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Quad foreign ministers meet in Washington in signal of Trump’s China focus

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will hit the ground running on Tuesday, hosting a meeting in Washington of his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan one day after President Donald Trump started his second term in office. The meeting of the so-called “Quad”, four countries sharing concerns about China’s growing power, will happen at the State Department and is designed to signal that countering Beijing is a top priority for the new president. It could also set the stage for the leaders of the Quad countries to hold a summit relatively early in the

Rupee falls 14 paise to close at 86.59 against US dollar

Mumbai, Jan 21 (PTI) The rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day lower by 14 paise to 86.59 (provisional) against US dollar on Tuesday, tracking heavy sell-off in the domestic equity market and a recovery in the US dollar index. Forex traders said the dollar weakened from its 109 levels but clawed back to 108.66 as Donald Trump declared tariffs against Canada and Mexico in the near future but stopped short of declaring any tariffs against China. Rupee is expected to see high volatility ahead of key events in the global and domestic economic landscape, they added. At

‘Provocative’ song case: Supreme Court stays case against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi

New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed proceedings against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi, booked in Jamnagar, Gujarat, for allegedly posting an edited video of a provocative song. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan issued notice to the Gujarat government and complainant Kishanbhai Deepakbhai Nanda on an appeal filed by Pratapgarhi. The Congress leader has challenged January 17 order of the Gujarat High Court which dismissed his petition for quashing the FIR filed against him saying investigation was at a very nascent stage. On January 3, Pratapgarhi was booked for the alleged provocative

Trump’s inaugural brings the world’s billionaire elites en masse to DC

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – The attendees at a U.S. presidential inauguration do not often resemble the annual gathering of the world’s richest in Davos, Switzerland, which kicked off on Monday, but the parallels were hard to ignore as Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. President. The globe’s wealthiest individuals attended Trump’s inauguration in Washington on Monday and the glamorous balls to celebrate with the new president afterwards. Among those seated prominently were the three richest men in the world: Elon Musk, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, with a combined net worth of nearly $900

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