KATHMANDU, Dec 20: While the country is already feeling the heat of depleting foreign currency reserves, a total of US $ 1.36 billion was spent to buy Indian currency (INR) to fund imports from the southern neighbor during the first four months of the current fiscal year.

MUMBAI, Aug 24: The Indian rupee along with emerging Asian currencies weakened against the US dollar on Friday as prospects for a quick resolution of the US-China trade war faded after two days of talks ended with little progress.

Actor-singer Ali Zafar has filed a defamation suit in a district court here against singer Meesha Shafi, who accused him of sexual harassment two months ago on social media. The suit claims damages of Rs 1 billion.

NEW DELHI, April 9: The State Bank of India (SBI) will be investing a total of INR 80 billion in the Arun III hydropower project of Nepal, which has 900 megawatts (MW) electricity production capacities.