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Rupee slumps 42 paise to close at all-time low of 89.95 against US dollar; hits 90/USD intra-day

Mumbai, Dec 2 (PTI) The rupee hit the psychological 90-a-dollar level in intraday trade before settling 42 paise down at an all-time low of 89.95 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, largely owing to continued short-covering from speculators and sustained importer demand for the American currency. Forex traders said multiple pressures, like foreign fund outflows from equities and lingering uncertainty over the Indo-US trade deal, are keeping investor sentiment fragile. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 89.70, then lost its ground and fell to a record intraday low of 90.00 against the US dollar, down

Stock markets decline for 3rd day on FII selling, weak rupee; Sensex tanks nearly 504 pts

Mumbai, Dec 2 (PTI) Stock markets declined on Tuesday, with the benchmark Sensex tumbling nearly 504 points due to selling in blue-chip bank stocks and Reliance Industries, and persistent foreign fund outflows. Falling for the third straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 503.63 points or 0.59 per cent to settle at 85,138.27. During the day, the benchmark tanked 588.9 points or 0.68 per cent to hit a low of 85,053. The index had scaled a record high level in intra-day trade in the previous session, but closed lower due to profit booking in the second half. The 50-share NSE

Will 58% dearness allowance be merged with basic pay?

New Delhi, Dec 2, 2025:  The Finance Ministry has finally cleared the fog around the merger of dearness allowance with basic salary under the 8th Pay Commission. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, the government clarified that there is no proposal regarding the merger of existing DA with basic salary that will be decided for the 8th CPC. The current DA is 58%, and there was a growing demand to merge it with the basic salary. The Ministry of Finance was inquired about whether the government has issued notification for the constitution of 8th Central Pay Commission recently. Also,

Abdominal obesity associated with multiple heart risks, especially in men

Abdominal obesity—the phenomenon commonly known as “beer belly”—is associated with significant cardiovascular risks, according to new data being presented at RSNA 2025 in Chicago. “Abdominal obesity, a high waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), is associated with more concerning cardiac remodeling patterns than high body mass index (BMI) alone,” lead author Jennifer Erley, MD, a radiology resident at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany, said in an RSNA statement. “It appears to lead to a potentially pathological form of cardiac remodeling, concentric hypertrophy, where the heart muscle thickens but the overall size of the heart doesn’t increase, leading to smaller cardiac volumes. In

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