Mangaluru: Fire in apartment in Deralakatte: Quick action of manager saves more than 100 lives
Ullal: A major fire mishap was prevented in Plama Nest, a 13-floor apartment near the Kshema Hospital in Deralakatte, on Tuesday morning, thanks to the timely action taken by the manager of the apartment.
The fire broke out as two dental college students who resided in the apartment number 202 left a hot iron on a bed before hurrying to college to attend a workshop on Tuesday morning. The instrument was still hot although the girls had switched it off.
Mohammed Shahid Shafique, a resident of Kuttar, who was the manager of the apartment, is learned to have sensed a smell of smoke near the apartment. When he went looking for the source, he noticed smoke erupting from the students’ house.
Shafique immediately called the girls back to the apartment and got the door opened, which helped them put out the fire immediately.
More than 100 lives are said to have been saved due to Shafique’s timely action.
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Rupee falls 9 paise to all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai (PTI): Rupee depreciated 9 paise to an all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by uncertainty over an India-US trade deal and persistent foreign fund outflows.
Forex traders said rupee is trading with a negative bias as investors are in wait and watch mode and awaiting cues from the India-US trade deal front.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 90.53 against the US dollar, then fell further to an all-time intraday low of 90.58 against the greenback, registering a fall of 9 paise over its previous close.
On Friday, the rupee had slipped 17 paise to close at an all-time low of 90.49 against the American currency.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.05 per cent lower at 98.35.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading higher by 0.52 per cent at USD 61.44 per barrel in futures trade.
On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share benchmark index Sensex was trading 298.86 points lower at 84,968.80, while the Nifty was down 121.40 points at 25,925.55.
Foreign Institutional Investors sold equities worth Rs 1,114.22 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.
"FPIs continue to be in selling mode in equity and debt while RBI has been selling dollars to fund their long positions," said Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP.
