India’s GDP grew 7.8% in the April–June quarter of FY26 — the highest in five quarters. The growth compares with 6.5% during the same period a year earlier, and surpasses the RBI’s 6.5% projection.

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Q1 FY26 GDP: MoSPI data shows GDP growth above RBI's 6.5% estimate; nominal GDP at ₹86.05 trillion, GVA at ₹44.64 trillion

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Two persons were killed and nine others injured after a part of a building collapsed in Vasai in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Wednesday.
The injured have been rushed to various hospitals in Virar and Nalasopara, on the outskirts of Mumbai.
The rear portion of the four-storey Ramabai Apartment, located on Narangi Road in Vasai, crashed onto a chawl in the vicinity around 12.05 am, he said.
Rescuers have pulled 11 individuals, some with serious injuries, from the debris so far and two of them have been declared dead, said the official from the Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVMC).
The fire department and two teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were rushed to the accident spot, he said.
Citing preliminary information, Vivekanand Kadam, District Disaster Management Officer of Palghar, said the rear portion of Ramabai Apartment fell on the adjoining chawl. Multiple residents were trapped under the debris, he said.
Unfortunately, we ha

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, however, criticised India's continuous imports of Russian oil, saying that they have been profiteering from it

Scott Bessent, right, with US President Donald Trump

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Poll authorities in Bihar have issued notices to nearly three lakh electors with "doubtful citizenship", officials said on Friday.
The three lakh electors are among the 7.24 crore people who have found their names in the draft electoral rolls published on August 1 as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bihar.
Those issued notices are suspected to be from Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and even Afghanistan, officials said, citing ground reports.
During verification of documents, discrepancies were noted by the electoral registration officers (EROs).
Field inquiries were done thereafter and notices were issued, they said.
Notices were issued by the EROs largely in East Champaran, West Champaran, Madhubani, Kishanganj, Purnia, Katihar, Araria and Supaul.
"These were the districts from where the majority of these cases were identified," an Election Commission (EC) functionary said.
According to the poll panel, so far 99.11 per cent of the 7.24 crore elector

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A Bangladeshi court on Friday sent 16 people, including several 1971 Liberation War veterans, to jail under the tough Anti-Terrorism Act, a day after a mob allegedly disrupted their scheduled public discussion in the capital.
Magistrate Farzana Haque ordered them to be sent to jail after they were produced in court nearly 24 hours after their detention.
Police had initially detained them for their protection from public unrest on Thursday.
Dhaka police after midnight Thursday said the detainees were being charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 without further elaboration.
The initial case document submitted in the court suggested at least six of the 16 arrested were in their 70s.
"For the sake of a proper investigation, which is yet to be completed, and the identity and address of the accused is yet to be verified, it is absolutely necessary' to keep the accused in custody," read the police application submitted in court.
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