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Friday, November 14, 2025
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What Indian voters buy with ‘bribes’ just before elections: Booze, good food & clothes

The IIM-Bengaluru and University of Kent study looked at consumption patterns of households in major states before & after elections and found a spike in the expenditure on some key items ahead of the vote.

IMF wants tighter monetary policy but analysts divided over whether RBI will raise rates

IMF report also says India is poised to grow at 7.4 per cent in FY 2018-19, thus making it one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

India Sees Greater Risk of Crude Prices Staying High for Longer

Oil is India’s biggest import and elevated prices along with a weaker rupee will widen the trade deficit, fuel imported inflation and squeeze government finances.

Manmohan reminds Karnataka of UPA achievements, attacks Modi govt’s ‘whims & fancies’

The former PM and noted economist cited demonetisation, GST and GDP growth to slam Modi govt, while reminding people of the UPA’s achievements.

After India’s latest GDP revisions, even economists are wondering how credible our data is

The central bank's Department of Economic and Policy Research has flagged considerable volatility in initial estimates of GDP and questioned the veracity of official data.  India’s multiple...

Rural India has earned significantly less since the year Modi came to power, says report

The report points out that though the phase after 2014 has been labelled a period of rural distress, the gap between average growth in rural wages and rural inflation is not so significant.

India’s oil import addiction is the slick to the economy

The country’s reliance on monsoon and oil prices equals a not so sunny current account deficit.

Is India’s successful growth story the reason behind it’s banking crisis?

Statistics point to a peculiar feature of India's high growth phase even as it remains the world's fastest growing economy

India can kiss goodbye to 8 per cent growth if it does not fix its banks

The financial system is still a drag on the economy and underlines the need for improving banking practice, regulation and oversight.

With US-China trade war heating up, the sorry state of India’s exports may worsen

World Bank report expresses concern over falling exports; elevated exchange rate, capital crunch due to GST, among others, seen as major causes.

On Camera

Sukhbir Singh Badal didn’t win Tarn Taran. But results recognise his party as real Akali Dal

The electorate reaffirmed SAD (Badal) as the genuine Akali Dal—not by awarding it the seat, but by positioning it where it matters in a Panthic contest: Second, and unambiguously so.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

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.