Doctors at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said that the patient came to the medical facility's emergency room after complaining of repeated vomiting and abdominal pain for over 20 days and relatives informed them that he had eaten coins and magnets.
This pandal along with its premises have been decorated with coins
The Royal Mint has the duty to strike the coins of UK monarchs and has been responsible for doing so since the reign of Alfred the Great, dating back to the ninth century.
Coins featuring the portrait of King Charles, the United Kingdom’s new monarch, were unveiled by the Royal Mint on September 29.
The matter came to light after the State Bank of India (SBI) branch decided to carry out counting of money after a preliminary enquiry indicated discrepancy in its cash reserve in August, 2021.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a special series of coins on June 6 with the theme of the logo of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ during the inaugural ceremony of the iconic week celebrations of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
State Bank of India (SBI) had approached the Rajasthan High Court seeking a CBI probe into the matter as the missing amount was higher than Rs 3 crore, the threshold for seeking a probe by the agency.
The RBI will issue coins that will be easily distinguishable by the visually impaired.
While the production halt won’t create a shortage of coins, the move will affect the livelihood of employees at the country’s currency mints.
Last November, government scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, which accounted over 86 per cent of the total Rs 16.24 trillion value of banknotes in circulation as of March 2016.
Physical gold demand fell 20 percent last year to its lowest since 2009, GFMS analysts at Thomson Reuters said in a report on Thursday, as a rebound in prices after three straight years of losses blunted appetite for the metal.
At the MCX, silver for delivery in December eased by Rs 80, or 0.19 percent, to Rs 42,461 per kg in business turnover of 228 lots.
At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for delivery in December fell by Rs 15, or 0.05 percent, to Rs 30,067 per 10 grams in business volume of 289 lots.
However, silver held steady at Rs 43,000 per kg on scattered buying support from industrial units and coin makers.
Besides flagship stores, the company is also planning to expand through franchisee stores, gold vending machines, and online channels.
It has been decided to allow designated banks to sell the IGCs manufactured by MMTC, RBI said in a notification.
The coins were issued on his death anniversary, which is being observed as "Mahaparinirvan Divas of Babasaheb Ambedkar".
Traders said slackened demand from jewellers and retailers mainly kept pressure on gold prices but a firming global trend, restricted the fall.
S Subramaniam, CFO, Titan Company says Q4 is likely to be a much better quarter than Q3.
The Perth Mint, which runs Australia's only gold refinery, said on Monday that sales of gold coins and minted bars rose 10 percent to 64,818 ounces of gold in January in the latest sign of firm demand for gold bars and coins.
Gold prices may cross the Rs 33,000 level on 'Dhanteras', a day considered auspicious for buying the precious metal, on account of rising demand amid tight supplies, experts and bullion traders say.
Bernanke on Wednesday said a highly accommodative policy was needed for the foreseeable future as inflation remains low and the employment rate may be overstating the health of the labour market.
Cash gold shrugged off weakening US bullion futures to jump as much as 1 percent on Wednesday as buyers snapped up gold bars, coins and nuggets after prices touched their lowest in more than two years the session before.
The RBI said it would consider imposing value and quantity restrictions on gold imports by banks, which account for 60 percent of India's imports of the yellow metal, under extreme conditions, as the world's biggest consumer of gold battles a record high current account deficit.
Asia's gold physical market burst back into life on Thursday after months of lacklustre trade, with prices hitting an all-time high in top consumer India and dealers reporting a surge in scrap trade on buoyant sentiment.