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Rupee rises 10 paise against dollar in opening trade

March 26, 2018 strong

The rupee strengthened by 10 paise to 64.91 against the US dollar at the interbank forex market today on sustained selling of the greenback by exporters and banks amid foreign capital inflows. Dealers said dollar’s weakness against a basket of currencies supported the domestic unit. On Friday, the rupee had gained 10 paise to end at 65.01 against the US currency which suffered losses in global markets on intensifying trade war worries. Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex fell by 60.10 points, or 0.18 per cent, to 32,536.44 in opening trade…

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Trump legal team not adding 2 new lawyers

March 26, 2018 strong

President Donald Trump will not be adding two new lawyers to the legal team defending him in the special counsel’s Russia investigation after all, one of the president’s attorneys said. Trump attorney Jay Sekulow said in a statement yesterday that Washington lawyers Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing have conflicts that won’t allow them to represent the president regarding special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Sekulow had announced diGenova’s appointment last week. Yesterday’s announcement came just hours after Trump used Twitter to push back against reports that he’s having difficulty adding to…

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Police question Netanyahu in telecom case for second time

March 26, 2018 strong

Israeli police were questioning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today as part of an investigation into a corruption case involving the country’s telecom giant, one of a slew of scandals that have engulfed the long-ruling Israeli leader. Two Netanyahu confidants were arrested on suspicion of promoting regulation worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Israel’s Bezeq telecom company in return for Bezeq’s popular news site, Walla, allegedly providing favorable coverage of Netanyahu and his family. It’s the second time that Netanyahu, who held the communications portfolio until last year, is being…

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Ramdev confers deeksha on 90 sanyasis

March 26, 2018 strong

Yoga guru Ramdev launched a new initiative on the occasion of Ramnavami today with an avowed aim to make India a spiritual superpower by conferring ‘deeksha’ on a batch of around 90 ‘sanyasis’ (renunciates) groomed by Patanjali. The ‘deeksha’ was accorded to 51 sanyasis and 39 sanyasins on the banks of the Ganga in the holy city by Ramdev in the presence of their family members. Welcoming their initiation into a life of renunciation, the yoga guru said nothing could be more glorious than the act of offering oneself to…

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Mayawati hits back at BJP, says ties with SP not selfish

March 26, 2018 strong

Accusing the BJP of seeking to drive a wedge into the new-found bonhomie between her party with the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati today said the two parties’ “friendship” has been forged in national interest and not to meet any selfish end. “The BSP’s close ties with the Samajwadi Party are not for any selfish motive but in the national interest,” she said, emphasising that the opposition parties will have to work jointly to stop the BJP from coming to power at the Centre. She said the non-BJP…

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Smith to stay captain while CA probes ball-tamper scandal

March 25, 2018 strong

Cricket Australia said today Steve Smith was to remain captain while they investigate a ball-tampering scandal during the third Test against South Africa that has plunged the game into crisis. There have been calls for Smith to step down or be sacked over the premeditated plan hatched during the lunch break on Saturday’s third day in Newlands, after the captain admitted being the mastermind. Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull weighed in on the incident today, saying it “beggars belief” that role models such as Australian cricketers were “engaged in cheating…

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Date nights are important, says Megan Fox

March 25, 2018 strong

Actor Megan Fox believes date nights are important for a relationship to survive. The 31-year-old actor, who has kids Noah, five, Bodhi, four, and Journey, 18 months, with her husband Brian Austin Green, said spending quality time with her partner has been key to keeping their romance alive. “We don’t do it often, but we went to Nobu for Valentine’s Day and that was nice. The thing about that that’s so essential is you remember why you like the person that you had kids with. “When you have so many…

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Paul McCartney joins March for Our Lives, remembers John Lennon

March 25, 2018 strong

Legendary singer Paul McCartney joined the thousands protesting gun violence across the US at the March for Our Lives in New York. The Beatles star also honoured his friend and bandmate John Lennon while talking part in the protest. “As you know, one of my best friends was shot not far from here. It is important to me,” McCartney told CNN. In 1980, Lennon was shot by gunman Mark David Chapman outside New York’s Dakota apartment building, where the singer lived at the time with his wife, Yoko Ono. McCartney…

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S. Korea, US reach agreement in principle on trade: minister

March 25, 2018 strong

South Korea and the United States have reached an understanding on revising their free trade agreement (FTA) and on steel tariffs, Seoul’s trade minister said today. “Agreement on the bilateral FTA and steel issues has been reached in principle,” Kim Hyun-chong said on arrival at Incheon International Airport after talks in Washington, Yonhap news agency reported. Some technical issues need to be settled at working level but are likely to be concluded shortly, the minister was quoted as saying. US officials had said Friday an agreement could be announced in…

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STC, MMTC merger on cards: Prabhu

March 25, 2018 strong

A merger of state-run trading firms MMTC and STC is on the cards and the matter is under process, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu has said. “That is something which is already on cards because STC unfortunately has become a sick company. Therefore, there are some measures which are being taken already and this matter is under process,” Prabhu told PTI. He said this while replying to a question whether the government is moving ahead on the proposal to merge Metals & Minerals Trading Corporation of India (MMTC) and…