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"We are talking to different countries. Singapore and UAE have all come forward now to make Rupay acceptable in their countries," Sitharaman said at the Brookings Institute think-tank during a fireside conversation with eminent economist Eshwar Prasad. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Finance Minister says India entering an era of robust economic activity

New Delhi The government has put off by one month the levy of an additional Rs 2 per litre excise duty on petrol and diesel that is not doped with ethanol and bio-diesel in a bid to give the industry more time to implement the measure.

During his 'Mann Ki Baat' radio broadcast on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that the airport would be renamed after Bhagat Singh as a tribute to the freedom fighter.

While the Indian rupee has continued to hit record lows, editorials by prominent English dailies have differed on the role played by the Reserve Bank of India.

The rupee depreciated 43 paise to an all-time low of 81.52 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on September 26

It was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who set up the Cooperative Ministry, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said

One night in November 2020, Sai Aravind, telephoned a friend. In the course of the two-hour conversation, the 23-year-old wept incessantly, almost unable to speak through his tears.