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The Indian rupee depreciated 30 paise to 71.77 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday. On Monday, the local unit had closed at 71.47 against the US dollar and the Indian financial market was closed on Tuesday in view of Guru Nanak Jayanti. 
 

In the raids conducted across the country, CBI searched 169 locations in connection with 35 bank fraud cases involving funds of over Rs 7,000 crore.

The study estimates the combination of hotter summers and more high-heat days will contribute to more than 1.5 million deaths each year by 2100. The projected death rate is as high as the current death rate from all infectious diseases in India today. 

As per a local website, there were allegations that members of the Banjara community were being forced to convert to Christianity in Vijayapura, Karnataka 

With this win, South Africa equalled New Zealand's record of a country with most rugby World Cup titles. The two teams had also locked horns in the 2007 World Cup final where South Africa defeated England and lifted the coveted trophy for the second time

National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials conducted raids at several locations in Tamil Nadu after a plot to kill Hindu activists in Coimbatore grabbed headlines

RK Mathur who was the defence secretary has been sworn-in as the first Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Ladakh. Mathur, an IAS officer of 1977 batch from Tripura, later inspected a guard of honour of local police.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Ahmedabad to participate in events on the day of Sardar Vallabhai Patel’s 144th birth anniversary. PM Modi also visited the Statue of Unity, a colossal statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel located on a river island facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam on river Narmada in Kevadiya colony.

Karnataka police have detained 16 PFI activists who were rehearsing for a parade in a furtive manner and in a remote location (Mandya)

Ram Madhav, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) national general secretary said that terrorists are harming the interests of locals by attacking the traders in Jammu and Kashmir

The Northern Army Commander was returning from a forward location in the 16 Corps area of operations near the Line of Control (LoC) when the incident took place

Here are some interesting facts about the Kartarpur Corridor that will make it easy for the Sikh devotees to visit the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur situated in Pakistan