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KARACHI: Heavy rains in Karachi caused thin trading activities at cotton market on Tuesday. However, persistent rains in Sindh and Punjab pushed cotton prices up and expectations regarding further damage of crop make buyers cautious.

NEW DELHI: India's economy grew at its weakest pace in more than two years in the quarter that ended in September, revealing the heavy toll that stubbornly high inflation, rising interest rates and crisis-hit global capital markets are having on Asia's third-biggest economy.

WASHINGTON: Pakistan will have no trouble repaying a loan from the International Monetary Fund, its finance minister said on Monday, even though the country's economy has been hurt by heavy rains and floods.

KARACHI: Floods triggered by monsoon rains crippled Pakistan's biggest city and commercial hub of Karachi on Tuesday, with few people able to make it to work or school, officials said.