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Moody’s lifts India GDP growth forecast to 7%

“Although we continue to expect India to grow faster than all other G-20 economies, as well as similarly rated emerging market sovereigns, risks remain,”...

Coal inventories at power plants fall to 9 days

Consequently, coal stock cover nearly halved to nine days from 17 days a year earlier, the lowest level since November 2023, it said. The sharp...

Walgreens to set up GCC in Chennai

An memorandum of understanding was signed on Friday with Walgreens India Private Ltd in the presence of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay. The proposed...

Of Tariffs and Tussles

TRUMP’S COUNTERATTACK On the other hand, Donald Trump has chosen to go ballistic on justices who, he termed, did not have the “ courage to...

Sealing Trade Pacts

New Delhi stood its ground. Significantly enough, it sealed three major trade pacts last year. Towards the end of 2025, a free trade pact...

Festive Sparks, Fiscal Sparkle

The IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the Re­serve Bank of India (RBI) have indeed raised India’s GDP (gross domestic product) growth in FY26 to...

GST 2.0: Great Sabka Tax or Great Slow Tax?

More often than not, people tend to compare India with China. The size of their population, perhaps, justifies such comparisons. But the systems operating...

Surmounting MNC challenges

HE IS A tall personality in the corporate world of Tamil Nadu. Conversations with him often turn out to be an exciting educational experience....

On a better wicket?

These are tough times. Controllable factors are increasingly shrinking, and the uncontrollable ones are expanding at a rapid pace. Too many uncertainties are being...

Will the domestic momentum sustain?

Amid fast-spreading uncertainty around us, positive news is coming on the domestic economic front. This will bring a sense of cheer and a feeling...

IE, the voice of development is back!

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIST (IE) is the product of two Ps - Patience and Perseverance - assiduously practised by its founder late S. Viswanathan. For over...

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