Lee Nuttall, 52, was on holiday in West Cornwall from his home in the Midlands, when he managed to take the pictures at Porthgwarra beach near Penzance.
The country's central bank - the Reserve Bank of India - meets later in June and is expected to cut rates for the third time in a row to boost growth.India remains the world's fastest growing major economy, although growth has sharply dropped from the 9.2% high recorded in financial year 2023-24.
Asia's third-largest economy benefitted from strong farm activity, steady public spending and improved rural demand in the last financial year, even as manufacturing and new investments by private companies remained weak.While rural growth has improved on account of a strong winter harvest, it is not nearly enough to offset continuing weakness in urban consumption, which has flagged due to high unemployment and lower wages.India's growth engine remains heavily dependent on the government's infrastructure spending on roads, ports and highways, in the absence of significant improvement in private investment.
Going forward, domestic growth should benefit from government's income tax cuts announced in the federal budget, as well as "monetary easing, expectations of an above normal monsoon and lower food inflation", Aditi Nayar, an economist with the ratings agency Icra, said.But ongoing global uncertainties, including US President Donald Trump's trade war, are expected to weigh on export demand.
India is currently negotiating a trade-agreement with the United States which is officially expected to conclude by fall. Trump slapped tariffs of up to 27% on Indian goods in April – and a 90-day pause on these ends on 9 July.
Economists expect GDP growth in the ongoing financial year 2025-26 to further slow to 6% on the back of these global slowdown worries which could delay new private capital spending on projects.Rafique said: "Fires in bin wagons or at recycling centres can be started from the smallest spark or heat source."
The council urged people to dispose of batteries or devices like vapes that contain lithium-ion batteries at the place they were purchased from, supermarket recycling points or the tip.They advised people to allow disposable barbecues to fully cool down, soak them in water and wrap them in foil before putting them in the bin.
AI tools developed by Elon Musk's xAI are to be incorporated into the messaging service, Telegram.Announcing the deal, Telegram boss Pavel Durov said it would see his firm distribute the AI assistant, Grok, to Telegram's "billion+ users and integrate it into its apps".