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Rupee gains 6 paise against dollar in opening trade

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The rupee strengthened by 6 paise to 64.67 against the dollar at the forex market today on fresh selling of the American currency by exporters and banks amid strength in domestic equities. Dealers said dollar’s weakness against other currencies overseas and early gains in domestic equity markets supported the rupee. On Friday, the rupee had gained 31 paise to end at 64.73 against the US dollar. The dollar eased after climbing Friday on the back of the comments from the US Fed cementing expectations of more aggressive US rate hikes…

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Students and teachers returned to a Florida school for the first time since 17 people were killed there, consoling each other even as they called for swift action to address gun violence. “Imagine (being) in a plane crash and then having to get on the same plane every day and fly somewhere else — it’s never going to be the same,” David Hogg, a survivor of the February 14 shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school, told ABC television’s “This Week.” The school held a voluntary “orientation” Sunday, with teachers…

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China prepares ground for Xi to stay in power indefinitely

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In an unprecedented move, China’s ruling Communist Party today prepared the ground for President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely after the end of his second term in 2022 as it proposed to remove presidential term limits from the party’s Constitution. The CPC Central Committee proposed removing the clause that the President and Vice-President “shall serve no more than two consecutive terms” from the country’s Constitution, state-run Xinhua news agency reported today. The removal of the term limit, which is expected to be endorsed by the Plenum of the…

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6 killed after being run over by locomotive in UP’s Hapur

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At least six persons were killed when they were run over by a locomotive at Pilkhuwa railway station in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh, railway police said. SC Dubey, Superintendent of Police (GRP Moradabad), told PTI, “A group of seven youngsters was trying to cross the railway tracks. After seeing a train coming in front of them, they retracted their steps. But in the process, they were run over by a railway engine which was moving on the track behind them.” He added that five died on the spot, while…

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Lotus will bloom again in Gorakhpur, Phulpur: UP Deputy CM

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Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya today expressed confidence that the BJP would sweep the March 11 bypolls to the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats. The bypolls were necessitated after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Maurya vacated the Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats respectively, following their election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. “The lotus (BJP’s poll symbol) will bloom in both the seats. I have no doubt about this. The very fact that people are talking mostly about the BJP’s winning margin is itself an indicator that…

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PSG coach ‘optimistic’ injured Neymar will recover to face Real

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Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery remains optimistic that superstar Neymar will be fit to face Real Madrid in their do-or-die Champions League clash despite suffering an ankle injury in Sunday’s 3-0 victory over Marseille. Neymar, the world’s most expensive footballer, was stretchered off 10 minutes from time at the Parc des Princes as PSG opened up a 14-point lead in Ligue 1. The 26-year-old was on his own when he innocuously rolled his ankle and flopped to the ground in pain. “The first examination in the locker room revealed that…

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Fans gather outside Sridevi’s house, mortal remains to arrive tonight

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The air outside Sridevi’s residence is heavy with grief as fans of the veteran actor continue to queue up to catch one last glimpse of their ‘Chandni’. Sridevi, 54, died late at Saturday night reportedly due to cardiac arrest in Dubai, where she had gone to attend her nephew Mohit Marwah’s wedding. Ever since the news broke out, Sridevi’s Lokhandwala home – where she used to live with her husband Boney Kapoor and two daughters Janhvi and Khushi – witnessed a steady stream of ardent fans assembling outside her house…

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Bombay HC refuses to defer deadline to link Aadhaar with ration card

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The Bombay High Court has refused to defer the March 31 deadline imposed by the Union government for linking Aadhaar to ration card. A bench of justices Shantanu Kemkar and Rajesh Ketkar, however, directed the Maharashtra government to look into the grievances of technological glitches faced by residents of the state in the digitisation of their ration card, and subsequently, in linking it to their Aadhaar card. The bench was hearing a petition filed by Nashik resident Aziz Pathan. According to the plea filed in 2015, the Maharashtra government issued…

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State Bank of India set for UK restructuring

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State Bank of India (SBI) is set for a major restructuring of its business in the UK from April, India s largest state-owned bank has said. SBI’s UK operations will transform into a subsidiary named State Bank of India UK Limited from April 1, in compliance with wider ring-fencing of capital requirements by the Bank of England. The move will mean that all retail branches of SBI in the UK will fall under a new UK-incorporated banking entity instead of their previous status as overseas branches of the Indian entity.…

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UK Labour Party pressures its leader to change Brexit stance

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British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is facing increasing pressure to change the party’s Brexit stance ahead of a key speech on Britain’s plan to leave the European Union. More than 80 senior Labour Party figures signed a statement published Sunday in The Observer calling for Britain to remain in the EU’s single market and the customs union after Brexit. The letter states that Britain’s economy would be so damaged by leaving the EU that Labour would be unable to carry out its reforms if it comes to power. It…

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