Economy - general
Rupee turns volatile on US-China trade war fears
20 Jun 2018
Global currency markets wilted after US President Donald Trump ordered another round of tariffs on Chinese goods, after initially targeting Chinese technology products worth $50 billion, prompting retaliatory action by China
Mumbai flooded in monsoon's first heavy rainfall
07 Jun 2018
The weather office has warned of heavy rainfall in the next few days and, with roads and rail tracks flooded in several parts of the city, civic authorities have advised people to stay indoors
World Bank sees India’s GDP growing at 7.3% in 2018-19
07 Jun 2018
India will remain the fastest growing economy for the next three years, with GDP growth of 7.3 per cent in 2018-19 and 7.5 per cent in the next two as ‘factors holding back growth in India fade’, says a World Bank report
RBI hikes repo rate by 25 bps to 6.25%
06 Jun 2018
The hike in the repo rate, which follows a sharp rise in consumer price inflation rate to 4.6 per cent in April, is also intended to tame rising inflation, RBI said
India's economy grows 7.7% in Q4; FY18 GDP grows at 6.7%
01 Jun 2018
Although costly crude and a weak rupee pose an immediate threat to GDP growth, the government expects growth in the current fiscal (FY19) to be around 7.5 per cent