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Rupee ends at record closing low for 3rd straight session as dollar firms

MUMBAI, Dec 26 (Reuters) – The Indian rupee settled at a record closing low for a third consecutive session on Thursday, pressured by a firm dollar and importers’ month-end dollar demand. The rupee ended at 85.2625 to the dollar, against 85.20 in the previous session. It hit an all-time low of 85.2825 earlier in the session. “Importers were pretty active in the session, while trading volumes were relatively low towards the year-end,” a trader with a private bank said. The rupee’s drop to 85 from 84 happened over two months, while the decline to 84 from 83 took nearly 14

Justice Guhanathan Narendar takes oath as Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice

Dehradun, Dec 26 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh High Court judge Justice Guhanathan Narendar took oath as the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday. The oath was administered by Governor Lt Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh at an event held at the Raj Bhawan. Justice Narendar was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court on December 23 by President Droupadi Murmu. He succeeds Justice Ritu Bahri. Born on January 10, 1964, completed his graduation in Bachelor of Arts and LL.B and Enrolled as an Advocate on 23rd August, 1989 in the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu. Commenced

Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, December 26, 2024 (AP) — People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern history’s worst natural disasters. Many wept as they placed flowers at a mass grave in Ulee Lheue village, where more than 14,000 unidentified tsunami victims are buried. It is one of several mass graves in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia’s northernmost province, which was one of the areas worst hit by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake and the massive tsunami it

India faces diplomatic challenge as Bangladesh calls for Hasina’s extradition

NEW DELHI, December 25, 2024 (VOA) — A formal request by Bangladesh to India to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India after she was ousted by mass student-led protests, poses a diplomatic conundrum for New Delhi, say analysts. Since Hasina’s exit, who was New Delhi’s close ally during her 15-year rule of neighboring Bangladesh, India has been trying to build ties with the new administration that has requested her return to “face a judicial process.” Confirming that it has received a diplomatic note for her extradition, India’s foreign ministry said on Monday that “we have no

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