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IMF’s Map of a Broken World has one Exception - India’s Growth and Resilience

India's contribution to the improved global growth outlook extends well beyond the immediate AI boom or the performance of energy-exporting economies. The IMF's assessment points instead to a combination of domestic demand, demographics, market expansion and structural reforms as important drivers of India's longer-term prospects.

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Myanmar wrote to Bangladesh explaining military takeover: Foreign minister

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Pakistan or Kashmir: Imran Khan offers choices to Kashmiris

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Pakistan misses tax reform targets

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President launches construction of South Asia’s longest irrigation tunnel

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EU continues to list LTTE as a terrorist organization

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Dhaka gauges Myanmar army gesture towards Rohingyas

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