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Sunday, April 5, 2026
TopicIndian Currency

Topic: Indian Currency

RBI’s move to force banks to unwind rupee bets sparks short squeeze

RBI's new rules, effective 10 April, cap open positions banks can hold in onshore currency market at $100 mn at end of each trading day. Change forces lenders to shrink their books.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

On Camera

Price rise, worsening economy can be managed, but nation’s moral decline cannot: Jagjivan Ram

On 25 February 1981, Babu Jagjivan Ram delivered a speech in the Lok Sabha, underlining several issues plaguing the country — from communal riots, atrocities against Scheduled Castes to the condition of the working classes.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.