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Rupee rises 13 paise to 92.78 against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Apr 20 (PTI) The rupee appreciated 13 paise to 92.78 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, following a sharp drop in crude oil prices amid hopes of easing geopolitical tension and the impact of the Reserve Bank’s measures. Forex traders, however, said the currency is likely to stay range-bound with the situation in West Asia remaining volatile after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz for shipping. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 92.73 and moved up to 92.70 level before trading at 92.78 against the greenback in early deals, up 13 paise

Israeli military publishes map of south Lebanon territory under its control

JERUSALEM, April 19 (Reuters) – The Israeli military published for the first time a map of its new deployment line inside Lebanon on Sunday, bringing dozens of mostly abandoned Lebanese villages under its control, ​days after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect. There was no immediate comment from Lebanese officials or ‌from Iran-backed Hezbollah. Israel and Lebanon agreed on Thursday to a U.S.-backed ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. The deal, which followed the first direct talks in decades between Israel and Lebanon on April 14, is meant to enable broader U.S.-Iran negotiations ​but with Israeli forces maintaining positions deep inside southern Lebanon. Stretching east

CBI arrests Bharat Mathur, a senior executive in a drone company in alleged trap case: Officials

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Bharat Mathur, a Senior Vice President at a large corporate conglomerate, as well as a Deputy Director General associated with the civil aviation has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a case that has rocked otherwise procedural handles of the aviation governance. The charge? There was an alleged inducement of 2.5 lakh which was reportedly expected to enable induction of drones to a different business in the state. This was a planned operation that was carried out with mathematical precision on a Saturday resulting in the arrest of Mathur who is also a member of an

Trump says US negotiators will head to Pakistan on Monday for talks with Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said U.S. negotiators will head to Pakistan on Monday for another round of talks with Iran, raising hopes of extending a fragile ceasefire set to expire by Wednesday even as Washington and Tehran remain in a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran did not immediately confirm the talks but its chief negotiator, parliament speaker Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf, said in an interview aired on state television late Saturday that “there will be no retreat in the field of diplomacy,” while acknowledging a wide gap remained between the sides. The White House said Vice President JD Vance, who led the first

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