India Inflation Rises Less Than Expected Even as Risks Grow

Pedestrians at a wholesale market in Ahmedabad, India.

Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

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India’s inflation edged higher last month, rising less than economists expected, with the outlook remaining worrisome as the war in the Middle East pushes up energy costs.