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Sunday, August 31, 2025
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Topic: RBI

Worst rout in seven years may end for India bonds on RBI binge

The yield on the benchmark 10-year bond fell 17 basis points in October, its first decline in three months. It peaked at 8.23 percent in September, the highest level in four years.

RBI isn’t alone. Populist leaders around the world are squeezing central banks

The flood of recent govt-central banks spats in India, the US & Europe underscores the fundamental danger of populism

Urjit Patel won the first round in RBI vs Centre, but the war isn’t over

The timing of RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya’s scathing speech was impeccable.

Top Modi govt official taunts RBI with ‘wrath of markets’ jibe

Analysts have slammed economic affairs secretary Subhash Garg for a provocative tweet days after the RBI and the Centre sparred in the open.

Independence of central bank is of utmost importance: IMF on RBI- Centre rift

The IMF said it is closely monitoring the tension between the Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) over the autonomy of monetary policy makers.

Subramanian Swamy backs RBI governor Urjit Patel against finance minister Jaitley

Subramanian Swamy, a baiter of previous RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, says Urjit Patel should not be allowed to quit.

A tale of two Patels, and pollution cloud over Diwali celebrations in Delhi

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

On top of everything else, the rupee has to deal with the Modi govt-RBI clash

The discord over the RBI’s autonomy comes at a time when the Rupee has been routed by oil prices.

RBI is pushing Modi govt back as the era of easy money is over

Modi wants banks to dole out loans quickly to keep world’s fastest growing major economy firing. RBI governor Urjit Patel has other priorities.

Maoist attack on journalists is reminder that nothing can justify terrorism

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From Vedanta, India turned to Nehruvian socialism and buried its liberal roots: Sharad Joshi

An Indian Hitler will have to be exceptionally lucky to survive for any length of time. This much hope ought to be enough for seekers of liberty and equality, wrote Sharad Anantrao Joshi, president of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party, in 1995.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.