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May 16: The hardworking Dr. Raghuram Rajan and the story of a gold import circular

Abhishek Banerjee - 16 May, 2020

Except for the very young, most Indians would remember May 16 as the day the results of the 2014 General Election were announced.

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Baba who dreamt about ‘1000 tons gold’ passes away, 4000 disciples booked for violating lockdown orders

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2020

Baba Shobhan Sarkar alias Suryabhan Tiwari had risen to fame during the UPA era when the Manmohan Singh-led government had started excavation in the area indicated by the baba, hoping for a massive gold reserve.

News Reports

Hindu priests slam Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan for suggesting govt to borrow gold from temples, say take money from Congress leaders instead

OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2020

Hindu priests alleged that the Congress leaders are anti-national and questioned why they are not asking anything from Mosque-churches.

News Reports

Geological Survey of India issues clarification on Sonbhadra gold discovery, says estimated reserve is 160 kg, not 3350 tonnes as reported by media

OpIndia Staff - 22 February, 2020

Geological Survey of India has said that the total gold reserves in Sonbhadra could be up to 160 kgs, not 3350 tonnes as published in reports

OpIndia Explains

Speaking of gold, here is when superstitious UPA sarkar went digging, guided by a Godman’s dream

Abhishek Banerjee - 22 February, 2020

A huge treasure trove of gold deposit has just been uncovered in Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh.

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 3350 tonnes gold deposit- 5 times India’s current gold reserves, found in Sonbhadra, state govt to begin auction process soon

OpIndia Staff - 21 February, 2020

The state mining department has formed a seven-member team that visited Sonbhadra

Government and Policy

Assam government plans to spend Rs 800 crore on Arundhati scheme to discourage child marriages in the state

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

According to the Arundhati scheme, every bride from Economically Weaker Section(EWS) will get 10gms of gold free

News Reports

With tomato becoming precious commodity in Pakistan, a Pakistani bride trolls economy by wearing tomato jewellery at her wedding

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

A video has gone viral on social media where a bride in Pakistani is wearing tomato jewellery at her wedding as tomatoes retail at Rs 320/kg

Fact-Check

Government clarifies that there is no ‘Gold Amnesty Scheme’ after media publishes misleading reports

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2019

Media houses had reported earlier today that the government may soon announce a 'gold amnesty scheme' which will fix a holding limit for gold and will tax Indians over a certain amount of gold.

News Reports

Reserve Bank of India clarifies that it has not sold any gold or trading in it, refutes the ET report categorically

OpIndia Staff - 27 October, 2019

Tweaking its headline a bit, the ET had falsely reported that RBI has begun to sell some of its gold again despite their own reports suggested that RBI had bought more gold rather than selling from its reserves.

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