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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicExchange rate

Topic: exchange rate

IMF reclassifies India’s de facto exchange rate regime from ‘floating’ to ‘stabilised arrangement’

The IMF also projected India’s economy will grow at 6.3% in both the current fiscal year and the next, below the RBI’s forecast of 7% in the current year.

Soviet Midas touch drove Indian economy during Cold War. India rekindling rupee-rouble affair

India is an outlier for engaging with Russian economy, which has brought back talk of reviving an old Cold War relic: the rupee-rouble trade. But the rupee is in trouble in Russia.

Looks like rupee will buck doomsday predictions, recover by year-end

Fresh estimate comes amid fears the Indian currency may slip to a record low of 72 against the dollar before 2019.

With US-China trade war heating up, the sorry state of India’s exports may worsen

World Bank report expresses concern over falling exports; elevated exchange rate, capital crunch due to GST, among others, seen as major causes.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.