MUMBAI -- India's economy grew 8.2% in the quarter ended September, picking up from the strong 7.8% expansion logged the preceding quarter, according to data released on Friday by the statistics ministry, a spurt that appears to defy U.S. tariffs slapped on the country's exports in August.
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India's GDP accelerates to 8.2% growth despite tariff headwind
Expansion beats market forecast but will be 'very difficult to sustain'
Shipping containers sit at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, on Aug. 11. The country's highest growth rate in the past six quarters came as India began facing U.S. President Donald Trump's 50% tariffs. © Reuters
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