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Gold settled up 2.93% at 27611 posted its biggest jump since September on Thursday, as technical buying

Washignton, June 20 - US President Barack Obama has decided to send 300 additional U. S. Special Operations troops to assist in Iraq's fight against advancing ISIS militants.

Obama said that he is sending up to 300 US military advisers to Iraq, but made clear that he will continue to hold back more substantive support till its deemed necessary, the Washington Post reported.

He further said that the troops are being deployed to better assess the situation on the ground, where forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have moved ever nearer to Baghdad.

Washington, June 20 - Microsoft is developing a new update for Windows Phones, which will include anti-theft features that will prevent thieves from using devices after they're stolen.

According to sources, the software maker had signed on the CTIA's Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment in April and is planning to release a software update to the Find My Phone feature of Windows Phone 8.1 ahead of the CTIA's goal of July 2015, the Verge reported.

Washington, June 20 - Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have claimed that dwarf galaxies are responsible for forming a large proportion of the universe's stars.

The result supports a decade-long investigation into whether there is a link between a galaxy's mass and its star-forming activity, and helps paint a consistent picture of events in the early universe.

New Delhi: Keen to push insurance sector reforms, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today met CEOs of private sector companies to discuss issues related to capital requirements, including cap on foreign direct investment.

Industry has been demanding raising FDI limit to 49 percent from 26 percent at present so that they get the much needed capital to enhance their business.

"We are talking... It is pre-budget discussion," Minister of State for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman, who was also present at the hour-long meeting, told reporters.

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday appealed to the central government to evacuate all Indian citizens, including those from the state, stranded in Iraq.

The Chief Minister said that tight security arrangements should be made for the Indians till the time they can be evacuated from Iraq, an official spokesman said here in a statement.

Besides, adequate arrangements should be made for food and lodging of all the Indian citizens, especially nurses from Kerala, the spokesman added.