New Delhi, June 6 -- From India's fiscal deficit getting off to a rocky start in April, to a revamped industrial output series pointing to possible GDP upgrades, manufacturing and services activity showing resilience, the West Asia war squeezing airline capacity, and a Mint survey showing how income shapes urban Indians' wedding aspirations, here's this week's news in numbers.

India's fiscal numbers for FY27 got off to a rough start in April. Tax and non-tax collections came in lower than a year ago, while both government and capital spending expanded-pushing the monthly deficit to nearly double that of April 2025. At Rs.3.62 trillion, the April deficit accounted for 21.4% of the full-year budgeted target, up sharply from 11.9% in FY26....