Gold declines ₹ 147; silver jumps ₹ 1,036

Gold in the national capital declined by ₹ 147 to ₹ 44,081 per 10 gram on Friday amid rupee appreciation and overnight selling in global precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities.

In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at ₹ 44,228 per 10 gram.

In contrast, silver rose by ₹ 1,036 to ₹ 64,276 per kilogram from ₹ 63,240 per kilogram in the previous trade.

The rupee appreciated by 14 paise to 72.48 against the US dollar in opening trade on Friday.

In the international market, gold was trading marginally lower at % 1,726 per ounce and silver was flat at % 25.14 per ounce.

"Gold prices witnessed selling on stronger dollar," according to HDFC Securities, Senior Analyst (Commodities), Tapan Patel.

How Texas' tough winter exposed U.S. power grid problems

Texas had a rough winter in 2021.

In mid-February, with temperatures dropping to the single digits, demand for electricity hit a record high throughout Texas. Supply ran short, causing the state's electric grid operator to implement rolling power outages. At the height of the crisis, more than 4.5 million customers lost power. The freak winter storm caused neighboring states such as Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas to also impose rolling blackouts.

Texas residents shivered in the cold, as outages lasted for days at a time. They lost access to water. Some resorted to turning on their cars in their garages to keep warm then died due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

The historic breakdown was a wake-up call — if the power grid in Texas was so fragile, what about the rest of the United States? The U.S. has faced a 67% increase in weather-related power outages since 2000, according to data from Climate Central. Part of the problem is an aging infrastructure. Most of today's power grid was built in the 1950s and '60s, with the hopes that it would last for 50 years.

Watch the video above to find out what happened in Texas' power outage and how it's a warning sign for the U.S. power grid.

Sensex rallies 568 points; Nifty reclaims 14,500 level

The 30-share BSE index ended 568.38 points or 1.17 % higher at 49,008.50. The broader NSE Nifty surged 182.40 points or 1.27 % to 14,507.30.

Equity benchmark Sensex rallied 568 points and Nifty reclaimed the 14,500 mark on Friday, tracking gains in index majors HDFC twins, HUL and ICICI Bank amid a positive trend in global markets.

The 30-share BSE index ended 568.38 points or 1.17 % higher at 49,008.50. The broader NSE Nifty surged 182.40 points or 1.27 % to 14,507.30.

Bajaj Finance was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising over 4 %, followed by Titan, Asian Paints, HUL, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Auto and Nestle India.

On the other hand, PowerGrid, IndusInd Bank, ITC and Maruti were the laggards.

According to traders, domestic indices witnessed a smart recovery and ended on a strong note following the positive trend in global equity markets.

Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul ended with significant gains.

Stock exchanges in Europe were also trading on a positive note in mid-session deals.

Meanwhile, the global oil benchmark Brent crude was trading 2.05 % higher at USD 63.22 per barrel.

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TV maker VIZIO Holding drops 17% in NYSE debut

March 25 (Reuters) – Shares of VIZIO Holding Corp fell almost 17% in their market debut on Thursday, after the television maker priced its initial public offering (IPO) at the lower end of the indicated range.

The stock opened at $17.50 per share, compared with the IPO offer price of $21 apiece.

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‘My emotions were through the roof.’ Oral Roberts’ men’s NCAA Tournament run energizes small Tulsa school

TULSA — Right inside the student bookstore’s doors, a table stood nearly bare. 

A mannequin was on the left, sporting a "Breaking Hearts and Brackets" shirt. Yet only a couple were left on the display. A similar table to the right sat empty. 

Oral Roberts’ university bookstore has sold about 1,000 March Madness shirts the past week. Another shipment was coming Friday, but those weren’t expected to last long, either. 

“Everybody is just so excited to see the team do so well and overcome so much,” said Debbie Haymaker, Oral Roberts’ bookstore manager.

As the 15th-seeded Oral Roberts men’s basketball team prepares to face Arkansas in the Sweet 16 on Saturday in Indianapolis, the small school in south Tulsa has risen into the national spotlight.

With a little more than 4,000 students, Oral Roberts’ campus sits on a hill tucked behind the Mabee Center, where the basketball team plays. Yet the Golden Eagles are the talk of the Big Dance and the sports world, a Cinderella squad that has drawn global attention after becoming only the second 15 seed in tournament history to advance to the Sweet 16.