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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicEconomic slowdown

Topic: economic slowdown

Traffic violators to bring about ‘vikas’ and ‘salt satyagraha’ against UP journalist

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

India is in a ‘quasi-recession’ and growth remains elusive, report says

Growth has slipped below long-term trend of 6.6% for 2 consecutive quarters & needs govt spending boost, Nirmal Bang Equities said in a report.

India’s growth forecasts being lowered, more interest rate cuts predicted

Goldman Sachs & Citigroup lowered growth projections to 6% for FY20, while Oxford Economics said there’s a risk the expansion could be weaker than that.

Modi govt is countering the slow economic tempo with counter-narrative of being responsive

It is hard to recall another week under Modi that has been as packed with economic policy pronouncements. But it’s a long haul before narrative really changes.

April-June GDP growth expected to fall to 5.7% as slowdown deepened

The slowdown last quarter reflects a slump in investment before polls & high-frequency indicators since suggest economy’s lack of momentum persisted.

How RBI is managing to give Modi govt the Rs 1.76 lakh crore record windfall

Almost 70% of the Rs 1.76 lakh crore payment comes from income RBI earned on its investments. The rest comes from its surplus capital.

Amend the law to settle conflict over RBI’s surplus once and for all

The transfer of surplus and excess capital is the right step, but the problem should not be left ambiguous in law. Parliament must debate and amend RBI Act.

Does slowdown justify Modi govt dipping into RBI excess reserves or is it just a band-aid?

The Reserve Bank of India Monday decided to transfer a record Rs 1.76 lakh crore dividend and surplus reserves to the Narendra Modi government.

Why RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has lent a Rs 1.76 lakh crore umbrella to Modi govt

Bad news is suddenly pouring down on the economy & RBI is coming to govt’s rescue without running any immediate risk of exposure to its own credibility.

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This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘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.