EU, China, others, team up to coordinate ‘green’ investment financing
WASHINGTON: The European Union, China, India and several other countries teamed up on Friday to coordinate rules and standards for ...
Trio wins economics Nobel for science-based poverty fight
STOCKHOLM: U.S.-based economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for ...
IMF lowers global growth forecasts amid trade, Brexit uncertainties
WASHINGTON/SANTIAGO : The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its forecast for global growth this year and next, warning ...
India lifted 271 million people out of poverty in 10 years: UN
India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty ...
OECD cuts global growth forecast as US-China tensions rise
The The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) on Tuesday cut its forecast for the world economy, urging ...
IMF forecasts dip in global growth in 2019
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that global growth will be 3.3% in 2019, down from 3.6% in 2018 and 4% in 2017, ...
NYAY scheme will not be able to cater all needy families: Arvind Panagariya
New Delhi, Mar 28 : Former vice chairman of Niti Aayog Arvind Panagariya has asserted that Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s ...
66% employers looking for different skills than three years ago: ILO study
Fast-changing job requirements are leading to a yawning skills gap in many parts of the world, with India being one of the ...
Venezuela turns to India for oil exports as U.S. sanctions bite
Houston: Venezuela’s oil exports have tapered off and shifted toward India since new U.S. sanctions began Jan. 28 as state-run oil ...
75 countries launch WTO e-commerce talks
Ministers from 75 countries launched talks towards drawing up global e-commerce rules amid growing calls for technology to be more ...