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Bangladesh faces severe financial crisis as annual inflation jumps to 11.66% in July amid widespread anti-Hindu violence, protests

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2024

The prices of essential commodities in Bangladesh are expected to rise even more due to the supply chain disruptions.

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India’s retail inflation softens and aligns with RBI’s 4 per cent target, lowest in 5 years

ANI - 12 August, 2024

In July, there was a sharp decline in the year-on-year inflation rate based on the All India Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is the lowest in the last 59 months.

Economy and Finance

Economic survey 2024 – Steady growth, reduced inflation, infrastructure investment, and more: Here is what you need to know

OpIndia Staff - 22 July, 2024

The 476-page Economic Survey emphasises that India's economy has consolidated its post-Covid recovery and that the policymakers have played an important role in guaranteeing economic and financial stability.

News Reports

Commuters frazzled as Pakistan’s petrol pumps run dry

ANI - 6 July, 2024

The petroleum dealers were protesting against the government's decision to impose a 0.5 per cent advance turnover tax which, they say, would result in an additional tax burden of Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 1 million per pump.

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Surpassing Predecessors: ‘Mehengai’ disappears from election campaigns as Inflation in India reduces to the lowest during Narendra Modi’s term among all PMs

Prof. Vidhu Shekhar - 27 April, 2024

As soon as UPA took over, inflation started increasing, and as soon as PM Modi came, inflation went down

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CPI-based retail inflation eases to a 10-month low, stands at 4.85% for March 2024, Industrial output at a 4-month high

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2024

Apart from a decrease in retail inflation, the industrial output rose to a four-month high marking further signs of buoyancy towards the end of the fiscal year (FY) 2023-24.

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Core inflation declines to a 48-month low in December 2023, reaches 3.89% in December from 6.1% in January: NSO data

OpIndia Staff - 13 January, 2024

Core inflation has eased to a sub-4 percent level which has happened for the first time in the post-pandemic period. It has declined to 3.89 percent in December from 4.1 percent in November.

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Pakistan’s state-owned airline PIA cancels 48 flights in 2 days due to fuel shortage: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 18 October, 2023

Earlier, the Pakistani government refused to grant PKR 23 billion in support for operational expenses to PIA, despite requests by their national airline.

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