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On December 27, 2024, the local currency touched its lifetime intra-day low of 85.80 against the greenback. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Rupee depreciated four paise to close at a record low of 85.79 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Friday (January 3, 2025), as strong dollar demand from importers and a muted…
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From the Sensex pack, Zomato, HDFC Bank, Tech Mahindra, Adani Ports, Tata Consultancy Services, ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma, Larsen & Toubro, HCL Tech and ITC were the major laggards. File | Photo Credit: PTI Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty buckled under selling pressure to settle nearly 1% lower on Friday (January 3, 2025) as…
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File photo of Rohit Sharma© AFP Former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu has criticised the Indian team management’s decision to exclude skipper Rohit Sharma from the pivotal fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Rohit “opted” to rest for the match and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah stepped in…
New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday lamented that reference to Sanatan and Hindu in India evokes baffling reaction from “misguided” people. He also said that people who react to these terms without understanding the depths of the words and their deep meaning are “misguided” souls driven by a “dangerous ecosystem”. Addressing the International…
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The coming 12 months can’t promise the bumper crop of elections we saw during 2024, when countries home to about half the world’s population headed to the polls. Still, voters will cast ballots in several important elections throughout the year – and many of the themes persist: the impact of inflation, the rise of the…
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on Friday claimed that the last quarter of the current fiscal year (2024-25) witnessed the “second-slowest pace” of collection of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the past three years and urged the government to focus on the complexities of the economy instead of…
Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been a workhorse during the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia and to such an extent that it would not be wrong to give this series a tag of ‘Bumrah vs Australia’. Amid uninspiring performances from Indian batters and inconsistent bowling from other pacers like Mohammed Siraj, Akash…
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The dismissal of Indian all-rounder Washington Sundar on day one of the New Year’s Test at the SCG became a topic of debate. It came during India’s first innings when Sundar was adjudged caught behind off Australian captain Pat Cummins. The on-field umpire, Saikat Sharfuddoula, had initially ruled Sundar not out, but Australia…
Indian cricket team wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant opened up about skipper Rohit Sharma dropping himself from the fifth Test match against Australia in Sydney. Pant called it an emotional yet selfless act before adding that they all see him “as a leader”. Rohit’s form has been terrible during the ongoing Test series against…
India captain Rohit Sharma opted to rest in the 5th Test against Australia.© AFP Australia cricketing great Ricky Ponting feels the path for Rohit Sharma to play Tests again will be a long and difficult one after the regular Indian skipper opted to rest from the ongoing fifth Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test at the…
