India have never won gold in past editions of the Chess Olympiad, their best result being a bronze on two occasions, but find themselves in an ideal position to end that long wait in the 45th edition in Budapest.

The Indian men's team are top of the standings, and the women's second, with two rounds to go. What are their chances?

India, on sole lead with 17 match points, remains in a commanding position for the gold in the Open section and will face USA in Round 10 on Saturday

By Dimpal Gulwani and Siddhi Nayak BENGALURU/MUMBAI (Reuters) -Shares of India's IIFL Finance surged 13% on Friday, after the country's central bank revoked an earlier ban on the non-bank lender's gold loan business.

RBI had barred IIFL Finance from disbursing gold loans citing supervisory concerns in March 2024. RBI now lifting its restrictions comes as a removal of a key overhang on IIFL Finance.

The regulator had on September 19 lifted restrictions on the gold loan lender. This would allow the lender to restart its gold loan operations but brokerages expect that the lender would look at growing slowly as it will look at keeping all the compliance measures in check.