reportedly been jailed for a week in the Tihar prison in Delhi.
Gold prices rose on Tuesday as concerns over the financial health of the euro zone resurfaced ahead of a summit in Paris between French and German leaders, at which they will try to thrash out a solution to the bloc's debt crisis.
Veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare was detained by police at his home on Tuesday to prevent him from defying authorities with a fast to the death to force a beleaguered government to pass tougher laws against corruption.
The BSE Sensex rose 0.73 percent on Tuesday, mirroring global market gains, after a takeover news lifted Wall Street overnight and as the Japanese economy shrank much less than expected.
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China's first aircraft carrier, Varyag, has concluded its four-day sea trial and sailed back to the Dalian port.
An iconic Bollywood actor, Shammi Kapoor, died Sunday at age 79 from kidney failure at a hospital in Mumbai.
Pakistan's restive Balochistan province was rocked by a bomb blast, and the persisting violence which left five people dead and injured dozens others.
The governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, is not only a rising star in the GOP, but an absolutely ideal Vice-President nominee.
About 20 members of the Roma ethnic group were evicted from their Belgrade home Thursday.
The country launched its first ever census on wild elephants on Thursday.
