The US dollar fell 0.7 per cent on Monday -- marking its fifth day of decline in a row. It pushed the DXY index, which measures the dollar’s strength against a group of major currencies, to its lowest level in three years.

Since the start of April, when US President Donald Trump declared ‘Liberation Day’ while unveiling his aggressive tariff policies, the dollar index has fallen more than four per cent.

This decline comes as investors begin to lose confidence in the strength of the US economy and pull out their money from American assets.

President Trump addressed these concerns last week, saying that the US dollar would always remain ‘the currency of choice.’

He added that if any country tried to move away from using the dollar, a single phone call would be enough to bring them back.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday claimed the state is effectively fulfilling its responsibility of serving the common man while also implementing the public welfare schemes of the Central government.

“Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Haryana is progressing steadily as a partner in development, empowered by the strength of a triple engine government,” said the Chief Minister while addressing the gathering at the ‘Sankalp Ki Udaan’ in the presence of Prime Minister Modi, held to mark the inauguration of air services at Maharaja Agrasen Airport and the foundation stone laying of Terminal-2 in Hisar.

Describing the day as historic, the Chief Minister said: “Today, on April 14, we are witnessing a significant milestone as air services commence from the newly constructed Maharaja Agrasen Airport in Hisar to the Maharishi Valmiki International Airport in Ayodhya, the city of Lord Shri Rama. Along with this, the foundation stone laying of the second terminal of Haryana’s first airport marks another leap in the direction of development.”

Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa is under fire for failing to appear at the police station despite being summoned.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Malvinder Kang questioned Bajwa, asking why he is hesitant to share information about the 50 grenades he mentioned earlier with the Punjab Police, if he indeed possesses any such information.

Kang noted that while Bajwa finds time for hours-long television interviews, he fails to make time to cooperate with the police. He questioned what personal matters could possibly outweigh the security of the state and the nation. Kang further added that the police are merely seeking Bajwa’s cooperation to substantiate his statements and take appropriate action, yet he is deliberately avoiding engagement with the authorities.

Imbalance in the digestive system may disrupt brain signals and influence behavioural symptoms in children with autism, according to a study on Monday.

Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) demonstrated that gut metabolites impact the brain, and the brain, in turn, affects behaviour.

The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, adds to a growing body of science implicating the “gut-brain” axis in autism.

“The brain acts as the intermediary between gut health and autism-related behaviours,” said first author Lisa Aziz-Zadeh, Professor at the Brain and Creativity Institute at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.

Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly Vijender Gupta will go to Bhubaneswar to learn from the successful implementation of the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) that has helped Odisha Assembly adopt a paperless legislative process, an official said on Monday.

The three-day study tour from April 15 to April 17 will offer Speaker Gupta an opportunity to study the Odisha Assembly’s digital processes.

An official of the Delhi Assembly Secretariat said the objective of the tour was to study best practices, technological frameworks, and operational models adopted by Odisha in implementing NeVA effectively.

During the last Budget session, Gupta had announced that the Delhi Assembly would become paperless within 100 days.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K. Kavitha has alleged that Dalits were stripped, humiliated and arrested by police in Kamareddy district on Ambedkar’s birth anniversary.

She took to social media to condemn the incident that occurred in Lingampet mandal.

“Unimaginable brutality against Dalits on Ambedkar Jayanti, what a shameful reflection of governance. Is this Dr Ambedkar’s Constitution in action, or CM Revanth Reddy’s personal rulebook?” asked the member of Telangana Legislative Council.

With an aim to curb rash driving, the Gurugram Traffic Police has issued 9,078 challans worth Rs 1.81 crore in the month of March, police said.

Virender Vij, DCP Traffic, said that special campaigns were run against overspeeding vehicles from March 1 to March 31.

“Under this special campaign, effective action has been taken by the Traffic Police Gurugram against those overspeeding. A total of 9,078 challans have been issued against overspeeding, worth Rs 1.81 crore,” the DCP Traffic, said.

He claimed that the aim of the Gurugram Police is to make the roads of Gurugram safe and control criminal activities.

Teachers and students of Punjabi University Patiala on Monday hailed the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann for disbursing funds worth Rs 429.24 crore for the Post Matric Scholarship scheme to impart quality high education to the students thereby realizing dreams of Baba Sahib Dr BR Ambedkar- the Chief Architect of Indian Constitution.

Homegrown electric two-wheeler manufacturer Okinawa Autotech has reported a steep 87 per cent drop in revenue in FY24.

The company’s revenue from operations slipped to just Rs 182 crore in FY24 from Rs 1,144 crore in the previous financial year, according to its latest financials.

Okinawa also posted a loss of Rs 52 crore in FY24, a sharp contrast to the Rs 166 crore of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) it had recorded in FY23.

The company’s operating margins and return on capital employed (ROCE) also took a major hit, with EBITDA margin falling to (-)25.8 per cent and ROCE to (-)102 per cent.