Those Who Put India in the Fragile 5 Are Now Doubting Our GDP Numbers

The year when the world looked at India and went, “Fragile Five.” Morgan Stanley slapped that label on us along with Brazil, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey. High inflation, rupee sliding, current account deficit looking ugly, policy paralysis talk everywhere. Growth felt stuck. People genuinely worried capital would just walk out the door. It was […]
As GDP Grows, PM Says “Don’t Travel Abroad Or Buy Gold, No Foreign Weddings”

India’s economy clocked 7.8 per cent growth in the April-June quarter — better than what most people expected. And right on the heels of that, Prime Minister Narendra Modi jumped on a video from Bishkek, where he’s attending the SCO Summit, and spoke straight to the camera like he was sitting across from you at […]