The rupee’s plunge beyond ₹90 highlights India-specific pressures from FPI outflows, trade deficits and dollar demand. The slide threatens higher imported inflation, costlier commodities and wider external imbalances, even as domestic growth remains resilient amid global uncertainty.
AU Small Finance Bank Q2 profit jumps 53% to Rs 858 crore
AU’s gross non-performing assets ratio fell 42 basis points (bps) to 1.99% at the end of September. This helped in 25% lower provision at Rs