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Founder of Cockroach Janta Party plans street protest against Education Minister

NEW DELHI, June 1 (Reuters) – The founder of ​an online Indian youth group that has amassed millions of followers in days said on Monday he plans ‌to take his movement on to the streets with a protest against the education minister and in a show of dissent against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Cockroach Janta Party has tapped into the concerns of the under-30s, who are estimated to make up more than half of India’s ​1.42 billion population, over politics, unemployment and inflation. Founder Abhijeet Dipke, who is based in the U.S., has ​focused in particular on recent leaks

Israel’s Netanyahu orders attacks in Beirut’s southern suburbs

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, June 1 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered attacks on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, signalling ​further escalation of a war that has complicated mediation towards resolving the U.S.-Iran conflict. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, said on Monday that ‌Israeli attacks in Lebanon were among factors causing a delay to the diplomatic process to end the U.S.-Iran war, reiterating that a Lebanon ceasefire was an integral part of any deal. Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered the Israeli military to attack “terrorist targets” in the southern suburbs of Beirut, known as Dahiyeh,

Sensex, Nifty fall for 4th day amid fresh tensions in Middle East

Mumbai, Jun 1 (PTI) Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty fell for the fourth straight session on Monday due to selling in FMCG, financial and auto shares amid elevated crude oil prices and uncertainty over the US-Iran 60-day ceasefire. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 508.40 points, or 0.68 per cent, to settle at 74,267.34. During the day, it hit a high of 75,367.93 and a low of 74,203.68, gyrating 1,164.25 points. Falling for the fourth consecutive day, the 50-share NSE Nifty edged lower by 165.15 points, or 0.70 per cent, to end at 23,382.60. Among 30 Sensex firms, Hindustan Unilever,

Rupee falls 10 paise to close at 94.95 against US dollar

Mumbai, Jun 1 (PTI) The rupee depreciated 10 paise to close at 94.95 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, amid renewed geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran and surge in crude oil prices. Forex traders said the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and Israel-Lebanon tensions also deteriorated global risk sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 94.93 against the US dollar, then touched an intraday high of 94.73 and a low of 95.03 during the day. At the end of Monday’s trading session, the rupee was quoted at 94.95 (provisional),

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