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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicReserve Bank

Topic: Reserve Bank

Decision to keep rates low has generated weakness for the rupee

RBI kept interest rates unchanged in December 2021 & in February 2022because Ministry of Finance is building an “escape clause,” allowing inflation to increase above the target goal of 4%.

Fugitive Nithyananda ready with ‘Hindu Reserve Bank of Kailasa’, launch on Ganesh Chaturthi

Rape-accused fugitive godman Nithyananda has in a video announced that 'his country' Kailasa has signed MoU with another country that will host the ‘Hindu Investment and Reserve Bank’.

It’s time India switches to millions and billions instead of lakhs and crores

The Indian way of writing numbers, particularly large ones, results in a lot of unneeded mental gymnastics. It might be a good time to bring it to an end. 

On Camera

Modi’s three Iran blunders lead to one question—where’s strategic autonomy?

Three avoidable blunders in PM Modi's handling of the US-Israel attack on Iran have laid bare the hollowness of his claims to global leadership.

India growth seen slowing as Iran conflict shows no sign of easing

Goldman Sachs last week cut its 2026 growth forecast by half a percentage point to 6.5% for the fiscal year starting April, and expects slower expansion due to India’s reliance on imported oil.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.