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Supreme Court asks EC to include Aadhaar, Ration Card and Voter ID in Bihar’s electoral roll exercise

New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Election Commission of India to consider Aadhaar card, voter ID card and ration card also as acceptable documents for the “Special Intensive Revision (SIR)” of electoral rolls in Bihar and allowed the Election Commission to continue with its exercise of conducting SIR of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi did not stay the SIR process but asked the ECI to consider allowing Aadhaar, ration cards, and electoral photo identity cards as admissible documents to prove voter identity during the

Gold rises Rs 250 to Rs 98,670/10 g; silver trades flat

New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) Gold prices rose by Rs 250 to Rs 98,670 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday due to renewed buying interest by investors and stockists, according to the All India Sarafa Association. The precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity had settled at Rs 98,420 per 10 grams on Wednesday. Gold of 99.5 per cent purity appreciated by Rs 200 to Rs 98,200 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes). The yellow metal had closed at Rs 98,000 per 10 grams in the previous market session. Meanwhile, silver prices traded flat at Rs

Rupee rises 4 paise to settle at 85.69 against US dollar

Mumbai, Jul 10 (PTI) The rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day higher by 4 paise at 85.69 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, supported by US-India trade deal optimism, even as domestic equity markets were closed in the negative territory. Forex traders said the Indian rupee ended the day in green against the US dollar amid firm expectations that India and the US will reach a deal soon. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened on a positive note at 85.62 against the US dollar, and traded in a range of 85.69 and 85.53 during

Markets wilt under selling pressure; Sensex drops 345 points on weakness in IT stocks

Mumbai, Jul 10 (PTI) Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty buckled under selling pressure on Thursday due to weakness in IT and telecom stocks as investors turned cautious ahead of the start of earnings season, with tech major TCS scheduled to announce its Q1 numbers later in the day. Tariff-related uncertainty also dampened investor sentiment in the market, traders said. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 345.80 points or 0.41 per cent to settle at 83,190.28. During the day, it declined 401.11 points or 0.48 per cent to 83,134.97. On similar lines, the 50-share NSE Nifty declined 120.85 points or 0.47 per

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