The Editorial Page: In thinking of the good death, what are the lines we ought to draw? 10 SAturDAy, NovEmbEr 29, 2025 Journalism of Courage NEW DElHI, lATE CITy, 22 PAGES ₹7.00 (₹8 rAIPur, ₹15 SrINAGAr) l www.indianexpress.com DA I ly f r o M : A H M E DA B A D , C H A N D I GA r H , D E l H I , j A I P u r , Ko l K ATA , lu C K N o W , M u M B A I , N AG P u r , PAT N A , P u N E , vA D o DA r A Happening today lA breAkfAst meeting is likely between Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar amid the leadership row. The CM said he invited Shivakumar after the Cong high command asked them to hold a meeting. lA delhi court will take cognizance of the ED’s chargesheet in the National Herald case. The judge had reserved the order on November 7. lPoPe leo will visit Istanbul’s prominent Blue Mosque, his first visit as pope to a Muslim place of worship. He will also attend a Catholic Mass as he continues his West Asia tour. Business as Usual by EP uNNy reflects hArd work And enterPrise of our PeoPle, sAYs Pm gDP growth tops outlook, at six-quarter high of 8.2% CEA Nageswaran expects growth to be at least 7% in 2025-26 ● ■ Q2 fy25 7.8 8.2 ■ Q1 fy26 ■ Q2 fy26 (All figures in %) 8.3 8.8 8.7 5.6 7.7 4.1 3.7 3.5 New Delhi, November 28 -0.40 real GDP Nominal GDP Page 9 wIll ForeClose ContraCts IF no delIvery In a yr: deFenCe seCy New Delhi, November 28 AlmoST Three weeks after theblastoutsidetheredFortin the national capital, investigatorshave intensified their scrutiny of Faridabad’s Al Falah University, where three of the 9.5 7.6 7.2 NoTE: GroWTH rATES ArE oN yEAr-oN-yEAr BASIS for KEy SECTorS Manufacturing Construction SourCE: MoSPI the growth rate unexpectedly rose for the fourth quarter in a row in July-September. »continued on PAge 2 48 Al Falah staffers questioned, probe expands to Delhi hospitals nation 8.4 10.2 7.2 -0.04 -3.10 Mining, quarrying Agriculture economists had broadly expected that GDP growth would moderateto7.3percentfrom7.8 percentinApril-June.however, 9.1 2.2 red fort blAst terror module Alok singh trumpvows‘3rd world’migration freeze;indianot onuslistof‘19 high-risk’nations drivenbymanufacturing,financialservices siddharth upasani & Aanchal magazine The economy continued to expand at a faster-than-anticipated rate in July-September, with GDPgrowth risingto a sixquarter high of 8.2 per cent on the back of near double-digit growth in the services sector. The manufacturing sector, too, expanded at the fastest pace in six quarters. dc shooting accused were emUmar nabi’s eXPress ployed. officials movements and familiar with the interactionsinthe probe told TheIndays leading up to dian Express that the blast. 48 staff members, including Apart from nabi, two other about 30 doctors, have been members of the now-busted questionedasagenciesattempt Jaish-e-mohammed terror toreconstructredFortbomber »continued on PAge 2 exclusive financial, real estate, services IMF retaIns ‘C’ grade For IndIa’s gdP data serIes P 13 The Big PicTure the teen caught in Kenya doping scandal Page 15 US President said his govt would deport foreign nationals who are a ‘security risk’. AP Yoshita singh New York, Washington, November 28 US PreSiDenT Donald Trump on Friday said he will “permanentlypause”migrationfromall “third world” countries and deport foreign nationals who are a “securityrisk”,ashisadministration intensified crackdown on immigration in the wake of the killing of a national Guard memberbyanAfghannational. US citizenship and immigration Services (USciS) Director Joseph edlow said that at Trump’s direction, he has “directed a full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green card for every alien from every country of concern”. The policy guidance is effective immediately and applies to requests pending or filed on or after november 27, 2025. in a statement, the USciS »continued on PAge 2 AnnuAl bilAterAl summit Putin in India on Dec 4-5; defence ties, trade on table shubhajit roy New Delhi, November 28 in hiS first visit since the Ukraine war began in February 2022, russian President Vladimir Putin will undertake a twodayvisittoindiaonDecember45 for annual summit talks with Prime minister narendra modi. Announcing the visit, the ministryofexternalAffairssaid on Friday: “At the invitation of Primeministernarendramodi, President of the russian Federation h.e. mr. Vladimir Putin New Delhi »continued on PAge 2 E. eXPlained Concerns: Us tariffs & russia-China ties Amid the US tariff turmoil, India is in a difficult spot with long-time partner Russia. Energy imports are down but defence sales will likely continue. India and Russia will discuss the situation, at a time Moscow’s ties to Beijing are closer, much to India’s concern.