Breaking: Rupee gains little in early trade, at 79.76 against US dollar

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• Jul 18, 2022 10:24 AM IST

  Rupee rises 6 paise to 79.76 against US dollar in early trade

  The rupee appreciated 6 paise to 79.76 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday as a positive trend in domestic equities supported the local unit. However, a strong American currency overseas and forex outflows restricted the rupee’s gain, dealers said.

• Jul 18, 2022 09:14 AM IST

  Covid-19 cases: India logs 16,935 infections and 51 deaths in 24 hours

  India daily Covid tally drops below 20,000-mark after 4 days; 16,935 infections and 51 deaths in 24 hours.

• Jul 18, 2022 08:16 AM IST

  Sri Lanka’s acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe declares state of emergency: Reuters

  Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency, according to a government notice released late on Sunday, as his administration seeks to quell social unrest and tackle an economic crisis gripping the island nation.

  “It is expedient, so to do, in the interests of public security, the protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community,” the notification stated.

• Jul 18, 2022 08:13 AM IST

  Security tightened in Tamil Nadu district where violence broke out over death of class 12th student

  Police security tightened outside Sakthi ECR International school, Kaniyamoor in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi where violence and vandalism broke out yesterday during the protests over the death of a girl studying in class 12th.

• Jul 18, 2022 08:12 AM IST

  Vice President of Gambia arrives in India

  Vice President of Gambia Badara A Joof arrives in India. He is on a 5-day visit to India and will participate in CII-EXIM Bank conclave 2022 along with attending other bilateral engagements.

• Jul 18, 2022 07:45 AM IST

  Gunman among 4 dead in US mall shooting

  Three people were fatally shot and two were injured Sunday evening at an Indiana mall after a man with a rifle opened fire in a food court and an armed civilian shot and killed him, police said. Read more

• Jul 18, 2022 07:44 AM IST

  Wreath-laying ceremony of CRPF personnel ASI Vinod Kumar in J&K

  J&K | Security officials lay a wreath on the mortal remains of CRPF personnel ASI Vinod Kumar who lost his life in a terrorist attack in the Gangoo area of Pulwama yesterday.

  Visuals from CRPF RTC Humhama in Srinagar. pic.twitter.com/tZTGLnRLw6

  — ANI (@ANI) July 18, 2022

  Security officials lay a wreath on the mortal remains of CRPF personnel ASI Vinod Kumar who lost his life in a terrorist attack in the Gangoo area of Pulwama yesterday.

• Jul 18, 2022 06:43 AM IST

  Devotees take holy dip in Ganga on first day of ‘Sawan’

• Jul 18, 2022 05:56 AM IST

  Ukraine’s Zelensky fires top security chief and prosecutor

  As Russian troops pressed their offensive in Ukraine’s east, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired his state security chief and prosecutor general on Sunday, citing hundreds of criminal proceedings into treason and collaboration by people within their departments and other law enforcement agencies.

  “In particular, more than 60 employees of the prosecutor’s office and the SBU (state security service) have remained in the occupied territory and work against our state,” Zelenskyy said.