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PM’s birthday wish to RSS chief a “desperate bid to curry favour,” says Congress

New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): Congress General Secretary in-charge communications, and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for trying to “curry favour” with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) after wishing the Sangh’s chief Mohan Bhagwat on his 75th birthday. “The Prime Minister, in his desperate bid to curry favour with the RSS leadership, has written an over-the-top tribute to Mohan Bhagwat on his 75th birthday today,” Jairam Ramesh said in an X post. He further criticised the Prime Minister for not mentioning Mahatma Gandhi’s “first Satyagraha call” given on September 11, 1906,

Rupee falls 5 paise to 88.16 against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Sep 11 (PTI) The rupee depreciated 5 paise to 88.16 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday, as market participants are keenly awaiting cues from the trade talks between India and the US. Forex traders said the rupee held its ground supported in part by renewed talk of an India-US trade deal and the rupee is expected to trade within a narrow band of 87.50-88.40 in the near term. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 88.11, then lost ground and touched an early low of 88.16 against the US dollar, registering a decline

Stock markets trade higher in early trade

Mumbai, Sep 11 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading with gains in early trade on Thursday tracking a rally in Asian markets amid hopes that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week. Renewed optimism over a successful conclusion of India-US trade talks also lend support to the markets to stay in the positive territory. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 153.82 points to 81,578.97 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up 34.15 points to 25,007.25. From the Sensex firms, Eternal, Adani Ports, NTPC, Bajaj Finance, State Bank of India and Bajaj Finserv were

Nearly half of adults worldwide with diabetes don’t know they have the disease, study finds

Nearly half of adults worldwide who are living with diabetes don’t even know they have it, leaving millions vulnerable to dangerous complications. A sweeping new study, published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, examined data from more than 200 countries between 2000 and 2023, tracking how well health systems identify, treat and control the condition. Researchers analyzed how many people with diabetes are undiagnosed, untreated, receiving suboptimal care or achieving optimal blood sugar control, broken down by age, sex, location and year. The researchers found that about 44% of people aged 15 and older with diabetes remain undiagnosed.

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