While Uttar Pradesh's chief minister freely used unparliamentary language to target his political rivals, Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Chaudhary have been more civil in their conduct.
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first quarter (April-June) of the current financial year is seen growing between 18% and 22% - a period characterised by local lockdowns imposed by state governments to curb the spread of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The economic impact of these localised lockdowns was much far less when compared to the nationwide lockdown
Business activity in India stayed buoyant for the second week in a row, with the Nomura India Business Resumption Index (NIBRI) rising to 100.8 for the week ended August 22. The index was at 100.1 in the preceding week.