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Dollar jumps to two-week high, yen hits 7-month peak

By Ankur Banerjee and Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar jumped on Tuesday with focus on the minutes from the Federal Reserve's December meeting, while the yen earlier hit a seven-month

Global shares rise as investors kick off 2023 in risk-on mode

By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) - Global shares rose on Tuesday, defying a pickup in the dollar, as investors piled into riskier assets like equities and commodities, while weighing up how much the

Oil recovers from early decline, outlook clouded by China and global economy

By Florence Tan and Trixie Sher Li Yap SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices held in a narrow range on Tuesday, though the outlook for demand was clouded by a weak manufacturing activity survey from China,

Gold scales 6-month peak on technical buying; Fed minutes in focus

By Ashitha Shivaprasad (Reuters) - Gold prices jumped 1% to a six-month high on Tuesday on technical trading, while investors looked forward to minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest policy

Yen scales seven-month high on BOJ policy shift hopes

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The yen spiked to a seven-month high against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday on rising expectations that the Bank of Japan might move away from its ultra-easy

Indian state-run firms to remain exempt from public shareholding norms -govt

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian state-run companies will continue to be exempt from the minimum public shareholding (MPS) norm that requires listed companies to maintain a 25% public shareholding, a

Asia shares weigh China risks, yen hits 6-month high

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares recovered from early losses on Tuesday as investors weighed the near-term costs of the coronavirus infections in China against the longer-term benefits of

Oil slides on worries on China, IMF slow-growth expectations

By Florence Tan and Trixie Sher Li Yap SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices slid on Tuesday from their highest levels in a month after Chinese economic data dampened market sentiment and the head of the

Dollar subdued ahead of Fed minutes, yen at 6-mth high

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar eased on Tuesday as investors awaited the minutes from the last U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting, and the yen was its strongest in six months

Gold climbs to six-month peak in thin trade ahead of Fed minutes

By Ashitha Shivaprasad (Reuters) - Gold prices hit a six-month high on Tuesday in thin trading, with the market's attention turning to minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting due

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Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?