Inflation at 4.45%, trade deficit at $31.98 billion: reading India’s July macro dashboard
India received two important pieces of July economic data within roughly 24 hours, and together they show an economy facing…
UK GDP grows 0.4% in Q2: services keep economy expanding despite global shocks
The British economy expanded by 0.4% in the second quarter of 2026, slowing from 0.6% in the first quarter but…
US inflation sends a new Fed signal: producer prices stall after July CPI cools
America has now received two major inflation readings in two days, and neither produced evidence of an immediate new inflation…
Oil drops below $87 as a 17.4-million-barrel US stock build meets the Hormuz crisis
Oil markets are confronting an unusual contradiction: physical supply remains severely disrupted, but the economic shock created by that disruption…
India inflation rises to 4.45% in July as food prices strengthen: what it means for RBI
India’s retail inflation accelerated to 4.45% year-on-year in July 2026, from 4.38% in June, marking the second consecutive month above…
Total Solar Eclipse 2026: where the Sun disappears on 12 August and for how long
A total solar eclipse is crossing the Northern Hemisphere today, 12 August 2026, with the narrow path of totality sweeping…
Strait of Hormuz crisis in numbers: oil flows plunge as Iran-US talks stall
The Strait of Hormuz remains one of the most consequential fault lines in the global economy. Talks aimed at reviving…
US inflation eases to 3.4%: July CPI gives the Federal Reserve more room to wait
US inflation delivered a comparatively softer reading in July, complicating the argument for an immediate Federal Reserve rate increase. The…
411: Total Assembly Elections in India So Far
Rank State/UT Total Elections 1 Telangana 3 2 Chhattisgarh 5 2 Jharkhand 5 2 Uttarakhand 5 5 Delhi 9 6…
The Election Years: Hundreds & ON
State Legislative Assembly Elections, State-wise (since 1951/52) State/UT 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Andhra Pradesh 1955, 1957…
The Election Years: 18 & ON
Lok Sabha: 18 general elections since 1951–52 (most recent: 2024, 18th Lok Sabha). State assemblies: All 28 states + 3…