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August 31, 2018

What a falling rupee means for household budgets, other plans

On Friday, the rupee plunged to a new-low as it hit the psychological 71-mark against the US dollar for the first time. For an import-dependent country such as India, currency depreciation hurts on several fronts, besides leading to a rise in general inflation.

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August 31, 2018

How this young monk pulls off the great memory trick

In his pursuit to become a ‘maha shatavdhani’,17-year-old Jain monk, Muni Padma prabhchandra sagar, will display his prodigious memory by allowing audience to ask questions randomly from a lot of 200. Sagar, a disciple of Acharya Nayachandrasagarji, used techniques like silence and meditation to increase attention span and working memory.

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