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Monday, August 18, 2025
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Topic: economic

‘Heightened political risks, lower growth’. Why Moody’s has downgraded Bangladesh’s economic outlook

Moody's, which downgraded country's rating from B1 to B2, also notes that ‘nascent reemergence of community-based tensions’, risk of further deterioration in law & order may dampen growth.

India, Qatar strengthen economic ties in Joint Meeting

Bilateral trade and investment cooperation top the agenda.

India and New Zealand to strengthen economic ties, explore collaboration in key sectors

During the meeting, both countries expressed their intent to deepen existing bilateral relations and expand trade and people-to-people contact.

Nobel prize for economics goes to Bernanke, Diamond, Dybvig for research on financial crises

Former Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke, along with Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig, join luminaries such as Paul Krugman and Milton Friedman, previous winners of the prize.

Do sanctions work? Lessons from Russia, Iran and US ‘War on Terror’

MNCs are pulling out of Russia, taking their services and jobs with them. People are seeing their livelihoods eroded. But do these measures work?

PM Modi meets leading American CEOs, highlights economic opportunities in India

Modi held one-on-one meetings with the CEOs of Qualcomm, Adobe, First Solar, General Atomics & Blackstone in the US. He will also hold his first in-person meeting with Joe Biden.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?