Numbers of crisis The figures for India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the fourth quarter of 2011-12, which were released on Thursday, show that the economy is in crisis.
El Nino's looming shadow Now that the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has endorsed the fears expressed earlier by foreign weather bureaux about the emergence of the monsoon-unfriendly El Nino in the second half of the season, the government should begin preparing right away for mitigating its adverse impacts on agriculture, water reservoirs and other areas.
Arrested independence On May 27, a special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) remanded Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, the leader of the breakaway Congress faction in Andhra Pradesh, into judicial custody for 14 days.