Moreover, India’s tight capital controls, management of the rupee and, importantly, a smaller share of global exports run counter to aspirations of making it an international currency.
For this financial year, the rupee is down about 11% against the dollar, broadly in line with other major Asian currencies such as the offshore Chinese yuan and the Korean won.
During the week ended 29 May, RBI data showed foreign currency assets, a major component of the overall reserves, increased by $3.50 billion to $455.21 billion
Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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