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Rupee rises 4 paise to settle at 85.62 against US dollar

Mumbai, Jun 10 (PTI) Rupee rose 4 paise to close at 85.62 (provisional) against the US dollar on the back of strong foreign capital inflows. However, a mixed sentiment in the domestic equity markets, a rise in global crude oil prices, and a stronger US dollar against major currencies capped further gains in the local unit, according to forex traders. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) had purchased equities worth Rs 1,992.87 crore on a net basis on Monday, according to exchange data. At the interbank foreign exchange, rupee opened at 85.62 and registered an intra-day peak of 85.51 and a low

Congress releases BJP’s ’11 year’ report card, flags rising hunger, inequality

New Delhi, Jun 9 (PTI) The Congress on Monday released a booklet to mark Narendra Modi’s 11 years at the Centre, highlighting stagnated growth rate, rising hunger, and his “unfulfilled promises”. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh in a post on X said that the booklet, ’11 Saal, Jhoothe Vikaas ke vade’, commemorates “some of the biggest lies of this Government.” To mark the occasion of 11 years of false promises, @INCIndia’s Research Department has produced a pointed booklet commemorating some of the biggest lies of this Government Here’s the link to the documenthttps://t.co/5j2qFsCPJA — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) June 9, 2025

US and China are holding trade talks in London after Trump’s phone call with Xi

LONDON, June 9, 2025 (AP) — High-level delegations from the United States and China are meeting in London on Monday to try and shore up a fragile truce in a trade dispute that has roiled the global economy, A Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier He Lifeng was due to hold talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at a U.K. government building. The talks, which are expected to last at least a day, follow negotiations in Geneva last month that brought a temporary respite in the trade war. The two

Govt stopped talking about present, now selling dreams of 2047: Rahul Gandhi

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New Delhi, Jun 9 (PTI) The Narendra Modi government’s 11 years have witnessed no accountability but only propaganda, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Monday and said the Centre has stopped talking about the present and is now selling dreams of 2047. Gandhi’s attack on the government came after at least four passengers were killed and six injured after falling off a moving and overcrowded local train in Maharashtra’s Thane district. In a post in Hindi on X, the leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said, “While the Modi government is celebrating 11 years of ‘service’, the reality of

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