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Saturday, November 15, 2025
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To be the next China, India must first beat Bangladesh

The West wants a meaningful counterweight to China, but that partnership will be predicated on India not getting stuck in a lower-middle-income trap.

Don’t go by IMF prediction, Bangladesh hasn’t beaten India as South Asia’s economic champion

India’s economy and trade mix are more diversified. So unless you believe India will continue to under-perform, don’t bet on Bangladesh just yet.

The ‘optics’ of GDP and how unity and secularism have become slurs

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

IMF report on Bangladesh surpassing India’s per capita GDP reveals economy’s ‘Achilles’ heel’

In episode 592 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains how India lost a 40% per capita income lead to Bangladesh in the past 5 years.

India’s GDP expected to contract by 9.6% this fiscal year, says World Bank report

World Bank Chief Economist Hans Timmer described the situation in India as 'exceptional' and said it was much worse than ever seen before.

The ‘scary story’ of NDA, & how NCB-Bollywood drug case is eclipsing China, economic crisis

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

India needs to copy China better, and it can start with its special economic zones

With a severely contracted GDP, loss of jobs in millions and 85,000 coronavirus cases being reported daily, it is time for India to start making reforms.

Nirmala Sitharaman’s reaction to Bharat Bandh & Modi govt’s ‘social distancing’ of farmers

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

Methodological ambiguities in GDP data must be sorted out, standing committee on finance says

The parliamentary panel said authentic and credible data is crucial for planning, policy structuring, informed decision making and inclusive growth.

Asia’s economy will shrink for first time since 1960s, ADB says

Asia's GDP will decline by 0.7% in 2020, down from June’s projection of an increase of 0.1%, the first such contraction since 1962, ADB says.

On Camera

Why Tejashwi Yadav failed—Bihar changed, RJD didn’t

RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.