Palmer became the first player to score four goals in the first half of an English Premier League match

The record 20-time English champions are off to their joint-worst start in the Premier League era, collecting just seven points from six games and scoring a mere five goals

Substitute Harry Maguire came from the bench late to salvage a 3-3 draw for 10-man Manchester United at Porto in the Europa League

United heads into the two-week international break on a five-match winless run in all competitions and languishing in 14th place in the league, having won just two of its opening seven games this campaign

The victory, its first at home, helped Calicut jump over Kannur Warriors and move to the top of the table with 13 points from seven matches.

Lionel Messi shines with a hat trick and two assists in its 6-0 home win as Argentina dominates in World Cup qualifying match

Kylian Mbappé's representatives termed the report as “slanderous” rumors

Thomas Tuchel taking charge of England shows that, increasingly, even the top countries in the sport are abandoning the long-held belief that the national team must be led by one of their own.

PC Lalchhuanawma (Mizoram), Shreejal Kisku (Bhubaneswar), and Mohd Ayan (Lucknow) were selected to visit the Old Trafford alongside Nepal’s Bhakta Bahadur Pariyar and Chanason Chaiyatham from Bangkok

Liverpool is looking more and more like Manchester City’s main title rival after beating resurgent Chelsea 2-1 to stay top of the Premier League table

Chelsea routed Panathinaikos 4-1 in Athens to make it two wins from two in the third-tier Conference League.

Serie A leader Napoli has needed a late score from captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo to secure a 1-0 victory over struggling Lecce

Erik Ten Hag, who was hired in 2022, paid the price for leading United to just three wins in nine league games in the opening months of the campaign. Ruud van Nistelrooy was named interim coach.

Ronaldo, who is yet to win a major trophy since signing for Al-Nassr, had converted all 18 of his previous penalties for the club but this time shot over the bar

Arteta said Odegaard wouldn't play against Newcastle United in the Premier League on Saturday but didn't rule the midfielder out of the trip to Inter Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday

Moises Caicedo’s stunning long-range volley has secured a 1-1 draw for Chelsea against Manchester United in the Premier League

Neymar has time to recover before his next game, however, as he is not registered for the team’s matches in the Saudi Pro League and the next fixture in the AFC competition is on Nov. 25.

Edu said he was leaving to pursue “a different challenge” but did not specify what that would entail.

The violence flared after the game between Maccabi Tel-Aviv and home team Ajax, which won 5-0.

Ancelotti's side sit second in the league standings with 24 points from 11 matches, nine points behind leaders Barcelona, who have played a game more

China gold reserves went up for 16 months in a row till Feb 2024; its central bank bought the precious metal covertly

Per official data, the value of gold in the forex reserves stood at $51.487 billion as on March 22, which is $6.287 billion higher than the value as at end-March 2023

Demand for jewellery and silverware too dropped on higher domestic prices, says its 2024 Survey

SGBs offer a hedge against gold price fluctuations, with investors receiving the ongoing market price at redemption

The report noted that the ratio of short-term debt to reserves has decreased, and foreign exchange reserves covering imports have increased to 11 months

The surge in investments can be attributed to the prospects of higher returns, tax benefits, and the bonds’ exemption from capital gains tax.

Customs officials detain Shiv Kumar Prasad for allegedly receiving 500-gram gold chain from passenger Dharmendra Dubey at IGI airport

The crew member, identified as Surabhi Khatun from Kolkata, was intercepted at Kannur International Airport and found with 960 grams of smuggled gold

Most countries keep their gold in the vaults of the Bank of England or some such location and pay a fee for the privileges

Gold price rises in futures trade due to fresh positions on firm spot demand, reaching ₹73,135 per 10 gram

Silver prices mainly rise due to fresh positions built up by participants on a positive domestic trend, say analysts

`Concessional customs duty under the India-UAE CEPA must be revised’

Apex banks’ confidence in the dollar low; high prices for the yellow metal may affect demand in India

The recent increase in import duty from 7.5 to 15 per cent has significantly impacted production costs

Traders may look to buy

The company’s digital platform can help users transact in the yellow metal

UIS dollar rose on safety bids after an attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump, which raised his odds of winning

The Association for Gold Excellence and Standards will frame good practices to be followed by the entire value chain of the industry, including bullion, jewellery manufacturers and retailers

Silver probing a barrier

Recent data reveals a significant increase in trading volume, with retail holdings growing 63 per cent year-on-year. 

A crisis accompanying the rate cut cycles had given the safe haven push for the yellow metal 

Digital gold can be easily converted to cash or physical gold, giving investors flexibility to trade without incurring heavy transaction costs or delays

Gold jewellery demand this Dhanteras is expected to be subdued due to a 5% surge in bullion prices, now at ₹77,410 per 10 grams

Silver has shown impressive growth in 2024, recording gains of over 40 per cent year-to-date and surpassing the ₹1,00,000 mark domestically

The RBI held about 60 per cent of its gold reserves in safe custody in India as at September-end 2024 against about 50 per cent as at March-end 2024

Abstract: Non-rennet cheeses have existed in China for almost two millennia. Such cheeses reflect the influence of the foodways of pastoralists from the steppes, especially Persians and Turks. Premodern Chinese adopted the milking practices of these peoples and incorporated cheese and other dairy products into their diets. These ancient cheese-making practices survive nowadays in

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Abstract: UNESCO Biosphere Reserves were first established under the Man and Biosphere Programme of UNESCO in the 1970s. Their mandate has expanded beyond conservation to include sustainable development and local capacity enhancement. As institutions under UNESCO, they also work on “building peace” by seeking to reconcile relations between peoples, and between people and the

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Our friend and colleague Catherine ZHOU kindly translated some introductory sections from Karen Christensen's  in-progress book Home Ecology. Versions of these tips were included in some of her previous books, and she is busy compiling and writing a new guide that will focus on preparing for climate change, but also deal with other issues close

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