Fed rate hike 'makes sense,' says US reserve bank president.
Spot gold fell as far as $1,142.10 an ounce on Thursday, its lowest since November 2014.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday said keeping inflation low is the key task for sustainable economic growth of the country.
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Sustained capital inflows supporting the rupee sentiment, a forex dealer said.
The reports were changed by CENTCOM higher ups to adhere to the Obama administration's public line that the US is winning the battle against the terror groups, claim analysts.
The US military has around 2,200 service members and civilian employees in Turkey, which is a NATO member and a crucial regional partner for Washington.
The rupee's gains came even as most emerging Asian currencies eased as the yuan fell beyond 6.20 to the dollar for the first time since April last year amid market speculation that the central bank will keep the currency weak as economic growth slows.
The rupee fell to more than one-month low of 65.75 against the US dollar on Thursday.
The bilateral MoUs were signed in pursuance of the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive which requires that adequate supervisory cooperation arrangements are put in place between EU and non-EU supervisory authorities including Sebi.
This brings the Fed a step closer to raising interest rates this year
Of the immigrant scientists and engineers in the US in 2013, 57 per cent were born in Asia.
The US army, navy, air force and marines have all prepared battle plans and spent four years building bases and training for Operation Iranian Freedom.
The risk of a collision between the Federal Reserve and the markets grew on Friday after Fed governor Randall Kroszner made it clear that the US central bank was not planning to cut interest rates at its next policy meeting, but was largely ignored by investors.
Gold prices on Wednesday sky-rocketed by Rs 340 at Rs 11,510 per ten gram as investors directed their money to the precious metal after the dollar fell, sparked by Federal Reserve cutting key interest rates.
RBI will not follow US Federal Reserve's cue of cutting rates, as Indian conditions differ greatly from US.
With a rate cut in the US driving the Sensex beyond 20,000 mark, analysts expect the next thousand point milestone well before the US central bank's next rate review meeting in January.
The gold and crude oil prices, which have risen to records this year, may ease a little if the US central bank Federal Reserve cut rates at its meeting on Tuesday, an analyst said.The Fed is scheduled to meet today to consider revision of interest rates. The US banking sector regulator has already cut the rate at which it lends to banks by 0.25 per cent to 3.25 per cent at an emergency weekend meeting on Monday.
The BSE Mid-cap index gained 1.1% while the Small-cap index surged 1.3%, outperforming the benchmark indices
Five years before Rajiv Gandhi was killed in 1991, the US Central Intelligence Agency had prepared a very detailed and thorough "brief" on what would happen if he is assassinated or makes an "abrupt departure" from the Indian political scene.
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The US stimulus programme has been credited with fuelling a global equities rally for most of the year.
Gold retains gains, gain nearly 3 per cent in the past three sessions.
The domestic unit moved in a range of 64.14 and 63.99.
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The nomination would put Yellen on course to be the first woman to lead the institution.
Strong currency and sagging oil prices are spooking policymakers.
The analysts believe that the rate cut would put downward pressure on the US dollar, thus boosting the gold prices in the non-dollar currency markets.
Analysts say the sell-off in risky assets will be temporary and could be a buying opportunity for long-term investors.
Years of unprecedented stimulus has left the Fed swollen with $4.5 trillion in bonds
ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank down between 0.2%-1.4% each.
The trend was visible in the early trade on Thursday as investors indulged in trimming their bets after the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's September meeting indicated a possible rate hike this year.
China was making determined military and diplomatic efforts to 'counter what it sees as US efforts to contain or encircle China'.
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Pakistani army spokesman General Shauket Sultan told CNN a dynamite blast by engineers clearing a road caused the explosion as two US helicopters were flying overhead.
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