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Rupee falls 36 paise to close at 90.70 against US dollar

Mumbai, Feb 6 (PTI) The rupee declined 36 paise to settle at 90.70 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, weighed down by geopolitical uncertainty over the US-Iran talks, and a sharp rise in global crude oil prices. The currency gained in the first half of the session after the Reserve Bank announced a status quo on key lending rates; however, sustained foreign fund outflows pressured the local unit, forex traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 90.28 against the greenback and oscillated between the high of 90.18 and the low of 90.83 during the session.

A bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad’s outskirts kills at least 24 and wounds dozens

ISLAMABAD, February 6, 2026 (AP) — The death toll from a massive bombing that tore through a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers has risen to 24, a Pakistani official said. Nearly a hundred people were injured, government officials and rescue workers said. Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Irfan Memon and police confirmed that the blast was an attack and said an investigation is underway. Memon wrote on X that the death toll had risen to 24, while hospital officials said some of the wounded were in critical condition. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Earlier story follows

Stock markets end higher; ITC, banks lead recovery as RBI keeps policy rates unchanged

Indian stocks trader watch share prices on his screen during intra-day trade in Mumbai.

Mumbai, Feb 6 (PTI) Stock markets closed higher on Friday after the Reserve Bank of India kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged as expected and proposed allowing banks to lend to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) with certain prudential safeguards to deepen the financing pool for the real estate sector. Helped by fag-end buying, the 30-share BSE Sensex advanced 266.47 points or 0.32 per cent to settle at 83,580.40. From the day’s low of 82,925.35, the benchmark jumped 655.05 points at the end of trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty climbed 50.90 points or 0.20 per cent to end at 25,693.70

PM Modi doesn’t have courage to answer questions posed to him: Kharge

New Delhi, Feb 6 (PTI) Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his speech in the Rajya Sabha, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said the PM doesn’t have the courage to answer the questions posed to him and claimed that the government doesn’t want to run the House in a democratic manner. Speaking with reporters, Kharge said “repeating falsehoods” has been Modi’s job and in his 97-minute reply to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address, he didn’t say anything important or necessary. “When we presented our statements on the President’s address, the prime

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