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Rupee falls for sixth straight session, ends 3 paise lower at 86.41 against US dollar

Mumbai, Jul 23 (PTI) The rupee stayed weak for the sixth consecutive session and settled with a loss of 3 paise at 86.41 (provisional) against the dollar on Wednesday, amid a strong American currency and outflow of foreign funds. Forex traders said the domestic unit, however, found some cushion due to lower crude oil prices and heavy buying in domestic equity markets in line with global trends after the US announced a trade deal with Japan. At the interbank foreign exchange, the Indian currency opened weak at 86.46 and touched the intra-day peak of 86.34 against the greenback. The unit

Sensex jumps nearly 540 pts on Asian stocks rally

Mumbai, Jul 23 (PTI) Benchmark Sensex jumped nearly 540 points while Nifty closed above the 25,200 level on Wednesday following a positive trend in Asian markets after Japan secured a trade deal with the US. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 539.83 points or 0.66 per cent to settle at 82,726.64. During the day, it surged 599.62 points or 0.72 per cent to 82,786.43. The 50-share NSE Nifty gained 159 points or 0.63 per cent to settle at 25,219.90. Among Sensex firms, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finance, Maruti, Bajaj Finserv, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries were the major

PM’s post on Dhankhar’s resignation revealed its political nature, claims Gaurav Gogoi

Guwahati, Jul 23 (PTI) Deputy Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s social media post on Jagdeep Dhankhar’s exit as Vice President showed “the political nature of the resignation”. Dhankhar resigned from his post on Monday evening, citing medical reasons. He sent his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu and said he was stepping down with immediate effect. Notably, Gogoi did not mention Dhankhar’s name in his post on X. The dignity of a Constitutional post should be maintained both in it’s role of a Presiding Officer and in it’s resignation.

Trump reaches silver jubilee of India-Pak ceasefire claim, PM totally quiet: Congress

New Delhi, Jul 23 (PTI) With US President Donald Trump repeating his claims about bringing about a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, the Congress on Wednesday said while Trump has reached the quarter century mark on his claims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “totally quiet, finding time only to travel abroad and to destabilise democratic institutions at home”. Trump on Tuesday claimed yet again that he stopped the recent “war” between India and Pakistan and that five planes were shot down in the conflict. He also claimed that the conflict between India and Pakistan “was probably going to end up

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