The Editorial Page: In thinking of the good death, what are the lines we ought to draw? 8 SATURDAY, NOvEmBER 29, 2025 Journalism of Courage AHMEDABAD, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES ₹6.00 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 , L U 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 lTHE THREE-DAY Chintan Shibir of the Gujarat government, for which the entire Cabinet led by Chief Mnister Bhupendra Patel moved to Shrimad Rajchandra Mission at Dharampur in Valsad district, will conclude on Saturday. At the shibir, ministers and senior officials of the government have been brainstorming on subjects such as capacity building and evaluation, nutrition and health, green energy and environment. lA POTENTIAL breakfast meeting between Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar amid the heightened leadership row. 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 Agriculture NATION PAGE 4 wILL FORECLOSE CONTRACTS IF NO DELIvERY IN A YR: DEFENCE SECY WHEN MAHATMA Gandhi began writing 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth' in 1925, a “friend” had resisted — sayingthatitwasapractice“peculiar to the West”. Today, the book is Navajivan Trust's best- seller, with over one crore copies sold since it was first published on November 29, 1925, in a serialised form. Saturdaymarks100yearsof the publication of Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography in Gujarati —Satya na Prayogo Athva Atmakatha — in his weekly journal Navajivan in 9.5 7.6 7.2 Manufacturing Construction SOURCE: MOSPI the growth rate unexpectedly rose for the fourth quarter in a row in July-September. »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 100 yrs of Gandhi’s autobiography: ‘Still being read due to its honesty ’ Ahmedabad, November 28 8.4 10.2 7.2 -0.04 -3.10 Mining, quarrying NOTE: GROWTH RATES ARE ON YEAR-ON-YEAR BASIS FOR KEY SECTORS Economists had broadly expected that GDP growth would moderateto7.3percentfrom7.8 percentinApril-June.However, 9.1 2.2 OVER 1 CRORE COPIES SOLD TILL DATE Parimal A Dabhi 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, withGDPgrowthrisingtoasixquarter 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 1925inaserialisedformat.During these 100 years, the autobiography has remained one of themostpopularliterarypieces from Gujarat and has been translated into around 50 languages across the world. On November 29, 1925, the first chapter of Gandhi's »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Financial, Real estate, services IMFRETAINS‘C’ GRADEFORINDIA’S GDPDATASERIES P16 THE BIG PIcTURE The teen caught in Kenya doping scandal PAGE 13 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 »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. Ahmedabad