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USD, Euro & Yen up; Pound eases

Mumbai, Feb 21 (UNI) Following were the indicative currency notes and traveller's cheques buying and selling rates per unit as supplied by Thomas Cook India here today.

(Figures in Rupees) Currencies Buy Sell US Dollar 37.80 41.90 Sterling Pound 73.65 81.15 Euro 55.45 61.45 Australian Dollar 35.15 38.10 Bahrain Dinar 99.40 112.70 Canadian Dollar 36.80 41.30 Danish Kroner 7.25 8.40 Egyptian Pound 5.35 7.55 Hong Kong Dollar 4.70 5.55 Japanese Yen/100 34.70 38.40 Jordan Dinar 50.35 58.35 Kuwait Dinar 125.20 145.40 Malaysian Ringgit 11.20 13.60 New Zealand Dollar 29.60 34.05 Norwegian Kroner 6.90 7.95 Omani Rial 97.25 110.45 Qatar Rial 10.30 11.65 Saudi Rial 10.00 11.35 Singapore Dollar 26.05 30.45 South African Rand 4.55 5.40 Swedish Kroner 5.80 6.70 Swiss Francs 34.15 38.60 Syrian Pound 0.40 0.80 Thai Baht/100 117.35 137.70 UAE Dirham 10.25 11.55 Chinese Yuan 4.10 5.45 UNI NV DB SM1235

Exquisite Tussar silk on the verge of extinction in Orissa village

By Sarada Lahangir Barpali, (Orissa), Feb. 21 : Orissa's silk manufacturing industry that is known world over for its fine silk and cotton fabrics is facing a major threat to its existence at Barapali Village in the State's Baragarh District. Baragarh district is one of the major contributors of silk in Orissa. However, the local artisans at its Barapali Village are living a helpless life due to an inadequate supply of raw materials, poor pricing and faulty government policies leading.....

Bangladesh pays homage to language martyrs

Dhaka, Feb 21 (UNI) Thousands of people paid homage to the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement at Central Shaheed Minar (Central Martyrs Memorial) here today. On February 21, 1952, a number of people including students laid down their lives demanding recognition of 'Bangla' as a state language of erstwhile Pakistan, when Bangladesh was a province of Pakistan under the name of East Pakistan. The Language Movement ultimately led to a long-drawn struggle.....

Lenin may be buried in a new cemetery

Moscow, Feb 21 (UNI) The body of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin could be buried at a new cemetery, under construction in the Moscow region, 84 years after his death. The body of former Soviet leader, with its face uncovered, has been on public display in a glass sarcophagus housed in a mausoleum on Red Square since his death in 1924. However, ever since the collapse of Soviet Union in 1991 his continuing presence.....
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