June 2, 2026 8:17 PM

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Gold, silver prices up

  In the Indian bullion market, 24 carat Gold was trading 0.8 per cent up at 1 lakh 60 thousand 470 rupees per 10 grams, while Silver was trading over 1.4 per cent up at 2 lakh 71 thousand 110 rupees per kilogram, a short while ago.  At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for June contract was tradin...

June 2, 2026 7:37 PM

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23.20 billion transaction counts in UPI during previous month 

  Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has achieved 23.20 billion transaction counts in the last month. In a social media post, the Department of Financial Services thanked the citizens for embracing digital payments. UPI has emerged as the world's largest real-time payments platform, anchoring country'...

June 2, 2026 8:08 PM

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Oil prices down

         Global crude oil prices fell today, paring the previous session's ​sharp gains. Brent crude was trading 1.1 per cent down at 93 US dollars and 95 cents per barrel in intra-day trade. West Texas Intermediate crude was also trading one per cent down at 91 US dollars and 22 cents per barrel wh...

June 2, 2026 10:11 PM

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21 people killed in Russian strikes across Ukraine

Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing 21 civilians and wounding more than 100 others. Loud explosions rocked Kyiv, as residents sheltered in basements, corridors and metro stations. Black smoke billowed above the city. Uk...

June 2, 2026 5:55 PM

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Lebanon: Eight people die in Israeli drone strikes

  Eight people died in Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon today. Israel threatened yesterday to strike Beirut's southern suburbs, causing panic in the Lebanese capital as thousands fled to safer areas and Hezbollah fired rockets at northern Israel. Israeli forces recently made their deepest i...

June 2, 2026 7:28 PM

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Rupee depreciates by 27 paise to close at 95.26 against US dollar

In the forex market today, the rupee depreciated by 27 paise to close at 95 rupees and 26 paise against the US dollar. The dollar index, which indicates US dollar's strength against a basket of six other leading currencies, was trading at 99.11 in intra-day trade.