THE RECENT SOFTENING OF GLOBAL CRUDE OIL PRICES IS EXPECTED TO NARROW INDIA’S TRADE DEFICIT, OF WHICH OIL ACCOUNTED FOR 42.5 PER CENT (OR RS 9 LAKH CRORE) IN FY23. A LOOK AT THE KEY NUMBERS
AS CLIMATE CHANGE COMES TO A HEAD, ITS EFFECTS ARE GETTING MORE PRONOUNCED. CYCLONE BIPARJOY, THE LATEST EXTREME WEATHER EVENT WITNESSED BY INDIA IN JUNE, WREAKED HAVOC ON THE WESTERN COAST
WITH THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON EXPECTED TO HIT THE KERALA COAST ON JUNE 4, THE AGRICULTURE-DEPENDENT INDIAN ECONOMY—THE FIFTH-LARGEST IN THE WORLD—HOPES THAT STUBBORN INFLATION WILL COOL DOWN. A LOOK AT THE KEY NUMBERS
WITH AN OCCUPANCY RATE OF 99.97 PER CENT, THE VANDE BHARAT EXPRESS HAS EMERGED AS ONE OF THE TOP CHOICES FOR RAILWAY PASSENGERS, AS IT SPEEDS UP TRAVEL. HERE ARE THE KEY NUMBERS
INDIA’S FLEDGELING DRONE INDUSTRY IS EXPECTED TO TAKE FLIGHT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS THE COUNTRY AIMS TO BECOME A GLOBAL DRONE MANUFACTURING HUB BY 2030
AFTER NEARLY THREE YEARS OF PAIN INFLICTED BY NEW EMISSION NORMS, COVID-19-INDUCED
DISRUPTIONS AND A GLOBAL CHIP SHORTAGE, INDIA’S AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IS SLOWLY PICKING UP
PACE. A LOOK AT THE KEY NUMBERS
WITH 32 TEAMS PLAYING AND MORE THAN 5 BILLION PEOPLE EXPECTED TO WATCH THE 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP IN QATAR, IT IS EXPECTED TO BREAK MANY RECORDS— INCLUDING BEING THE MOST EXPENSIVE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT EVER
THE RETAIL PRICE OF MILK (MONTHLY AVERAGE) HAS INCREASED BY OVER 10 PER CENT IN 2022 DUE TO RISING INPUT COSTS OF ANIMAL FEED. HERE’S WHAT THE NUMBERS HAVE TO SAY
