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The RBI’s forex swap facility drew over $136 billion. This included 127.23 billion through FCNR(B) deposits, $3.8 billion through ECBs and $5.2 billion through OFCBs. The central bank ended Foreign Currency Non-Resident (FCNR-B) deposit scheme a month early. #CutTheClutter Episode Xxxx explains the intricacies, risks and arithmetic of RBI’s NRI deposit scheme. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains India’s chronic foreign exchange crisis and what it has led to, in the past.

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Pakistan observed September 6 as its Defence Day with much fanfare. #CutTheClutter explains why Pakistan’s revisionist version of the 1965 war is wrong. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also details what happened between 5 August & 6 September 1965– Op Gibraltar & Op Grand Slam. Episode 1895 also looks at how India stopped Pakistan from achieving its target of taking Kashmir.

ThePrintAM:Why has Air India sacked the pilot of Phuket-Delhi flight?

BJP’s core vote bank is furious and looking for answers over Ethanol Blended Fuel. While EBP may be a great idea, it needed 3-4 years of preparation. Now, we have a sugar shortage and surging prices with the festive season upon us. To top it off, we’re bleeding foreign exchange. Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta:

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10 days since the disaster in Nepal, death toll has climbed to over 1,318. Now, fresh clues offer an insight into what could have caused the flash floods. #CutTheClutter Episode 1894 looks at how a bedrock collapse took a hanging glacier down creating two landslide lakes that eventually broke. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains how earlier warnings in fragile Himalayas have been ignored, and why 'climate compensation' clamour doesn't stand.
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To Read OnlineKhabar article: https://english.onlinekhabar.com/china-closes-zhangmu-port-indefinitely-disrupting-nepal-china-trade.html
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To Read USGS report: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/landslide-hazards/science/2026-nepal-debris-avalanche-and-flash-flood?utm_source=chatgpt.com#overview ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To read Himalayan Wonders report: https://www.himalayanwonders.com/nepal/langtang-gosaikunda-10-day-trek.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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ThePrintAM: Haldwani ‘shuddhikaran’ row - Kharge seeks FIR, questions Nadda over delayed action

Geopolitics: China’s LAC Claims, Pakistan’s Iran-US mediation, G2, Turkey-Israel Tensions & rise of AfD

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The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the GDP data this week, which said that India’s economy grew 7.8 percent in the first quarter of FY 2026-27. The growth numbers has sparked a big fight, with critics and opposition claiming that the estimates are inflated. In this special edition of #CutTheClutter, Chief Economic Adviser Dr V. Anantha Nageswaran joins Shekhar Gupta and debunks the ‘fudged data’ claim. CEA also explains the new way of calculation, and reiterates that numbers are not being used in any way to inflate the growth estimates. He also says that the growth numbers for first quarter reflect the true underlying vigour of Indian economic activity.
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To Read Bidisha Bhattacharya report: https://theprint.in/economy/why-is-modi-telling-us-to-save-when-economys-robust-gdp-growth-story-hides-cautious-household-subplot/3032106/
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To Read Duvvuri Subbarao article: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2026/09/can-india-sustain-its-rise-duvvuri-subbarao
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To Read Business Standard article: https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/editorial/beating-the-odds-126083101459_1.html
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