Kannada actress Ranya Rao’s arrest at Bengaluru International Airport on March 3 has sent shockwaves through the industry, as she was caught smuggling 14.2 kg of gold worth ₹12.86 crore.

“Global currency then was real gold, real silver—it was a means of trade—and so people who had it were often very well off,” she says. The ring, she adds, probably belonged to a noblema ...

An eye-popping imports surge that has driven the US trade deficit to a record and elevated anxiety about the economy largely has its roots in a frantic scramble by international gold traders to ...

Courtesy of Watts and Co. (photo: Courtesy of Watts and Co.) Jack Figge Features March 4, 2025 For 40 days every Lenten season, purple linens ... as silver and gold, so only the wealthiest ...