Rupee recovers 12 paise in early trade6 hours ago

Mumbai, Jan 24 The rupee gained 12 paise to 68.08 against the dollar in early trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on increased selling of the US currency by exporters and banks amidst higher opening in the domestic equity market. Forex dealers said that besides selling of the American greenback by exporters and banks, weakness in the dollar against other currencies overseas supported the rupee.

Pentagon chief vows ‘unshakeable commitment’ to NATO:spokesman28 min ago

New US Secretary of Defence James Mattis reassured his British counterpart that Washington has an “unshakeable commitment” to NATO, despite President Donald Trump previously casting the military alliance as obsolete. During a phone call with Michael Fallon on his first full day in office, Mattis “emphasized the United States’ unshakeable commitment to NATO,” Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said in a statement.

Trump orders US withdrawal from trans-Pacific trade deal6 hours ago

President Donald Trump today signed three orders on withdrawing the US from the Trans- Pacific Partnership trade deal, freezing the hiring of federal workers and hitting foreign NGOs that help with abortion. “We’ve been talking about this for a long time,” Trump said as he signed the executive order to withdraw from the TPP in the Oval Office.

Trump orders US withdrawal from trans-Pacific trade deal6 hours ago

President Donald Trump today signed three orders on withdrawing the US from the Trans- Pacific Partnership trade deal, freezing the hiring of federal workers and hitting foreign NGOs that help with abortion. “We’ve been talking about this for a long time,” Trump said as he signed the executive order to withdraw from the TPP in the Oval Office.