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Monday, August 18, 2025
TopicIndian Rupee

Topic: Indian Rupee

Subramanian Swamy’s bizarre economic solution & Nirmala Sitharaman’s ‘inflation horse’

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

Indian rupee expected to be top performer in Asia this year, key forecaster says

The worst of India’s economic slowdown has passed and the authorities are unlikely to use currency depreciation as a measure to revive growth.

Why the Rupee won’t be able to sustain its sudden rise this month

The Rupee has risen about 1% in the past month after falling by as much 1.2% in October and November.

India’s big plan to bring rupee trading home is an uphill task

Indian authorities are concerned a surge in rupee trading overseas threatens the stability of the currency, especially in times of stress.

Rupee, stocks fall to this year’s lowest as economic slowdown worsens

Even a record $24 billion payout by the RBI failed to excite markets as foreign funds pulled $2.3 billion from shares in August, the biggest outflow since October.

RBI says currency in circulation up by 17% despite PM Modi’s push for a digital economy

In its annual report, the RBI said currency in circulation soared to Rs 21.10 lakh crore as of March 2019, with the Rs 500 bill accounting for over 51% of the value of currency.

Rupee set for its worst monthly loss in 6 years and there’s more pain to come

Nomura forecasts the rupee to finish 2019 at 72.5 per dollar. That’s weaker than the median estimate of 71 in a Bloomberg survey.

Poetic prose for Jaitley, a paean for Sindhu and the rupee does a Ben Stokes

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Rupee becomes Asia’s worst performer, poses risk to bond investors

A sharp drop in the rupee may wipe out most profits for offshore investors as they don’t usually hedge currency risk for short-term debt investments.

India must overhaul its foreign exchange market to boost export, balance out trade deficit

Achieving a market-driven realistic exchange rate mechanism for the dollar was one of the key policy goals of the 1990-91 economic reforms in India.

On Camera

Why Modi, BJP should worry about bad blood between CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Rahul Gandhi

If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, and trained animals to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?