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Rupee rises 9 paise to 95.67 against US dollar

Mumbai, Jul 30 (PTI) The rupee stayed steady for the fifth straight session and settled with a gain of 9 paise at 95.67 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, taking cues from positive domestic equity markets and inflows of foreign capital. According to forex traders, a softening dollar also supported the local currency, but its upward move was restricted due to volatile crude oil prices, triggered by a fresh escalation of the war in West Asia. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 95.59 and traded in the range of 95.56 to 95.75 against the greenback. The

CBI files charges against 13 over NEET exam paper leaks

NEW DELHI, July 30 (Reuters) – India’s CBI( Central Bureau of Investigation) ‌has filed charges against 13 people in connection with leaked question papers for the national medical college entrance test, days after youth-led protests over the scandal forced the education minister to quit. About 2 million students had taken the National ​Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in May before it was cancelled following allegations of test paper ​questions being leaked. A re-test was held on June 21. Those charged include ⁠three subject experts from the federal National Testing Agency, several middlemen who sourced and distributed the ​leaked questions, and

Rahul bats for SC-monitored high-powered committee to probe ‘brutalities’ against students

New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said students deserve justice and asserted that an independent Supreme Court-monitored high-powered committee must be constituted to probe the “brutalities” against them. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha also shared on X a video clip of police lathi-charging students. Students deserve justice. An independent SC monitored high powered committee must be constituted to probe brutalities against our students. pic.twitter.com/pZATUeAjwC — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 30, 2026 “Students deserve justice. An independent SC-monitored high powered committee must be constituted to probe brutalities against our students,” Gandhi said on

Opposition walks out of Rajya Sabha over demand for Shah’s statement on student protest crackdown

New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) Opposition parties led by the Congress walked out of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday after their demand for Home Minister Amit Shah to make a statement on allegations that police used brutal force, including pellet guns, against students protesting the alleged leak of the medical entrance examination NEET was declined. Soon after listed papers were laid on the table of the House, opposition members raised slogans demanding that Shah come to the House and explain the police action on July 20. Raising a point of order, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said the Constitution made the

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