The Indian rupee tumbled to historic lows on Wednesday, breaching the 90-per-US dollar mark for the first time amid persistent foreign investor outflows, heavy dollar purchases by banks, and escalating uncertainty over the long-delayed India–US trade agreement. The currency slipped to an unprecedented 90.15 in early trade, eclipsing its previous record low of 89.9475 set just a day earlier, before recovering marginally to trade around 90.02. The rupee opened weak at 89.96 against the US dollar and quickly crossed the psychological 90 threshold, touching 90.13–90.15 across multiple trading platforms. It had ended the previous session at 89.87–89.95 after enduring sharp losses since the start of the week. So far this year, the currency has fallen over 4%, having shed around 0.8% in Nov

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