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Rupee recovers 15 paise from all-time low to 88.60 against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Sep 25 (PTI) The rupee recovered 15 paise from all-time low to 88.60 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday, tracking the weakness of the American currency in the overseas market. Forex traders said the rupee is facing renewed strain this week, as multiple factors have combined to put pressure on the currency. Factors like H-1B visa fee hike, Trump tariffs and persistent foreign fund outflows further dented investors’ sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 88.65 against the US dollar, then touched 88.60, registering a gain of 15 paise from its previous

Stock markets fall in early trade on relentless foreign fund outflows, H-1B visa fee concerns

Mumbai, Sep 25 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Thursday as relentless foreign fund outflows and US H-1B visa fee concerns made investors jittery. Also, a weak trend in global peers drove the domestic equity markets lower. Falling for the fifth day running, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 141.32 points to 81,574.31 in the opening trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty slipped 22.4 points to 25,034.50. From the Sensex firms, Tata Motors, Asian Paints, Titan, HCL Tech, Tata Consultancy Services, Maruti and Eternal were among the laggards. However, Bharat Electronics, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Larsen

Pak PM Shehbaz to travel to Washington to meet President Trump on Thursday

Islamabad, Sep 24 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel from New York to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump on Thursday, as the two sides made a renewed push to reset their bilateral relations. Shehbaz is in New York to attend the UN General Assembly session. He will briefly travel from New York to Washington to meet President Trump, The Express Tribune newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing diplomatic sources. He will return to New York on the same day to continue his UNGA engagements, it added. It will be the first meeting between the US President and

Gujarat model: Bulldozers for Dalits, poor, free land for crony capitalists, alleges Rahul

New Delhi, Sep 24 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the ruling BJP in Gujarat on Wednesday of using bulldozers against Dalits, backwards and the poor, while giving thousands of acres of land to crony capitalists for free. He highlighted the razing of 400 houses in Gandhinagar’s Pethapur slum and dubbed it as the “Gujarat model” that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants to implement across the country. Gandhi also shared a video of the razed houses on X. The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha said the BJP clearly knows that it cannot come to power through the

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