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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Topic: IMF

The Modi govt should be pleased with the IMF report on Indian economy

While the Fund is critical of the note ban and MSP on farm products, it is generally bullish about the prospects of 7.75% growth in the medium term.

India’s economy is an elephant that’s starting to run, says IMF

Rationalisation of GST & labour reforms will be key to India's higher growth, said the international body.

Pakistan’s future boils down to PM Imran Khan’s India policy

There's an intriguing prospect of Imran Khan & Asad Umar attempting a Narasimha Rao-Manmohan Singh act to rescue the economy.

Pakistan cricketers flock to meet ‘Naya Pakistan’ captain

Three Hindu candidates in Pakistan elections create history, and US warns IMF against Pakistan bailout.

Investors hopeful Imran Khan can form stable govt, address Pakistan’s financial woes

Four currency devaluations since December have made it likely the next government will seek another IMF bailout.

Nawaz Sharif and daughter to be arrested on arrival in Pakistan

Here’s what is happening across the border: Country seeks more funds from China as the Afghan Taliban rejects peace talks. 

Bilawal Bhutto’s convoy attacked at Karachi’s Lyari neighbourhood

Printing of most expensive ballot paper starts for July elections as a transgender activist declares assets worth Rs 100 million.

Simplify GST to maintain high growth, IMF tells India

Also urges a clean-up of banks' balance sheets as it projects growth at 7.8% for FY 19-20.

Why India is a haven in this emerging-market turmoil

Experts say there's enough demand from the nation's booming middle class to render it relatively immune to external shocks. 

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.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.