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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicEconomic slowdown

Topic: economic slowdown

Top IPS officer wants to stop risk allowance for CRPF personnel with medical conditions

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

To avoid sinking to 1980s levels, Modi must take direct charge of economic policy

PM Modi needs to develop an understanding of how different elements of a revival strategy mesh together, and then stay the course.

The economy is India’s most potent weapon, but it’s losing its power

A red-hot economy was India’s greatest strategic strength. It's now diminishing and damaging India’s stature, as reflected in responses to the Kashmir crisis.

Fall in GDP growth needs to be reversed before it becomes a sustained downward spiral

The fall in GDP growth needs to be reversed before it becomes a sustained downward spiral. Sharp tax cuts can help, as can a move away from the tax raids policy.

Yamini Aiyar on poorly documenting NRC, R Jagannathan on how economy needs migrant labour

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

Why demand for power is surging amid India’s growth slowdown

Overall jump in demand came mostly because of rise in demand from states that added large number of households to electricity network for the first time.

Markets give a thumbs down, Modi govt has no place to hide its sorry management of economy

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Rupee, stocks fall to this year’s lowest as economic slowdown worsens

Even a record $24 billion payout by the RBI failed to excite markets as foreign funds pulled $2.3 billion from shares in August, the biggest outflow since October.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.