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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicGDP growth

Topic: GDP growth

Fitch Ratings raises India’s GDP forecast to 6.3% for FY24 on robust growth in first quarter

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings raised its growth forecast for the Indian economy to 6.3% for the current fiscal year, from 6% earlier, on the back of robust growth in the first quarter and strong

FY23’s positive GDP data hides worrying trends: Weak consumption, sustained slump in manufacturing

It should be cause for worry that, by latest quarter, agriculture had become 25% bigger than manufacturing. This is the exact opposite of what 'Make in India' intended.

GDP growth at 7.2% in 2022-23, higher than expected and buoyed by strong Q4, govt data shows

The government had in February estimated GDP growth for 2022-23 to be 7%. The higher-than-expected actual performance is largely due to a strong cross-sector showing in Q4.

Led by China, India, the 5 BRICS nations now contribute more to world GDP than industrialised G7

BRICS countries overtook G7 in 2020 by making up a larger share of global GDP in PPP terms, with China & India respectively in second and third positions globally that year.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.