They try to hide behind the smokescreen that these are works of fiction inspired by real events. So, you can pick and choose from facts and fictionalise to push the right triggers with your audience or appease the powers that be, observes Shekhar Gupta.
'If you look at the average age of all our candidates, you will notice that their average age is between 35 and 40. It is a kind of revolution that the MNS is bringing in Maharashtra.'
India's foreign exchange reserves declined for the second consecutive week to $295.50 billion, down $12.6 million, in the week ended December 20, the Reserve Bank said.
'I have serious doubts about the longevity of the NDA government and the longevity of the 18th Lok Sabha itself.'
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Foreign currency assets surged $2.541 billion to $284.571 billion in the period.
The value of the gold reserves increased $78.2 million to $22.764 billion
The gold reserves remained unchanged at $18.151 billion.
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India's foreign exchange reserves have dropped by a massive $1.649 billion to $314.661 billion in the week to December 5, led by a fall in foreign currency assets.
India's forex kitty shrunk by $1.03 billion to $353.33 billion on the back of a dip in the core currency assets, the Reserve Bank said.
Foreign exchange reserves dipped marginally by $237.5 million to $355.221 billion in the week to June 26.
The foreign currency assets rose by $75 million to $291.39 billion
The gold reserves remained stable at $19.335 billion.
'There's going to be a lot of logistics involved given the IPL final is only a week before the WTC final'
Foreign currency assets, a major component of the overall reserves, rose by $1.404 billion to $338.897 billion in the reporting week
India's foreign exchange reserves surged by a healthy $2.788 billion to $343.2 billion in the week to April 17.
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In the previous week, total reserves increased by $950.9 million to $313.536 billion.
Foreign exchange reserves had touched a record of $363.5 billion in the week through June 3, 2016.
Country's foreign exchange reserves dropped by $2.063 billion to $ 335.729 billion in the week to March 13.
The marginal decline in reserves was on account of fall in foreign currency assets
In 2022 Nanaji Dembi pulled down the Hurriyat office board in Srinagar, an act of defiance that grabbed headlines. Despite such nationalistic bravado, the BJP has denied him a ticket for the assembly election.
In the swap auction conducted on April 23, the Reserve Bank had received bids worth $ 18.65 billion against $ 5 billion on offer.
Foreign currency assets, a major part of the overall reserves, surged $493.2 million to $282.029 billion for the period under review, Reserve Bank of India said on Friday.
The country's foreign exchange reserves crossed the $600 billion mark for the first time after increasing by $6.842 billion in the week ended June 4, RBI data showed on Friday. The reserves surged to a record $605.008 billion in the reporting week, helped by a rise in foreign currency assets (FCA), a major component of the overall reserves, as per weekly data by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). In the previous week ended May 28, 2021, the reserves had swelled by $5.271 billion to $598.165 billion.
The country's forex reserves rose by $419.4 million to $315.551 billion in the week to November 14, driven by a rise in foreign currency assets.
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India's foreign exchange reserves declined by $2.599 billion to $293.11 billion in the week ended January 3 on account of a fall in foreign currency assets, RBI said.
The reserves had dropped by $1.434 billion to $348.934 billion.
India's foreign exchange reserves dipped by $1.327 billion to $317.313 billion in the week ended September 5 on a slide in the currency assets and gold stockpile, the Reserve Bank said.
The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by $810.7 million to $318.579 billion for the week ended August 22, on account of drop in foreign currency assets.
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The gold reserves remained unchanged at $18.691 billion.
The gold reserves remained unchanged at $18.691 billion in the week.
The reserves nearing $ 428 billion can take care of imports for almost 10 months, according to market experts.
Country's foreign exchange reserves declined sharply by $3.433 billion to $351.920 billion.
In the previous reporting week, the reserves had surged by $954.6 million to $294.36 billion.
The country's foreign exchange reserves rose by $954.6 million to $294.36 billion on account of gains in the value of gold reserves, the Reserve Bank said.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Thursday revoked the disqualification of Bahujan Samaj Party leader Afzal Ansari as a member of the Lower House after the Supreme Court conditionally suspended his conviction in a Gangsters Act case.
India's foreign exchange reserves surged by $1.26 billion to $292.33 billion in the week ended February 7 on the back of a healthy increase in the currency assets, the Reserve Bank said.
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