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Bold strokes: Domestic sales of Indian art double after pandemic

Record bids at auctions show the country's rich clearly love modern masters

Statsguru: LPG price cut may reduce retail inflation rate by around 30 bps

Consumption of LPG has accordingly been going up over the years. Production was close to consumption in the early 2000s. This has since changed with an increased shift towards clean cooking fuel

Like India, quarterly GDP growth also up in other large economies

China, Japan, the United States and the UK have shown a stronger rate of gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the previous quarter

Govt projects in fast lane: Record completion rates hit decade high

Key hurdles: Land acquisition, technical approval, green go-ahead

Relative to GDP, India's space spends higher than half of G20 peers

Chandrayaan-3's successful soft landing on the lunar south pole on Wednesday has ensured India's place in the elite group of nations to have achieved this feat

Nearly one-fifth of domestic tourists flocked to Uttar Pradesh in 2022

Over 318 million people visited UP in 2022 (chart 1). It was 540.6 million in 2019. But the 2019 figure included 240.5 million people who had visited it for Kumbh Mela, which happens every few years

Prices in India are rising faster than many large economies, EM peers

Dozen states have reported higher inflation numbers than the all-India figure of 7.44 per cent

Regional disparities rise as Ayushman cards near quarter-billion mark

The year 2022-23 saw surge in cards created under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana scheme

Statsguru: India's agri output may outpace global growth over 10-yr period

The production of pulses in India is likely to rise by 45 per cent by 2032, compared to a 30 per cent global rise, suggested the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2023-2032

Why did Delhi drown under torrential rains, surge in water levels of Yamuna

Mismanaged urban growth haunts NCT as climate extremes wreak havoc

India's inflation higher than Russia and China, projected to ease

Inflation in advanced economies is expected to remain above target levels, according to IMF

Petroleum products dominate trade between India, France, shows data

France's share in India's total FDI remains modest

415 million Indians lifted out of poverty in 15 years: UNDP report

Those at the bottom of the pyramid are among those seeing the most progress, says UNDP report

India's El Nino silver lining: Resilience to poor rainfall improving

Agriculture's role in the economy has reduced over the decades, easing impact of 'climatic shock'

India's Rajya Sabha members older than upper houses in peer economies

Members are also far richer than they were a decade ago; gender profile improves too

Over 90% heatwave deaths occurred in 5 states between 2018 and 2022

Number of heatwave days in India expected to rise in coming years

Statsguru: Modern slavery estimates up 38% for India, shows data

Weaker social protection could be part of the reason, suggests an analysis of data put out in the report

Bracing for Biparjoy: Cyclones hitting India's coasts become more frequent

Eastern seaboard most affected but the west is becoming more vulnerable too

India's inflation is higher than other key developing economies, shows data

In its outlook on inflation last week, the RBI maintained that the headline inflation is to be shaped by food price dynamics

Statsguru: Odisha three-train accident brings focus back on safety

The latest Budget shows that expenditure on railways has crossed Rs 5 trillion. The money spent on capital expenditure is close to 50 per cent, compared to around 37 per cent in 2017-18