IMF lifts India’s 2025 growth forecast to 7.3%; global resilience offset tariff shocks

Spread the love       The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised India’s growth outlook for 2025 to 7.3 per cent, citing better-than-expected corporate earnings in the third quarter and strong momentum heading into the fourth, while also signalling that the global economy has largely absorbed the immediate impact of tariff-related shocks.In its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF raised India’s 2025...

A ‘golden’ bid for dominance: Decoding Trump’s Greenland grab; knock-out blow for Russia, China?

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Donald Trump’s presidency has been defined by decisions that appear impulsive on the surface but often reveal a deeper, if blunt, strategic instinct. One such episode is the renewed Greenland controversy, which has re-emerged alongside Trump’s ambitious proposal for a multi-layered US missile defence shield dubbed the “Golden Dome.” Trump’s renewed focus on Greenland has...

Frantic calls, 90-min fight: How Noida techie battled death in open pit; what autopsy reveals

Spread the love       NOIDA: The post-mortem report of 27-year-old software engineer Yuvraj Mehta, who drowned after his SUV fell into a water-filled pit in Sector 150, Greater Noida, has revealed that he died due to asphyxiation and cardiac failure.Trapped in the deep, icy water on a fog-choked night, Mehta struggled to survive for nearly 90 minutes. He managed to climb...

‘Don’t fuel terror’: Jaishankar’s blunt request to Poland deputy PM; watch

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday urged Poland to not help fuelling the “terrorist infrastructure” in the Indian neighbourhood. The comments came during bilateral talks with the Poland deputy prime minister Radoslaw Sikorski on Monday.“Deputy prime minister, you are no stranger to our region and are more than familiar with the long standing challenges...

Unnao rape: Delhi HC rejects Kuldeep Sengar’s plea to suspend 10-year jail term

Spread the love       Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday denied bail to former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the case related to the custodial death of father of Unnao rape survivor. Justice Ravinder Dudeja pronounced the order, rejecting Sengar’s plea seeking suspension of sentence. Unnao Rape Convict Kuldeep Sengar’s Bail Triggers...

Nitin Nabin set to file nomination for BJP president; ‘Sangathan Parv’ under way

Spread the love       Image: IANS NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to elect its new national president, with Nitin Nabin, the party’s national working president, expected to file his nomination for the top post at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday.The organisational event, known as Sangathan Parv, is expected to draw chief ministers from BJP-ruled...

India on cusp of upper-middle income status: Per capita income to rise; economy set to be 3rd largest

Spread the love       <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126672956,imgsize-100478,width-400,resizemode-4/indian-economy.jpg" alt="India to become upper middle income country soon! Per capita income to rise; economy set to be 3rd largest" title=" India is on track to overtake Germany and emerge as the third-largest economy by 2028. (AI image) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> India is on track to overtake Germany and emerge as the third-largest economy by 2028....

‘No longer obliged to think of peace’: Trump writes to Norway’s PM over Greenland; cites Nobel snub

Spread the love       <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126672780,imgsize-1376822,width-400,resizemode-4/images-5.jpg" alt="‘No longer obliged to think purely of peace’: Trump writes to Norway’s PM over Greenland; cites Nobel Peace Prize snub" title=" File photo of Donald Trump ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo of Donald Trump US President Donald Trump has written a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, citing the Nobel Committee’s decision not...

Resort politics brews in Maharashtra; UBT Sena’s subtle ‘poaching’ warning — who gets Mayor’s chair?

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Who will be Mumbai’s mayor? With the BMC results now out, India’s richest civic body is still waiting for a new head. In the financial capital of the country, familiar scenes of Maharashtra politics are unfolding, rounding up winning corporators, hotel stays, number crunching, and sharp political exchanges.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), long considered a...

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