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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's economic performance improved significantly among emerging markets’ (EM) peers, driven by a remarkable rebound in exports. Despite a tumultuous stock market and the depreciation of the rupee, the country's growth was fuelled by a 17% year-on-year increase in exports in October, marking a sharp recovery after months of sluggish performance.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Inflation has persisted stubbornly for five years now. In October 2019, India’s retail inflation exceeded the 4% official midpoint target set by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and has remained there for all but two months in 2024.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The CoP-29 climate summit at Baku closed with a measly deal that has deeply disappointed the developing world and civil society in developed countries. So much so that the spokesperson for the Indian delegation to the annual series of UN-mandated climate talks called the final agreement an “optical illusion." India’s voice matters at such forums our delegates make sure it is heard loud and clear.

Reserve Bank of India’s gold purchases has helped the central bank to hold up foreign exchange reserves amidst a huge pullout by foreign portfolio investors that saw reserves contracting by $47 billion in five weeks. While the value of foreign currency assets dipped $1.1 billion on an incremental basis since the beginning of the fiscal 2024-25 upto November 15, value of gold in reserves rose $13 billion in the same period and help shore up overall foreign exchange reserves by $11 billion, the latest Reserve Bank of India data shows. Reserves including gold, foreign currency assets and SDR are now at $ 658 billion. The central bank added 44.76 tonnes to its stock of gold between March 29 and October 25 this year, ramping up gold stocks from 822.09 tonnes to 866.65 tonnes during the period according to the latest Reserve Bank of India data.

Samaguri Assembly constituency, BJP is eyeing to wrest as many as five religious minority donated seats in 2026 assembly polls. Assam will go to assembly polls in 2026. BJP and its allies made a clean sweep of six assembly seats across Assam and Meghalaya which went to by polls. Congress party could not win a single seat. While in Assam, BJP has wrested minority dominated Samaguri Assembly constituency from Congress, the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) has won the by-election from the Gambegre assembly seat in Meghalaya. In the Congress bastion Mehtab Chandee Sangma wife of Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma won the seat.

Rajasthan Royals have had excellent performances in last three seasons and is not surprising that the team has retained six players ahead of the mega auction. It was also the only team that distributed the money exactly how the IPL governing body had first prescribed — Two players for Rs 18 crore, two players for Rs 14 crore and one player for Rs 11 crore. The uncapped player was also retained for Rs 4 crore.

Delhi Capitals (DC) for a hefty sum of Rs 11.75 crore. This comes after the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) opted not to retain the fast bowler, who was previously the most expensive player in IPL history following his acquisition for Rs 24.75 crore in the 2024 auction. Starc, known for his express pace and ability to thrive under pressure, had an impressive season last year, claiming 17 wickets, including five crucial scalps in the Qualifier and final matches. Despite his standout performance, injuries and international commitments hampered his participation throughout the season.

Lucknow Super Giants bought Rishabh Pant for Rs 27 crore, creating the record for the most expensive buy in the history of the tournament. Minutes after Shreyas Iyer was sold fo Rs 26.75 crore to Punjab Kings, LSG made the highest bid for the Indian wicket-keeper batter. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), one of the two new franchises introduced in 2022, had a decent start as a franchise, when they finished fourth in 2022 and 2023, with Gautam Gambhir as the mentor and KL Rahul as their captain. After letting go of Rahul, the franchise still retained five players, which included three bowlers and two middle-order batters.

Mumbai Indians have faced a bumpy ride in two of their last three seasons. In 2023, they just managed to scrape into the playoffs but were knocked out in the second qualifier. This was sandwiched between two of their worst seasons, where they finished at the bottom of the standings. IPL 2025 Auction: Check the complete list of sold players on Day 1 MI won their first IPL title in 2013, the same year Rohit Sharma took over as captain from Ricky Ponting. Since then, the team has lifted the trophy four more times, including back-to-back titles in 2019 and 2020, making them the second franchise in IPL history to achieve such a feat.

Sunrisers Hyderabad made their first buy in the IPL 2025 Auction with Mohammed Shami. He will partner Pat Cummins in the franchise. SRH have retained five players including Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, and Nitish Kumar Reddy. With these five players secured, it will be interesting to see what other additions the franchise makes to their squad during the mega auction.

AR Rahman’s ex-wife, Saira Banu, has issued a statement urging the media and public to stop tarnishing his reputation. This comes five days after the couple publicly announced their separation via social media and requested privacy during this time. In her statement, Saira expressed her love and respect for Rahman and called him the “best man in the world”. She further appealed to YouTubers and media outlets to avoid making hurtful remarks about him or their family. Saira Banu has been living in Mumbai for several months for medical treatment. In an audio statement, she mentioned that her health issues had necessitated her temporary move away from Chennai. She emphasised that this distance was a personal choice related to her health and not indicative of any discord between her and Rahman. She also mentioned that her health was the “reason” why she wanted to “take a break from AR.” She further urged the media and YouTubers to not say anything bad against him.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Following the conclusion of the second big cycle of state elections in 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reclaimed some of the political ground it had ceded in the general election held earlier this year. Be it in states or at the Centre, be it by itself or with allies, the BJP has strengthened its hand and increased its leverage across the three broad sides of the Indian political spectrum: itself, the Congress party, and the wide variety of regional parties.

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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren-led coalition won the tribal belt comfortably. It is the first time since the state’s inception that a party or alliance has won elections after five years in power. Jharkhand was created on November 15, 2000. BJP’s vote share remained unchanged, but it lost a few seats, and got no help from its partners.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is firmly in his Swiftie era.Trudeau attended the Taylor Swift concert in Toronto on Friday, the Eras Tour’s second-last night in the city.Press secretary Jenna Ghassabeh confirmed that the prime minister was at the concert with family members.Saturday wraps up two weekends of concerts in Toronto for the Eras Tour, which ends in Vancouver with three shows at BC Place from Dec.

Ajit Pawar on Saturday won from his traditional Baramati assembly constituency by defeating his nephew and NCP (SP) candidate Yugendra Pawar by more than one lakh votes.

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Going by this ratio, different countries in the world have different moments of overvaluation. Japan in 1997-90, Singapore in 1993-94 and again in 2006-07, China and India in 2007, UK in 2007 and 2014.

Trinamool Congress nominee Sangita Roy won the Sitai assembly seat in West Bengal bypolls, defeating her nearest BJP rival Dipak Kumar Ray by a margin of 1,30,636 votes on Saturday, the EC said. The TMC retained the seat.