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Sitharaman takes dig at Congress; says IMF report does not question India'
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday hit back at the Congress leaders who took a jibe at the government over the IMF's annual review of India's national accounts statistics giving the data Grade 'C' and asserted that the IMF report does not question the growth figures. She sai
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Govt leveraging over 300 data sources for GDP calculations, eyes broader u
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking at a CII summit, Saurabh Garg, Secretary of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, said that the government is leveraging over 300 data sources for GDP calculations and is working to expand their use for data-driven policymaking across various government levels.
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Pakistan records 25% spike in gender crimes in 2025, majority occur inside
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
This report has been compiled based on data obtained from 81 national newspapers across all four provinces, the Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB).
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India's industrial output slows to 0.4% in October 2025
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) slumped to 0.4 per cent in October 2025, marking a slowdown from 4.0 per cent in September, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The moderation in output was largely due to fewer working days durin
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World Aids Day: WHO SEARO highlights achievements of region, calls to tran
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
On World AIDS Day 2025, Catharina Boehme, Officer-in-Charge, WHO South-East Asia highlighted how the region stands united with governments, partners, and communities under the theme "Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response."
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India's forex reserves drop $4.5 billion, still hovers around record high
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
India's foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 4.472 billion in the week that ended November 21 to USD 688.104 billion, driven by a slump in both foreign currency assets and gold reserves, the Reserve Bank of India's latest 'Weekly Statistical Supplement' data showed.
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Taiwan revises 2025 growth forecast to 7.37%, on rising AI demand
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Soaring demand for artificial intelligence (AI) is boosting both exports and investment, prompting the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) on Friday to sharply revise up Taiwan's 2025 economic growth forecast to 7.37 per cent.
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Jairam Ramesh hits out at Centre after NSO predicts 8.2 % growth rate in 2
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Earlier today, as per the NSO data, India's real GDP was estimated to have grown by 8.2 per cent in the July-September quarter of the current financial year 2025-26, compared with 5.6 per cent in the same quarter of the previous fiscal.
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PM Modi says economic growth reflects impact of reforms as Q2 GDP soars to
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the 8.2% GDP growth in Q2 of 2025-26 is "very encouraging" and the government will continue to advance reforms and strengthen Ease of Living for every citizen.
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UK net migration drops to 204,000 in June 2025
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Net migration peaked at 906,000 in the year to June 2023. There was a net outflow of both EU and UK citizens in the 12 months to June 2025, with a majority of the UK citizens leaving under the age of 35.
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MPC inflation forecasts show no systematic bias as RBI now uses 'suite of
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Addressing the challenges of inflation and growth forecasting, especially given India's high food weight in the CPI basket, RBI Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta said the RBI now employs a "suite of models," high-frequency indicators, expert consultations, and updated data windows to minimise err
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Pakistan: 8 million people remain jobless as unemployment rate jumps to 7.
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The unemployment rate in Pakistan has risen resulting in the number of jobless people in the country to cross the figure of eight million people, Ary News reported citing the Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2024-2025 released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
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