RBI rupee reference rate 22 paise down at 45.68 USD
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Mumbai, May 22: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today fixed the reference rate for rupee at 45.68 per US dollar, which was 22 paise down from the previous rate of 45.46, an official spokesperson here said.
Srinagar, May 22 (UNI) Senior IPS officer S M Sahai has taken over as Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir from Mr K Rajendra Kumar who was wounded in a fidayeen attack on a Congress rally here yesterday, official sources said today. Prior to this, Mr Sahai was the IGP Crime. Meanwhile, the doctors attending on Mr Kumar have declared him out of danger. Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Director Dr Sheikh Jalal-ud-Din told UNI that.....
Bhopal, May 22 (UNI) Taking a tough stand against the agitating medicos in Madhya Pradesh, the government today served them notices to immediately return to duty or vacate the hostels in two or three days. Bhopal's Hamidia Hospital Dean Nirbhay Shrivastava said health services remained affected due to the strike, but emergency services were being maintained. Madhya Pradesh Junior Doctors Association spokesman Amit Vyas said relay hunger strike by the medicos continued and junior doctors.....
Chennai, May 22 : Asserting that there should not be any dilution in providing 27 per cent reservation to OBCs in institutions of higher education, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) today said it was not averse to increasing the number of seats, but wanted the Centre to promulgate an ordinance on reservation.PMK Founder Leader S Ramadoss told reporters here that an ordinance was necessary as it would help OBC students enjoy the benefits of reservation from this academic year itself......
New Delhi, May 22 (UNI) The national guidelines for stem cell research and therapy is being formulated jointly by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal today said. A drafting committee has formulated the guidelines, which will be put on the ICMR website to elicit response from all the stakeholders before finalising them, Mr Sibal told the Rajya Sabha. India is.....
Chennai, May 22: Bharatiya Jansakthi Party Founder Uma Bharti today announced she would establish a common platform along with like-minded parties in a couple of months to provide an alternative to the Congress, BJP and Left parties. The firebrand leader, who was here on the tenth day of her 'Bharat Protection Yatra' which commenced in Rameswaram on May 13, said the intiative might start in Tamil Nadu as she had received tremendous response and support from the people during her 'yatra.'.....