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British PM of Indian Origin

Probing The Excitement in India Over a British PM of Indian Origin There is great excitement in India over Rishi Sunak of Indian origin becoming the new British PM. It is also seen as one, the defeat of British colonialism and two, that history has been awarded with justice.  But why are Indians so excited? Is it because Rishi Sunak is the new British PM of Indian Origin? Or the British democracy is so matured that any British citizen can become the PM there irrespective of their family connections, origin, country, race and religion. My question is, are the people of India overwhelmed with joy due to the new British PM Rishi Sunak is of Indian Origin and thereby celebrating the merits and attributes of a matured British democracy? Is their happiness an expression to convey that Indian democracy should also learn from British democracy to follow suit? Do we have the same desire to celebrate our democracy in the same spirit we are so excited about British democracy – especially in a cou

Why is the Dollar Flying High??

Why is the Dollar Getting Stronger?? Exchange rate of currency depends upon supply and demand of that currency.  Dollar against Rupee in Oct 2021 : 1 USD = ₹ 75 Oct 2022 : 1 USD = ₹ 82 Now let's check Rupee vs Pound Oct 2021 - 1 GBP = ₹ 104 Oct 2022 - 1 GBP = ₹ 92 So in the last one year the Rupee strengthened against GBP. Let's check Rupee vs Euro Oct 2021: 1 Euro = ₹ 88 Oct 2022: 1 Euro = ₹ 82 So ₹ strengthened against the Euro also. Let's check Rupee vs Yen Oct 2021 : 1 Yen = ₹ 0.65  Oct 2022 : 1 Yen = ₹ 0.55  Rupee strengthened against Yen also. In the last 1 year, Rupee weakened against the Dollar but strengthened against all major currencies. Let's check performance of these currencies against Dollar. For that we will check the Dollar index. Dollar index measures relative performance of Dollar against 6 major currencies of the world including GBP, Euro and Yen. In Oct 2021: USD value against 6 major currency = 93 Oct 2022: USD value against 6 major currency = 112