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Monday, May 6, 2024
TopicIndian Currency

Topic: Indian Currency

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.

Govt to issue Rs 20 coins for the first time, new design for four other denominations

The Rs 20 coin will be shaped like a 12-edged polygon with design of grains to denote farm dominance in the country.

Nepal bans use of 2000, 500 and 200 Indian rupee banknotes

The Nepalese information and communications ministry said Indian currency notes higher than Rs 100 were illegal in the country. Kathmandu: The Nepal government has banned the use...

Unwise decision by RBI to delay inevitable rate hike

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.

Chinese report says Indian notes printed in country, AAP and Congress slam Modi govt

Opposition says BJP-led government compromising national security, financial sovereignty; government denies report.

Last Laughs: An impending environmental doom and politicians chasing wrong problems

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

The chances of India being named a currency manipulator are slim

It is highly unlikely that India will be called a manipulator as it has persistently been running current account deficits since 2005.

On Camera

‘Trade, not aid’—Narasimha Rao’s 1991 reforms speech that changed India’s economic landscape

On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.