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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicIndian Currency

Topic: Indian Currency

Rupee touches over two-week high on dollar inflows, gains in Asia FX

Jaspreet Kalra -
The rupee was at 84.30 as of 11:00 am, its highest since 7 November, up 0.1% from its close at 84.4450 in the previous session.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

ThePrint Team -
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

How India’s humble Paisa came about—and what the coins tell us about sovereignty

Sanjeev Chopra -
RBI decision to not reissue copper-nickel series of Re 1 and 50 paise coins brings the end of a long coinage history that started with 'phootie cowries'.

Indian rupee can become global reserve currency. But Modi govt must bring reforms for that

Sneha M -
India must offer the rest of the world sizable amounts of safe, readily available, and convertible assets that could be used as collateral in financial markets.

Banknotes with star mark are legal tenders, clarifies RBI

Sampurna Panigrahi -
The central bank said the mark was placed before the bank note’s serial number to identify it as a reprinted or replaced note.

India-UAE vow to double non-petroleum trade to $100 bn by 2030, discuss rupee-dirham trade mechanism

Pia Krishnankutty -
Union minister Piyush Goyal and UAE's Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi conclude 1st session of India-UAE Joint Committee on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.

Rs 2000 notes mean ‘black money’, phase them out gradually — BJP MP’s plea to Modi govt

Moushumi Das Gupta -
While Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Modi urged central government to discontinue ₹2000 notes, fellow BJP MP Nishikant Dubey defended demonetisation in Lower House.

Why the ‘Impossible Trinity’ is pushing RBI toward strengthening the rupee

Anirban Nag -
RBI has signalled that letting rupee strengthen is least bad option as economy shifts from being a global growth hotspot to a Covid hotbed.

Is the Indian rupee overvalued?

ThePrint Team -
From being Asia’s worst performing currency, Indian rupee turned on its head weeks before 2019 elections and further appreciated after BJP’s victory.

Unwise decision by RBI to delay inevitable rate hike

Andy Mukherjee -
It was up to RBI to try and undo the damage of New Delhi’s loose talk on the rupee. And the RBI blew it.
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Opinion

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

Stela Dey -
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.

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Economy

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

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

Defence

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

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

National Interest

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

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

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