GDP of Q4 of last fiscal grew at 7.4% year-on-year—fastest in a year & above expectations. Despite global headwinds, India is projected to grow at 6.3–6.4% in FY26.
And despite a 0.8% contraction in the agricultural sector, the overall Q3 performance has prompted an upward revision in full-year growth estimates to 7.6% in the 2nd Advance Estimates.
While GDP growth was lower than Q1's 13.5%, economy saw an uptick on quarter-on-quarter basis driven by services sector. But contraction in manufacturing is cause for some concern.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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