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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
TopicEconomic slowdown

Topic: economic slowdown

India’s rural consumption down 15%, growth reduces to less than half of 2018, says Nielsen

The Nielsen report found that the economic slowdown is worse in northern India, which has a higher dependency on the rural segment and has seen a surge in unemployment.

US-China trade war, ultra-loose monetary policy could threaten world’s financial stability

The IMF estimates that the US-China trade war has shaved 0.8 percentage points off global growth, while the response from central banks has only added back half a percentage point.

Hegde’s dig at ‘NYAY proponent’, Kapil Sibal’s advice to Modi and Khattar on his hobby

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

PM Modi goes plogging and Ravi Shankar Prasad’s filmy economic analysis

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Slowdown hits the road sector — toll revenues set to fall, Bharatmala costs could shoot up

Rating agency India Ratings and Research has painted a bleak picture of India’s road sector, revising the outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘stable-to-negative’.

Nirmala’s husband says BJP in ‘denial mode’ about slowdown & Sandipan Deb slams Thunberg

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

How close the world is to its first recession since 2009

The IMF’s new boss, Kristalina Georgieva, sees a “serious risk” the slowdown will spread, and it’s likely to cut its 2019 global growth forecast from 3.2%.

Ravi Shankar Prasad withdraws remark on Bollywood & slowdown, says ‘twisted out of context’

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had said Saturday that 3 films earned Rs 120 crore in total on 2 October, calling it a sign that India’s economy is sound.

World Bank cuts India’s growth projection to 6%, behind Bangladesh & Nepal

According to World Bank estimates for 2019, real GDP growth is projected to be 8.1% in Bangladesh, 6.5% in Nepal.

Minister RS Prasad dismisses economic slowdown, says 3 films earned Rs 120 crore on 2 Oct

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also said that electronic manufacturing, Information and Technology sector, Mudra loan and commerce services are performing very well.

On Camera

Wang Yi’s Delhi visit shows India is shifting away from US, say Chinese analysts

Even as Chinese discourse celebrates rapprochement, commentators stress its fragility. A thaw does not equate to normalisation of bilateral ties.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

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?