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The rupee plunged by 35 paise to close at 83.06 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, amid a strong American currency and higher crude oil prices. Foreign fund outflows from the domestic equity markets also weakened the local currency. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 82.78 against the U.S….
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File photo of former India opener Virender Sehwag© X (Twitter) Former Indian cricket team opener Virender Sehwag believes that sportspersons should not enter politics as most of them only enter the field for “ego and hunger for power”. Taking to X, formerly Twitter, he wrote, “I am not at all interested in politics. Have been approached…
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High Court has upheld Centre’s decision to include all medical devices within the ambit of “drug”. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has upheld the Centre’s decision to include all medical devices within the ambit of “drug” under the law regulating drugs and cosmetics. A bench headed by Justice Rajiv Shakdher rejected petitions by the…
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed higher for the third straight day on Tuesday on gains in market heavyweights ITC, Reliance Industries and Infosys amid a bearish trend in global equities. Besides, robust domestic macroeconomic data added to the positive momentum, traders said. The BSE benchmark index climbed 152.12 points or 0.23% to settle…
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A section of the Great Wall is seen in Suizhong County in northeastern China’s Liaoning Province. | Photo Credit: AP Two people have been detained after using an excavator to dig a hole in the Great Wall of China, state broadcaster CCTV said. Police in Shanxi province followed tracks made by machinery used to dig…
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Nirmala Sitharaman asked banks, financial institutions to ensure customers update nominees Mumbai: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today asked banks and other financial institutions to ensure that their customers must update nominees to help resolve the problem of unclaimed money in future. “I want the banking system, the financial ecosystem including the mutual funds, stock markets…
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Asia Cup 2023: A picture of India vs Pakistan match on September 2.© AFP The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Tuesday decided to keep the Asia Cup Super 4 and final matches in Colombo itself as the weather in the Sri Lankan capital has shown signs of improvement. It has been speculated over the last…
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India has the potential to do 100 billion Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions a month. Mumbai: India has the potential to do 100 billion Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions a month, a top official from the National Payments Corporation of India said today. This would be a 10-time growth over the 10 billion transactions achieved…
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RBI Governor said the central bank is committed to bringing down inflation to 4 per cent New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das today said the central bank is committed to bringing down inflation to 4 per cent and will remain watchful of risks as more frequent global supply shocks can have profound implications on…
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Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma and chief selector Ajit Agarkar announced the squad for Cricket World Cup 2023 on Tuesday. Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah – the trio that made their return from injury recently – were all included in the squad while Sanju Samson and youngster Tilak Varma missed out. Suryakumar…