And a large part of that has been driven by growth in the manufacturing and the construction space. Some of the numbers do offer a lot of question marks because if you look at agriculture, if you look at industries, you know, our core sector data is from steel, cement, all of them have actually shrunk. Consumption, in fact, has also been weak too, almost for the nine months it grew by only 5 . And thats why there was there has been a lot of question mark, but a large bit of this has been pushed by the Government Spending in the construction space. You know, Building Infrastructure around the country and some bit of private capital and private investments also seem to be flowing in to the economy right now. And that has pushed the growth to this level right before the national elections, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third term in power. Narendra modi. And this is the premise, the high growth rate where india has become somewhere an alternative to china for most compan
moscow on alert. ukraine says that they are not responsible for an overnight drone attack in russia. this as kyiv is rocked by a third wave of russian strikes in just 24 hours. at least nine people injured including a 1-year-old child after a mass shooting at a popular florida beach. a suspect is still on the run. also terrifying moments on a carnival cruise ship rocked by a storm near charleston, south carolina. a look inside the ship during the frightening voyage. these major developing stories and many more right here on cnn news central . this morning ukraine says it is not them. denying it was directly involved in a series of drone attacks on moscow. a plume of smoke could be seen rising over the city today. despite ukraine s denial, russia is pointing the finger directly at kyiv. and saying two people were hurt and several buildings damaged in the attack. want to show you another video, this is actually what one person caught the moment a drone flew over th
a barrage of missiles raining down on ukrainian cities, and russian says they took out major munitions, but ukraine says they took out most of them. a drought fueled by climate change is drying up the colorado river. leaving game. umpires are walking off of the diamond not because of the players, but because of their parents. the shortage of umpires. all of this coming up on cnn news central. president biden has wrapped up the first day of his big trip to japan. this morning he met with japan s prime minister before the g7 summit kicks off tomorrow. the main focus is on the support to ukraine and uniting the allies against the china s influence, but he decided to cut the trip short to head back to washington to deal with domestic matters concerning the debt ceiling. we go to mark who is following president, and now, how are the other leaders viewing this issue of the debt crisis and the president at home? kate, this debt ceiling distraction is one that the president
gaza but acknowledge some collateral. and plus vladimir putin s parade celebrating victory day moments ago in moscow as his troops struggle to defeat ukraine. and just hours from now in washington, joe biden and kevin mccarthy face-to-face, can they strike a debt limit deal before america defaults. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with fears of dangerous escalation in the middle east. israel says that the operation was aimed at eliminating kingpin terrorists. three islamic jihad commanders were killed, palestinian medical official said at least 13 died in those strikes including four women and four children. hadas gold is live in front of an iron dome battery in southern israel. what are the two sides saying about the airstrikes? reporter: yeah, i m in front of these iron dome batteries and all expectations that these types of batteries which are all around southern israel will be used in the coming hours a
our top stories: gwyneth paltrow takes the stand in atrial where she s accused of causing a skiing accident which left a man with brain damage and broken ribs. i was iwas skiing, i was skiing, and looking downhill as you do, and i was skied directly into by mr sanderson. biden and trudeau talk tough as the us and canada pledge to stand together against authoritarian regimes. king charles first state visit to france is postponed as growing unrest over president macron s pension reforms grips the country. a russian child s drawing against the war in ukraine sparks a police investigation and tears a family apart. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the hollywood actress gwyneth paltrow has been giving evidence on the fourth day of a trial in which she s being sued over a skiing accident in utah seven years ago. ms paltrow is counter suing 76 year old terry sanderson, claiming it was he who skied into her, not the other way around. sophie long sent thi