Gold loans are thriving in India

Gold loans are thriving in India

Hello, I am Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of Inside India — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest growing large economy. This week, I unpack what’s driving the rapid surge in gold‑loan growth in the world’s second‑largest bullion market. Loans against gold are…

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HDFC Bank shares fall 5% as part-time chair of India’s largest private bank resigns over ‘ethics’

HDFC Bank shares fall 5% as part-time chair of India’s largest private bank resigns over ‘ethics’

The merger between HDFC Bank and HDFC now makes the entity the world’s fourth largest bank. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of India’s HDFC Bank slid 5% Thursday after Atanu Chakraborty, its part‑time chairman, resigned after flagging governance and ethical concerns within the institution. During an investor call on Thursday, interim part‑time chairman,…

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Australia says fuel supply levels stable, PM against panic buying

Australia says fuel supply levels stable, PM against panic buying

Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister, during an address at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday urged Australians to avoid panic buying of petrol and diesel, which he said had led to shortages in some rural regions, and stressed the nation’s fuel supply levels remained stable. Australia is dependent…

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Trump warns to ‘blow up’ South Pars gas field in Iran if strikes against Qatar energy continue

Trump warns to ‘blow up’ South Pars gas field in Iran if strikes against Qatar energy continue

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike in central Beirut’s Bachoura neighbourhood, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 12, 2026. Claudia Greco | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned that if Iran continued targeting Qatar’s energy facilities, America would “massively blow up the…

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World Baseball Classic: Shohei Ohtani, Roman Anthony, Maikel Garcia Make All-Tourney Team

World Baseball Classic: Shohei Ohtani, Roman Anthony, Maikel Garcia Make All-Tourney Team

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