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Only the fourth Indian ever to make it to the World Championship gold medal match, 24-year-old Bajrang was rattled by the 19-year old Otoguro, who consistently attacked the left leg of Indian and emerged a comfortable 16-9 winner. In the process, Otoguru became Japan’s youngest World Champion at the age ... Read More »

No Indian had ever reached the final of a singles event at the Asian Games before the 23-year-old from Hyderabad, who lost 13-21 16-21 to Chinese Taipei’s Tai in just 34 minutes. It is the first time that India has won two individual medals at the Asian Games with Saina ... Read More »

The Indian team comprising Muskan Kirar, Madhumita Kumari and Jyothi Surekha Vennam, lost 228-231 to Korea in a contest that went down to the wire till the final set of arrows. India were leading 59-57 after the first set before Korea won the second set 58-56. The two teams were ... Read More »

P V Sindhu finished second best yet again in a major tournament final as she went down tamely to Carolina Marin in the World Championships’ women’s singles title clash, adding to the Indian’s tale of woes in Nanjing, China on Sunday. The Olympic silver medallist settled for another white metal ... Read More »

The team lost 228-229 to favourites France. The trio had earlier stunned top-seed Turkey 231-228 in the semifinal to book a place in the final. This is India’s third silver medal in the World Cups in 2018 and their sixth medal overall. Read More »

Hindustan Zinc is the only Indian private sector company to feature in London Bullion Market Association’s (LBMA) global 82 “London Good Delivery” list. As per World Silver Survey 2018 by The Silver Institute, Hindustan Zinc, that produces over 95% of primary silver in India, is the 10th largest Silver producer in ... Read More »

New Delhi: Indian shooter Anjum Moudgil clinched a silver medal in the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event at the ongoing ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico. It was Anjum’s first World Cup medal as she battled windy conditions to shoot 454.2 in the 45-shot final to finish behind former junior ... Read More »

Globally, 51% Silver is used for Industrial Fabrication… The highest usage of Silver, globally, is Industrial Fabrication (51%), followed by Coins and Bars (25%), Jewellery (19%) and Silverware (5%) With the entire spotlight usually given to Gold, Silver gets side-lined and is considered as Gold’s poorer cousin. Gold is considered ... Read More »

Silver has been known since ancient time. It was one of the first five metals to be discovered. Mankind learned to separate silver from lead back in 3000 BC. Silver objects have been found dating back before 4000 BC. It is believed the element was discovered around 5000 BC. Silver ... Read More »

To the knowledge of all, the lines that we see on the rear windscreen of cars, that are used for defrosting and defogging, are made from Silver. Surprisingly, in the United States, an alloy can only be called Silver if it has at least 90% Pure Silver.  It is believed that ... Read More »

Udaipur : In perhaps one of the biggest incident of highway loot in Udaipur, bandits held travellers at gunpoint and took away 470 kilogram silver and 1.5 kg gold near Tidi on the Ahmedabad-Udaipur highway on Friday morning. The victims were commission agents who transported ornaments from Gujarat for jewelers in ... Read More »