India's GDP growth slips to six year low 4.5 pc in July-Sept
New Delhi, Nov 29: India's economic growth slipped further to hit an over six-year low of 4.5 per cent in July-September, according to official data released on Friday.
The previous low was recorded at 4.3 per cent in the January-March period of 2012-13. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth was registered at 7 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2018-19.
During the six-month period (April-September 2019), the Indian economy grew 4.8 per cent as against 7.5 per cent in the same period a year ago.
The Reserve Bank had lowered the GDP growth projection for 2019-20 to 6.1 per cent from earlier forecast of 6.9 per cent.
China's economic growth was 6 per cent in July-September 2019, which was the weakest expansion in over 27 years.
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Hassan: Two young men die in two-wheeler head-on collision in Channarayapatna
Hassan: Two young men reportedly died in a head-on collision between a scooter and a bike near the Doderi guard gate in Channarayapatna taluk of the district on Tuesday.
The deceased have been identified as Ramesh (23) of Mattighatta village and Purushottam (26) of M. Honnenahalli village.
Ramesh and Kiran were riding a scooter when the bike driven by Purushottam, coming from the opposite direction, collided with them.
Ramesh is learnt to have succumbed to his injuries at the spot.
While the biker, Purushottam, was also seriously injured and died after failing to respond to treatment.
Kiran, who was on the scooter, sustained serious injuries and is undergoing treatment at Hassan District Hospital.
Hirisave police visited the site, registered a case, and are conducting further investigation.
