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78% of communicable disease deaths in 2021 due to respiratory ailments: NSO

Total deaths from contagious diseases rose 86% to 12,598 from 6,767 in 2019

Fresh central govt, CPSU hiring at 11-month high, shows NPS data

Earlier, 13,112 new subscribers had joined the NPS in February 2022

Overestimation of inflation in Jan, Feb? RBI cites NSO methodology

It points to a sharp divergence in inflation in the cereals sub-group

Present CPI aggregation method raises issues for monetary policy: RBI paper

Rebasing CPI necessary to make index relevant to present consumption patterns

Retail inflation above 6% in February, may trigger another rate hike

Experts see 25 bps hike in April; say wheat output may dip due to heat wave; El Nino may emerge as key determinant of food prices going ahead, if it strikes this summer

Q3 GDP growth seems tepid only due to revisions made in earlier years: CEA

Comparing a data point that has been revised 3-4 times with another that is still called 'advanced estimate' isn't a cases if apples-to-apples but of apples-to-oranges, says V Anantha Nageswaran

Q3 GDP numbers: Pent-up household demand fizzles out, shows data

Govt capex carries capital formation

Unemployment rate at 5-year low of 4.1% in 2021-22, shows PLFS data

Quarterly PLFS survey for urban India shows unemployment rate stagnated at 7.2% after declining for five consecutive quarters

India's retail inflation at three-month high, hits 6.52% in January

Core inflation, that excludes food and fuel prices, remained sticky above the 6% mark

Manufacturing drags industrial production growth to 4.3% in December

In the first three quarters of FY23 (April- December), IIP grew 5.4 per cent against 15.2 per cent during the year-ago period

Industrial production growth slips to 4.3% in Dec from 7.3% in Nov

Mining output rose by 9.8 per cent and power generation increased by 10.4 per cent during the month under review

Return to OPS triggers NPS subscriber dip in states, shows NSO data

Only 285,226 new state government employees joined the NPS, as compared to 321,255 subscribers in the corresponding period last year

US Supreme Court gives nod to WhatsApp lawsuit over 'Pegasus' spyware

The US Supreme Court has declined to block a WhatsApp lawsuit that alleged that Israeli spyware maker NSO Group unlawfully accessed WhatsApp servers when installing Pegasus on users' devices

Top Headlines: India's GDP may grow 7% in FY23, forex reserves up by $44 mn

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India's GDP likely to grow 7% in FY23: NSO's first advance estimates

The RBI and the World Bank have projected 6.8 per cent and 6.9 per cent GDP growth respectively for FY23

Indian GDP pegged to grow at 7% in FY23: NSO's advance estimates

The output of the manufacturing sector is estimated to decelerate to 1.6 per cent as against a growth of 9.9 per cent in FY22

Sugarcane production in India shifting from South to North: NSO report

Although Maharashtra is the leading sugar producer in the country, Uttar Pradesh has the highest sugarcane output value in the country

India's urban unemployment rate improves across genders, says NSO

India's urban unemployment rate improved across genders and age groups to its best-ever level in the quarter ending June 2022

EPFO adds over a million new subscribers in June for 3rd month in a row

New EPF subscribers increased marginally to 10,54,261 in June from 10,07,441 in May 2022 and 10,09,689 in April, according to data published by the National Statistical Office

Malware found in 5 out of 29 phones, no conclusive evidence of Pegasus: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that out of 29 phones submitted for examination, malware was found in five, but there is no conclusive proof that the spyware was Pegasus