Global media also reported on the border fencing project that has picked up pace in West Bengal since BJP came to power in the state, and resumption of fighting between the US and Iran.
RBI had expended more than $30 billion in three months in an attempt to stabilise the rupee, yet the currency still reached an unprecedented low of Rs 96.91.
Much of what Modi asked Indians to do in the name of ‘economic patriotism’ was sensible. But nobody makes a speech like that in good times. Crisis is looming on the horizon.
The govt's appeal to spend fewer dollars is well-intentioned, but voluntary behavioural change is uncertain. A weaker rupee achieves the same outcome automatically and faster.
The hikes, aiming to dampen demand in the world’s second-largest bullion market, follow a rare weekend appeal from PM Modi. Gold is the country’s largest import item after crude oil.
Being DL is not the same as being closeted, though there’s some overlap. A closeted man knows he is queer, but a DL one does his best to not acknowledge the Grindr logo on his phone.
Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange
The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.
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