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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicFalling rupee

Topic: Falling rupee

Why the rupee’s ‘record low’ is not necessarily a cause for concern

What ‘strong currency’ policy framers ignore is that almost every nation with a successful long-term record of development has pursued a ‘weak currency’ policy to win export markets.

Why Modi wants to stop war in Ukraine, and the rupee needs an Op Ganga of its own

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Rupee falls to 75 for first time, stocks continue to drop as foreigners pull out $10 bn

Global funds are seeking safety of dollar while fleeing stocks, bonds & other currencies, emulating pattern that was hallmark of 2008 global financial crisis.

Behind India’s chronic trade deficit, a few ignorant accounting formulas

A persistent and large deficit fails to pressure the dollar upwards, relative to the rupee, resulting in the latter’s overvaluation.

RBI hand seen as rupee holds amid cooling oil prices

India’s forex reserves plunged $5.14 billion in the week ended 12 Oct. — the biggest drop in 7 years — hinting at the central bank’s intervention.

India’s headline inflation might be low, but it may not stay that way for long

Between a record-low currency, high oil prices, and a looming election, India's inflation rate could take a hit.

India likely to consider increasing import duties to curb deficit & prop up sagging rupee

The prime minister’s office is planning a meeting in New Delhi this week to review measures including curbs to curtail the trade gap.

Modi govt considers tapping overseas Indians to support rupee

Govt. has raised import tariffs while the central bank allowed companies to raise more money abroad and eased norms for foreign investment in local...

Journalists exposed in #MeToo movement, and fleeing migrant workers

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Quick slide for rupee and Mayawati’s right move

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On Camera

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.