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Rupee rises 6 paise to 73.95 against US dollar in early trade

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The rupee appreciated 6 paise to 73.95 against the US dollar in the opening session on Wednesday on sustained foreign fund inflows and positive development on the coronavirus vaccine front. Traders said strong domestic equities, sustained foreign fund inflows and weak American currency also supported the rupee. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.98 against the US dollar, and gained ground to touch 73.95 against the greenback, registering a rise of 6 paise over its previous close. On Tuesday, the rupee appreciated by 10 paise to…

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Biden seeks swift Cabinet votes, but GOP Senate stays silent

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As President-elect Joe Biden started rolling out his administrative team, one voice has been notably silent: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Senate Republicans will hold great sway in confirming or denying Biden’s Cabinet nominees, regardless of which party controls the narrowly split Senate after runoff elections. But key Republican senators, including the GOP leader, are keeping quiet, for now, choosing their battles ahead. In announcing his national security team, Biden appealed Tuesday to the Senate to give the nominees a prompt hearing” and “begin the work to heal and unite…

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India’s COVID-19 caseload goes past 92 lakh; no. of active cases increases by 6,079

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 India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 92 lakh with 44,376 new cases reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surged to 86.42 lakh, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The number of total coronavirus cases rose to 92,22,216 in the country, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 1,34,699 with 481 new fatalities, the ministry’s data updated at 8 am showed. The active caseload shot up to 4,44,746, an increase of 6,079 cases from Tuesday, even though it remained below five lakh for the 15th consecutive…

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India will get smoked 4-0 in Tests if Kohli does not set tone before leaving, says Clarke

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Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has warned that India could be “smoked 4-0” in the Test series if skipper Virat Kohli does not set the tone in the white-ball games before his departure. The 32-year-old Kohli has been granted paternity leave by the BCCI to be with his wife for the birth of their first child. He will lead the team in the white-ball series, comprising three ODIs and as many T20s, and the opening Test at Adelaide before heading back home. “These One-dayers and these Twenty20s is where Virat…

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Megan Suri joins ‘Never Have I Ever’ season 2

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Actor Megan Suri, who appeared on the ABC family comedy “Fresh Off The Boat, will star in the second season of “Never Have I Ever”, a Netflix coming-of-age series. The show, created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, revolves around an academically competitive and hot-headed Indian American teenager Devi, played by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, trying to catch the eye of the school heartthrob while secretly grieving the sudden death of her father. According to Deadline, Suri will play Aneesa, a new Indian student at Sherman Oaks High, whose confidence and radiance…

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SC dismisses sacked BSF Jawan’s plea against rejection of his nomination to contest against Modi

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The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed sacked BSF jawan Tej Bahadur’s plea against the rejection of his nomination papers to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Varanasi constituency. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, that had reserved its verdict in the case on November 18, upheld the Allahabad High Court judgment dismissing Bahadur’s election petition against the poll panel’s decision to reject his nomination papers. On May 1 last year, the Returning Officer had…

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Market at record high: Sensex rallies over 250 pts in early trade; Nifty above 13,000

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Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 250 points in opening trade on Tuesday, tracking gains in index-heavyweights HDFC Bank, Maruti, ONGC and Axis Bank amid positive cues from global markets and unabated foreign fund inflows. After touching a lifetime intra-day high of 44,358.71, the 30-share BSE index was trading 271.48 points or 0.62 per cent higher at 44,348.63 in the opening session. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty touched the 13,000 mark for the first time ever as it rose 76.65 points or 0.59 per cent to 13,003.10. HDFC Bank was the…

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Biden plans to nominate topmost economist Janet Yallen as Treasury Secretary: Reports

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US President-elect Joe Biden is planning to nominate former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yallen as his Treasury Secretary to lead his economic response to the raging coronavirus pandemic, which has wreaked havoc on the world’s biggest economy and led millions of Americans to lose their jobs. A formal announcement on 74-year-old Yellen would be made soon, according to The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. The Treasury Secretary is fifth in the presidential line of succession. If confirmed by the Senate, Yellen would be the first woman to hold…

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COVID-19 caseload in India climbs to over 91.77 lakh, 37,975 new cases reported

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India saw 37,975 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day taking the country’s COVID-19 caseload to over 91.77 lakh, while the recoveries?crossed 86 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday The total coronavirus cases mounted to?91,77,840 and the death toll climbed to?1,34,218 with 480 new fatalities, including 121 from the national capital alone, the data updated at 8 am showed The number of active cases remained below 5 lakh for the fourteenth?consecutive day.There are?4,38,667?active cases of coronavirus infection in the country as?on date?which comprises 4.78?per…

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Looking at India squad, Surya could have been there: Brian Lara

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West Indies great Brian Lara feels that a batsman of Suryakumar Yadav’s calibre should have been in the Indian white-ball squad for the tour of Australia. The Mumbai Indians batsman’s non-inclusion, despite being seventh in the IPL run-getters’ list with 480 runs at a strike-rate of 145 plus, has become a major talking point. “I see no reason why, looking at the (Indian) squad, he can’t be a part of it,” Lara said on Star Sports show ‘Cricket Connected’. Lara said he is impressed not just by the runs but…

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