While the 7.8 per cent first-quarter growth is a positive sign, experts warn the impact of US tariffs could be felt later in the year
Trump, whose administration once touted India as a key strategic partner, had offered an early signal of his new posture in July when he posted on Truth Social: “I don’t care what India does with Russia. They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care.”
India’s media wasted no time turning the GDP figures into a political counterpunch. The Economic Times ran the headline “India’s dead economy delivers GDP shock to Trump”, while business news outlet MoneyControl declared: “India answers Trump’s dead economy jibe with 7.8 per cent GDP growth”.
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