Indian stock market slips below trillion-dollar mark, rupee at record low

August 6, 2013

Indian_stock Mumbai, Aug 6: Indian stock market slipped below the trillion-dollar level in terms of total valuation of all listed companies on Tuesday morning, as downward pressure continued on rupee and share prices.

Rupee touched its all-time low level of Rs 61.51 against the US dollar in early trade and the stock market also lost further ground with a fall of over one per cent in the benchmark Sensex.

As a result, the total market capitalisation of all listed stocks in the country fell to nearly USD 992 billion (close to Rs 60.9 lakh crore), pushing India out of the elite global league of markets having a trillion-dollar valuation.

The BSE benchmark Sensex tumbled by more than 200 points in the late morning trade on fresh selling mainly in realty, metal, consumer durable, banking and captial goods sectors.

Indian stock market has been holding to the trillion-dollar level by a wafer-thin margin for last few days amid continuing weakness in stocks and rupee values.

At the end of Monday's trade, the total valuation of all listed stocks in India stood at Rs 61,55,448.63 crore (USD 1.011 trillion), while it had touched a low of USD 1.004 trillion last week.

With India out of this league, only 13 stock markets across the world currently enjoy a trillion-dollar status, led by the US (an estimated USD 20 trillion).

Other members of this elite club are - UK, Japan, China, Canada, Hong Kong, Germany, France, Switzerland, Australia, South Korea, Nordic region and Brazil.

While markets like Russia, Spain and South Africa have moved out of this club after enjoying a trillion-dollar status in the past, at least three more markets -- Brazil, South Korea and Nordic region markets -- are maintaining this level with small margins.

India had first entered the trillion-dollar club in June 2007, but moved out in September 2008, amid a global slowdown. It again got back into this elite league in May 2009 and had largely remained there since then, except for some brief periods.

Rather than the fall in share values, the rupee weakness has been the greater force behind the dollar-valuation plunge in the recent months.

Since the beginning of the current fiscal in April 2013, though the rupee valuation of Indian stock market has fallen by only about 4 per cent (from Rs 63.88 lakh crore to Rs 60.90 crore), but its dollar valuation has plunged by about 18 per cent (from USD 1,209 billion to USD 992 billion).

Rupee has depreciated by over 12 per cent during this period.

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With 666 COVID-19 patients, CM says Kerala will be in 'serious situation' if cases keep increasing

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May 20,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, May 20: As COVID-19 count surges to 666 with 24 new cases reported on Wednesday, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that if cases keep increasing in this manner, then the State will be in a 'serious situation.'

Out of 24 new patients, 12 have returned from abroad, 11 others from other States and one has been infected by a contact. Now, total positive cases in the State stand at 666 including 161 active cases, Chief Minister Vijayan said at press meet.

"If the number of COVID-19 cases increases like this, then the State will be in a serious situation. We have given more relaxations in lockdown guidelines. We need to have more strict measures in some areas," he said.

Speaking about the people who are coming to Kerala from other States, he stressed that all people coming from outside are "not carriers." However, the State has to tighten the security as some among those people are "carriers."

The Chief Minister while clearing that there is no restriction for the people to come back to Kerala, said: "Lakhs of people residing in other states cannot come together."

"There is no relaxation in containment areas. Those who came from outside have to be in quarantine. This is their moral responsibility. The State has implemented home quarantine successfully. Various level committees like ward committee, neighbours and residential associations are monitoring the people in quarantine," he said.

Chief Minister Vijayan has directed the police to visit people under home quarantine to take their report and district panchayat to make sure that all panchayats are working in a proper manner.

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Jyotiraditya Scindia’s PA tests COVID positive, has long contact trail

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July 7,2020

Bhopal, Jul 7: Anil Mishra, personal assistant to BJP Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya Scindia, has tested positive.

He has been accompanying Scindia throughout his tours post-corona infection.

His contact trail is longer than that of Scindia. He has been in touch with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Mishra was present during Scindia's meetings with the MLAs and the swearing in ceremony of the MP ministry on July 2.

BJP sources say there is concern over the possible list of people who will be put in isolation to check the spread of the virus.

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India would not discriminate among religions, we are not a theocratic country like Pakistan: Rajnath Singh

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January 22,2020

New Delhi, Jan 22: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said Indian values consider all religions equal, and that is why the country is secular and never became a theocratic state like Pakistan.

Speaking at the NCC Republic Day Camp in Delhi, Singh said: "We (India) said we would not discriminate among religions. Why did we do that? Our neighbouring country has declared that their state has a religion. They have declared themselves a theocratic state. We didn't declare so."

"Even America is a theocratic country. India is not a theocratic country. Why? Because our saints and seers did not just consider the people living within our borders as part of the family, but called everyone living in the world as one family," the minister said.

Singh underlined that India had never declared its religion would be Hindu, Sikh or Buddhist and people of all religions could live here.

"They gave the slogan of 'Vasudev Kutumbakam' -- the whole world is one family. This message has gone to the whole world from here only," he added.

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Very thoughtful and eye-catching statement by Defense Minister, Rajnath Singh.

Sir, I kindly request you to convey this beautiful message to your Party’s comrades, who are deprived of this dosage for long times and are badly need of this.

Also, for those from your Party, who are, time and again, spitting the venomous rhetoric against Dalits, Muslims, Christians and others alike.

Yashwant Sinhaji is now doing a wonderful job in this regard.

You will also follow his suit for sure in the days to come; that’s what your honest statement indicates.