Over three decades and approaching its 600th show, the Kannada play Mukhyamantri has made its mark as a classic. The play, with its meaning contemporary and dynamic, is a fine example of top notch acting, direction and content

The four plays staged at “Hriday Manch-2016” were comic expositions exuding local flavour and style, writes Diwan Singh Bajeli

‘Meevente Memuntam’ enacted the tussle between youthful independence and experience of parents.

Yuki Ellias gave the story a human and humorous touch

An unabridged version of ‘Kuchelavritham’ was staged in Palakkad, to the delight of rasikas.

Ninasam Tirugata staged two plays -- Kalandugeya Kathe and Atta Dari Itta Puli. One reads the contemporary into classical, and the other bares the present itself

Rani Balbir Kaur’s production of Balwant Gargi celebrated play “Kanak Di Balli” touched the hearts of the audience.

Written by Girish Karnad in 2004 and directed by Alyque Padamsee, the play has seen Shabana make the character her own.

Amaravati Poetic Prism 2016 makes its entry into Indian Book of Records as the largest poetic anthology comprising 527 poems.

Meanwhile, the dollar index gained 0.16 per cent to 102.85 points

Rupee weighed down by a firm dollar, geopolitical tensions in West Asia

Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading 0.06 per cent higher at 103.19

Forex traders say a mixed-to-positive tone in the domestic market also supported rupee

Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading 0.07 per cent higher at 100.78

Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading 0.05 per cent lower at 100.79

Rupee lifted by weakening of dollar, and drop in crude oil prices

Rupee gains capped by negative domestic markets, higher crude oil prices, and foreign capital outflows

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 83.95 against the American currency and finally settled at 83.97 (provisional) against the US dollar, down 2 paise from its previous close

Rupee gains following Fed Reserve rate cut and strong demand for domestic equities

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 83.54 against the American currency and finally settled at 83.65 (provisional) against the US dollar, down 11 paise from its previous close

The dollar index declined 0.14 per cent to 100.48

Analysts say market participants were awaiting cues from the personal consumption expenditure data to be released in US on Friday

Dollar weakness overseas supports rupee

Rupee weighed down by strong dollar, outflow of foreign funds

Meanwhile, the dollar index fell 0.05 per cent to 101.69

RBI action supports rupee amid surging crude oil prices, volatile geopolitics

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 83.96 against the US dollar and touched an intra-day high of 83.95 and a low of 83.99

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 83.92 and finally settled for the day at 83.96 (provisional), higher by 1 paisa over its previous close of 83.97 against the dollar

The reserves shrunk by $10.746 billion during the reporting week to stand at $690.43 billion as on October 11, 2024

Investors remained cautious and stayed away from riskier assets due to geopolitical uncertainties, forex dealers said

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the domestic unit opened at 84.07 against the greenback and traded in a narrow range throughout the session

Rupee found some cushion as the dollar retreated from its higher level while the domestic equity markets indicated a recovery, forex traders say

Analysts said the selling rush by foreign investors in pursuit of better gains from the Chinese market has been preventing the rupee's recovery

At the interbank foreign exchange, the local currency opened at 84.07 against the greenback, trading flat at previous day's closing level in initial deals

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 84.08 against the greenback, it traded in a tight range and ended the day at 84.07 (provisional), unchanged from its previous close

Weak domestic markets and month-end dollar demand push rupee lower

Despite this increase, the currency is affected by strong dollar demand and outflows from foreign funds, contributing to investor hesitancy.

Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading 0.13 per cent lower at 103.73