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Rupee falls 8 paise to 95.38 against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Aug 11 (PTI) The rupee fell 8 paise to 95.38 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday amid no breakthrough in the ongoing West Asia crisis, which kept global markets on edge and pushed up crude oil prices overnight. A decline in domestic equity markets in early trade maintained pressure on the local unit while FII inflows and intervention by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) provided support, preventing a further slide, forex traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 95.38 against the US dollar and maintained that level till the time

Brain scans provide world‑first evidence dogs can distinguish between human fear and sadness

August 11, 2026 (Conversation) What causes a dog to slink away from a cranky person, when they will quietly approach and lean against someone who is weeping? We’ve all seen it – they can respond to our feelings. And science agrees dogs have emotions too. These social skills could underpin dogs’ success in living with us. But do you think your dog could tell an angry person’s face from a sad or fearful one? New research published in the journal iScience explored that question, and revealed interesting findings from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of dogs’ brains. Scanning dogs’ brains

Class, let’s watch a short video – more than 75% of teachers say they use YouTube in the classroom

August 10, 2026 (Conversation) Approximately three-quarters of 393 preschool and K-12 teachers in the U.S. say they use YouTube for instructional purposes, with roughly half using it on a daily or weekly basis, according to our new nationally representative survey. Those findings come from our new research, published in June 2026 in Educational Researcher, an academic journal. Our sample included teachers from all grade levels and subject areas, and from across public, charter and private schools. Our results revealed that teachers who said they use YouTube as an instructional tool do so for a considerable amount of classroom time, alongside

Jharkhand police fire tear gas, use batons to disperse youth protesters

BHUBANESWAR, India, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Jharkhand police used tear gas, batons and water cannon to disperse ​thousands of youth protesters as they marched on the state legislature in ‌Jharkhand on Monday over alleged wrongdoing in civil service examinations, TV footage showed. Students and unemployed youth in Jharkhand, one of India’s poorer states, launched the protests late last month over the ​alleged wrongdoing including recruitment test paper leaks. The protest follows weeks-long youth-led demonstrations in ​the capital, Delhi, also linked to exam paper leaks, which led to ⁠the resignation of the country’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan last month. Police and

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