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Sensex down over 450 points; rupee breaches 65 again

August 27, 2013

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Mumbai, Aug 27: The BSE benchmark sensex was down by over 450 points in the late morning session on Monday on fresh selling pressure due to sharp fall in rupee value and lower global advices coupled with capital outflows by foreign funds.

Shares of banking, realty, PSU, metal, auto, refinery and capital goods sectors declined on heavy selling pressure.

The sensex resumed lower at 18,460.72 and dropped further to a low of 18,281.61 before quoting at 18,301.61 at 10.30am, showing a loss of 256.52 points, or 1.38 per cent, from its last close.

It was down 474 points at 11.45am.

The NSE 50-share Nifty also moved down by 81.75 points, or 1.49 per cent, to 5,394.75 at 10.30am.

The NSE was down 142 points at 11.45am.

Major losers were HDFC Bank (4.34 per cent), HDFC (4.19 per cent), M&M (2.55 per cent), ONGC (2.48 per cent), Coal India (2.47 per cent), Sun Pharma (2.24 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (2.17 per cent), Hindalco Ind (2.01 per cent), BHEL (1.82 per cent) and SBI (1.81 per cent).

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth a net Rs 607.43 crore on Monday as per provisional data from the stock exchanges.

Asian stocks fell in early trade after US secretary of state John Kerry said the American president will hold Syria's government accountable for using chemical weapons against Syrian civilians. Key benchmark indices in China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Japan fell by 0.19 per cent to 1.92 per cent while South Korea's Kospi rose 0.29 per cent.

Rupee plunges further to 65.37

The rupee, meanwhile, continued its decline in the late morning session and was last trading at 65.37 against the dollar on heavy month-end dollar demand from importers amid sharp fall in domestic equity market.

The rupee resumed lower at 65.00 per dollar as against the last closing level of 64.30 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market and dropped further to a low of 65.44 against the US currency before quoting at 65.37 per dollar at 10.40am, showing a loss of 107 paise or 1.66 per cent.

It moved in a range of 65.00 and 65.44 per dollar during the morning deals.

Persistent month-end dollar demand from importers mainly oil-refiners amid sustained foreign capital outflows from the equity market pulled down the rupee value, a forex dealer said.

In the global market, the US dollar slipped against the euro and the Japanese yen in their early trade as concerns about possible US military action against Syria added to existing uncertainty over Federal Reserve policy.

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February 16,2020

Lucknow, Feb 16: Resident doctors at the AMU's Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital on Sunday demanded that the charges slapped against Dr Kafeel Khan under the National Security Act be withdrawn.

Dr Khan was arrested by the UP Special Task Force from Mumbai on January 29 in connection with a speech he had delivered during an anti-CAA protest at Aligarh Muslim University on December 12.

The Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) held a protest march on the hospital campus against the slapping of the NSA against the Gorakhpur doctor after he was granted bail in connection with the alleged hate speech.

RDA president Dr Hamza Malik said the move was a "blatant attempt to crush dissent and a violation of the Constitution of india".

He said by targeting the doctor, the UP government had done a great disservice to the entire medical community.

The AMU Students' Coordination Committee also described the decision to charge Dr Kafeel under the NSA a "direct assault" on a member of the medical fraternity who is "known for his upright behaviour and a champion of free speech".

Committee spokesperson and former AMU Students' Union president Faizul Hasan said by charging Dr Kafeel under the NSA even after he got bail was "a direct violation of a Supreme Court ruling on such issues".

Hasan said Dr Kafeel's fate should serve as an eye-opener for the rest of the country regarding the democratic rights in Uttar Pradesh.

The doctor was earlier arrested for his alleged role in the death of over 60 children within an week at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur in August 2017. Short supply of oxygen at the children's ward was blamed at that time for the deaths.

About two years later, a state government probe cleared Khan of all major charges, prompting him to seek an apology from the Yogi Adityanath government.

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August 6,2020

Mumbai, Aug 6: Former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday that overly focusing on what sovereign rating agencies think can take one's eyes off what needs to be done for the economy.

"It is also important to convince both domestic and international investors that after the crisis associated with the pandemic is over, we will return to fiscal responsibility over the medium term, and the government should do more to convince them of that," Rajan told the Global Markets Forum.

India was placed under one of the strictest lockdowns in the world in late March for more than two months to stem the spread of the coronavirus, but cases have continued to rise steadily since the government eased restrictions in June, stymieing hopes of an economic recovery.

The government has announced several initiatives to help the poor and small- and medium-size businesses, but actual cash outgo from the government's measures has been estimated at just about 1% of GDP.

Several attribute the fiscal prudence to fear of a downgrade after Moody's cut India's rating and outlook in early June followed closely by a change in outlook from Fitch.

The central bank on its part too has reduced the key lending rate by 115 basis points on top of the 135 bps last year and is widely expected to cut rates by another 25 bps later on Thursday.

"The RBI and government have certainly been cooperating, but it seems like it is elsewhere, the ball is in the government's court to do more," Rajan said.

He said the RBI needs to focus on whether credit is reaching the stressed areas of the economy and also if the viable firms were able to access credit and not the unviable ones.

"And I think that's where it has to focus its attentions, because resources, as you well know, are limited in India today."

Recently analysts, however, have cited the growing possibility the RBI may prefer to pause and cut rates only at its October meeting.

Government officials too have suggested the possibility of any more fiscal stimulus being announced, would only come in the second half of the fiscal year, once a recovery has taken root and coronavirus cases have peaked.

"What India should focus on at this point is protecting its economic capabilities, so that when it has dealt with the virus it can go resume activity in a reasonable way. That should be the focus," Rajan said.

"And if it does that, there is no reason why the rating agencies will not see that as an appropriate policy".

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March 2,2020

Feb 2: The Supreme court on Monday decided to hear on March 4 a plea seeking registration of FIRs against politicians for hate speeches which allegedly led to violence in the national capital.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde agreed to hear the plea filed by riots victims.

The petition was mentioned for urgent listing by senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, appearing for the riots victims.

Gonsalves said that the Delhi High Court has deferred for four weeks the matters related to riots in the national capital despite the fact that people are still dying due to the recent violence.

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