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Rupee closes unchanged at 95.89 against US dollar

Rupee closes unchanged at 95.89 against US dollar

Mumbai, Sep 18 (PTI) The rupee pared initial gains to close unchanged at 95.89 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday amid a strong American currency. Positive momentum in domestic equity markets, however, supported the Indian currency, forex traders said. They also said the rupee’s fall was capped as crude prices slid below the 104-per-barrel level, and US bond yields eased after the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by 25 basis points. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 95.75 and touched the intraday high of 95.71 before settling at 95.89 (provisional) against the greenback, its

India finds Nestle baby food sample substandard, takes legal action

NEW DELHI, Sept 18 (Reuters) – India’s food regulator on Friday said ​it found a Nestle baby food sample substandard ‌in testing and has begun legal action against the company, the latest multinational to fall foul of the country’s food safety drive. Indian ​authorities found a sample of “follow-up formula”, which is ​a milk product for infants, “sub-standard with respect to ⁠biotin” food additive, the Food Safety and Standards Authority ​of India (FSSAI) said in a social media post. The FSSAI has ​also filed cases over two other Nestle baby food products, NAN Excella Pro Stage 1, and Lactogen Pro

7 of the weirdest things coffee does to your body

7 of the weirdest things coffee does to your body

September 18, 2026 (Conversation) Coffee is best known, and perhaps most valued, for its caffeine and its ability to make us feel more awake and alert. But coffee is much more than caffeine dissolved in hot water. Coffee is a chemically complicated plant extract containing hundreds of bioactive compounds. These can have all kinds of weird and wonderful effects in your body, even when you’re drinking decaf. Here are seven of the strangest. 1. Coffee can make you poo One study shows about three in ten people say they get the urge to poo shortly after drinking coffee. This happens

Democracy in danger if Election Commission acts under pressure: Raut over TMC order

Mumbai, Sep 18 (PTI) Democracy is in danger in India if the Election Commission is issuing decisions under duress, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut alleged on Friday after the poll body ordered freezing of the Trinamool Congress’s name and symbol. Speaking to reporters, Raut asserted that the TMC belongs to former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, and accused the BJP of engineering a split in the party. In its interim order issued on Thursday night, the Election Commission, after hearing leaders of the two factions led by Mamata Banerjee and Arup Roy, said the matter requires substantive determination

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