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'Serious consequences on economy': India as Middle East burns amid US-Iran war

Updated on Mar 4, 2026 02:08 IST

People inspect a site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 3, 2026. The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran spread across the Middle East, threatening to plunge the global economy into chaos, with Lebanon and Gulf energy exporters dragged into the conflict. (Photo by AFP)

India Manufacturing PMI hits four-month high in February but export growth cools

India's Manufacturing PMI in February suggests that the economy is expected to remain resilient in January-March after growing at 7.8% in October-December, helped by a 13.3% rise in manufacturing.

Published on Mar 2, 2026 06:00 IST

India's FY26 growth seen at 7.6% in revamped GDP series

Real GDP growth in 2025-26 is expected to be 7.6%

Published on Feb 28, 2026 01:13 IST

India clocks GDP growth rate of 7.8% in Q3 FY26 under new series

A textile factory in Bhiwandi near Mumbai. India's GDP data shows that the country continues to be the fastest growing major economy in the world.

Updated on Feb 27, 2026 11:17 IST

India GDP growth rate may outpace current estimates after data overhaul

Economists will also look to the new GDP methodology for indications of when India might surpass Japan as the world’s fourth-largest economy.

Updated on Feb 27, 2026 08:26 IST

India to overhaul GDP data for a clearer picture of the state of the economy

In November, the International Monetary Fund raised concerns over weaknesses in India's national accounts methodology.

Published on Feb 24, 2026 09:10 IST

Echoes of past distrust in US trade deal debate

Before slipping into a slanging match, we must not forget that we the people of India are the source of our government’s strength (PTI)

Published on Feb 15, 2026 17:21 IST

‘Not a fluke’: FM says Goldilocks moment due to careful planning

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted the economy's robust trajectory with a growing middle class and emphasized the expansion of taxpayers over the past decade.

Published on Feb 13, 2026 01:47 IST

India's inflation rate rises to eight-month high under new CPI series

India's new inflation series cuts the weight of volatile items such as food to about 36.8% from nearly half.

Updated on Feb 12, 2026 11:33 IST

Govt set to release new inflation data today to capture how India spends

A vegetable market in New Delhi.

Updated on Feb 12, 2026 04:13 IST

Budget 2026-27: Ledger of missed opportunities

The middle class is taxed by silence. Perhaps the most glaring miss of this budget is what it refuses to say to India’s middle class. There is no income-tax relief, no slab rationalisation, and no inflation indexing. (Santosh Kumar/HT Photo)

Published on Feb 6, 2026 15:19 IST

RBI may pivot to buying dollars to build forex reserves, analysts say

The rupee has fallen 5.3% against the US dollar so far this year, putting it on track for its steepest annual decline since 2022.

Published on Feb 4, 2026 12:03 IST

India Services PMI rebounds from lowest in nearly a year in January 2026

The pace of job creation hovered just above the 50 mark, signalling stagnation in the labour market.

Published on Feb 4, 2026 05:46 IST

Washington blinks, New Delhi benefits

The trade deal with the US is undoubtedly a positive step forward that advances India’s national interests. But it is not a be-all and end-all. (AP)

Updated on Feb 4, 2026 24:27 IST

Labour codes, Budget: Silent drivers of India's trade deal with US

The trade deal announcement was first made late Monday by US President Donald Trump, who said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed during a phone call to stop buying Russian oil.

Updated on Feb 3, 2026 08:00 IST

‘Will bridge gap with China': Sitharaman as Musk reacts to GDP stats on India

Updated on Feb 2, 2026 13:58 IST

Budget ignores private sector’s lack of confidence in economy

By the time the government works out a trade deal with the US, a large number of workers in sectors such as textiles would have lost their jobs. (AFP)

Updated on Feb 1, 2026 18:53 IST

What time is Nirmala Sitharaman Budget 2026 speech today?

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and other officials, ahead of the presentation of the ‘Union Budget 2025-26’, in New Delhi. Feb 1, 2025.

Updated on Feb 1, 2026 02:42 IST

Union Budget 2026: Govt seen lifting spending, reforms to offset US tariffs

Nirmala Sitharaman with her finance ministry colleagues ahead of Union Budget 2025 on 1 February 2025.

Updated on Jan 29, 2026 05:17 IST

'India's presence strongly felt', says Ashwini Vaishnaw at Davos

Today, the Indian delegation is actively participating in Davos 2026 and all major events here. I am joined by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis. India's presence is being strongly felt here, Vaishnaw said.

Published on Jan 21, 2026 04:35 IST

Union Budget 2026 likely to peg India's fiscal deficit target at 4.3%, ICRA says

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her record ninth consecutive union budget on 1 February 2026.

Updated on Jan 16, 2026 13:38 IST

India's trade deficit slightly widens to $25.04 billion in December 2025

A worker sits on a ship carrying containers at Mundra port in Gujarat.

Published on Jan 15, 2026 09:22 IST

India bonds fall after Bloomberg holds off including them in global bond index

Goldman Sachs had estimated the inclusion of India government bonds into the Bloomberg Global Bond Index could bring $10 to $20 billion of inflows into the Indian debt market.

Published on Jan 13, 2026 05:28 IST

India's inflation rate stays low at 1.33%, leaves room for another RBI rate cut

A worker unloads sacks of onions from a truck, at a wholesale vegetable market in Jalandhar

Updated on Jan 12, 2026 14:08 IST

Backdrop for Budget: 7.4% growth estimated for FY26

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI). (File photo.)

Updated on Jan 8, 2026 24:12 IST

Terms of Trade: The gig debate misses the woods for the trees

The gig economy is perhaps the only semi-skilled, but formal sector work that has seen a large growth in the Indian economy in the past couple of decades. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 9, 2026 07:50 IST

India's service sector grows slowest in nearly a year in December 2025

India's service sector expanded at its slowest pace in nearly a year last month as growth in new business eased and hiring stalled.

Updated on Jan 6, 2026 08:40 IST

Govt seen unlikely to change RBI inflation target in upcoming revision

RBI has raised concerns over rising digital fraud cases and unresolved customer complaints across banks.

Updated on Jan 5, 2026 12:15 IST

Detox done, now aim for growth

The RBI’s Financial Stability Report rightly flags the growing turbulence behind an exuberance on the surface as far as global economic, especially financial conditions are concerned. (HT Archive)

Published on Jan 1, 2026 16:39 IST

India clocks highest industrial growth in two years on robust manufacturing

India's industrial output in April-November grew 3.3% as compared to a revised increase of 4.1% a year earlier, according to government data.

Updated on Dec 29, 2025 11:37 IST

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