New Delhi, Jan. 24 -- From the International Monetary Fund (IMF) raising India's FY26 GDP growth projection to 7.3%, to weak core-sector output compared with pre-covid levels, India's new deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), rising US-EU tensions over Greenland, and the push for small-ticket UPI loans amid rising household debt, here's this week's news in numbers.

The IMF has lifted its projection for India's GDP growth in FY26 to 7.3% from its October estimate of 6.6%. It attributed the upward revision to better-than-expected performance in the September quarter and strong momentum in the ongoing quarter.

The Reserve Bank of India and the World Bank had similarly revised their forecasts in their most recent iterations. However, th...