Bengal’s chance to plant a new tree
In O. Henry’s The Last Leaf, ailing Johnsy clings to life because one painted leaf refuses to fall. Such is the power of optimism; it does not need to be certain to be effective.
In O. Henry’s The Last Leaf, ailing Johnsy clings to life because one painted leaf refuses to fall. Such is the power of optimism; it does not need to be certain to be effective.
S&P Global Ratings cut India's GDP growth to 6.6 per cent in the current fiscal year, driven by energy stress, a sub-par monsoon and slowing global growth.
India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is set to grow at 6.6 per cent in the current fiscal as compared to 7.7 per cent in FY26, said BMI, a Fitch group company, citing weaker investments and consumption growth and trade shocks from the West Asia crisis.
India’s current account surplus moderated to $7.1 billion, or 0.7 per cent of GDP, in the fourth quarter (January-March) of financial year 2025-26, compared with $13.7 billion in the same period a year ago, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s latest Balance of Payments data.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday welcomed India’s latest GDP data, calling it proof of economic resilience, reform impact and the hard work of 140 crore Indians.
The country is poised to surpass Germany to move to third place in the next 2.5 to 3 years.
Receding inflation pressures across economies, though still above targets in some advanced nations, have opened space for more accommodative monetary policies in the coming months, the Governor noted.
The Indian economy is poised to grow at 7.0 per cent in the current fiscal 2025-26, Crisil said as it raised projections by 50 basis points soon after the country registered robust growth in the first half.
At 5 a.m., a vast segment of India’s workforce begins its day. There are no punch-ins, no holidays, no salary slips, and crucially no mention in the nation’s GDP figures.
The two-day-long Telangana Rising Global Summit kicked off at the chief minister’s dream project, the Future City, where he unveiled his ambitious plan for the state to become an economic powerhouse on the centenary year of India’s Independence.
