Double trouble at the dinner table: When will food prices normalise for Indians?India’s food inflation: Food prices are rising unevenly, impacting household budgets, while inflation is projected to persist in upcoming m...
05 Oct, 2026, 05.08 PM IST
RBI MPC begins 3-day meeting today amid expectations of first rate hike since 2023The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee is meeting to discuss potential interest rate hikes. Inflationary pressures and exter...
05 Oct, 2026, 11.52 AM IST
RBI’s wait and watch phase is over as inflation demands a rate hikeRBI has maintained its policy rate at 5.25% but is facing significant inflation pressures. Retail inflation has risen above the target of 4...
30 Sep, 2026, 11.20 PM IST
Decoding GDP growth: The good, the bad & the dataET drew up a longlist of more than five dozen indicators across all key themes of the economy— from the external sector and markets to farm...
21 Sep, 2026, 09.10 AM IST
GDP more than aggregation of high-frequency indicators: Pronab Sen, India’s first chief statistician"The GDP estimates are a lot more than just the aggregation of the high-frequency data. They bring in all sorts of other things and in cert...
20 Sep, 2026, 11.59 PM IST
Retail inflation in August rises to 4.8%, wholesale print up 9.9%India's retail inflation reached 4.8% in August, its highest level since January. Wholesale inflation also climbed to 9.9%, driven by fuel ...
15 Sep, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
3 years on, INDIA allies navigate differences without coordination panelThe INDIA bloc's coordination committee has vanished, impacting its electoral strategy. Recent efforts to revive national-level meetings ha...
14 Sep, 2026, 05.00 PM IST
PM Modi keeps saying 'sab changa si' but actually 'sab mehenga si': Congress on WPI inflation dataWholesale price inflation reached 9.92 percent in August, showing a consistent rise. Food and manufactured items contributed significantly ...
14 Sep, 2026, 03.30 PM IST
WPI inflation edges higher to 9.9% in August, fuel leads riseWholesale prices increased to 9.9% year-on-year in August from 9.8% in July. Fuel and power inflation rose significantly, driven by mineral...
14 Sep, 2026, 03.22 PM IST
India's wholesale inflation accelerates to 9.92% in August from 9.78% in JulyIndia’s wholesale inflation accelerated to 9.92% in August from 9.78% in July, slightly above the 9.89% expected in a Reuters poll. Consume...
14 Sep, 2026, 12.48 PM IST
Weekly Market Outlook: Can Nifty find its footing as crude, Fed policy drive markets?Indian equities enter a holiday-shortened week with the Nifty at a crucial support zone after five consecutive weekly declines. The US Fed’...
13 Sep, 2026, 10.07 AM IST
2xble deflation demystified: GDP numbers may look puzzling, but the new methodology measures the economy differentlyIndia's Q1 FY27 GDP deflator appears low, but national accounts explain this divergence. Double deflation methodology separates output and ...
08 Sep, 2026, 10.35 AM IST
ETMarkets Smart Talk | Don't dismiss 7.8% GDP growth as a statistical upgrade; the acceleration is real: Garima KapoorAccording to Garima Kapoor, Deputy Head of Research and Economist at Elara Capital, it would be wrong to dismiss the growth number as merel...
07 Sep, 2026, 09.12 AM IST
GDP data revision: Govt says it's revised base, not baselessIndia's statistics ministry defended its latest GDP growth figures. The ministry cited improved data sources and methodologies for the esti...
03 Sep, 2026, 01.15 AM IST
Why was ₹6 lakh crore shaved off last year’s GDP? Govt explains the numbersThe government clarified GDP revisions are due to series changes and improved data. Last year's GDP estimate was adjusted after a new base ...
02 Sep, 2026, 05.48 PM IST
Make in India achieved little but govt's 'Fake in India' continues: Cong on GDP numbersCongress leaders criticized the government's latest GDP numbers as statistical gymnastics. They claimed the "Make in India" initiative has ...
01 Sep, 2026, 03.02 PM IST
In 2000, 4 WPI students built a $400-per-intersection system to help blind pedestrians find crosswalk buttons. 26 years later, locator tones are standard features of accessible pedestrian signals across U.S. citiesIn 2000, Worcester Polytechnic Institute students developed the “Crosswalk Button Locator,” a low-cost system designed to help blind and vi...
28 Aug, 2026, 01.06 AM IST