China’s economy is decelerating but it has not come suddenly. It was on a downward trajectory for almost a decade now. read more

A wave of data released on Monday showed December gauges of consumption and factory output in the world’s second-largest economy accelerated and investment held up even as expansion in the fourth quarter dipped to 6.4 percent, the softest since 2009. read more

India is projected to grow at 7.5 per cent in 2019 and 7.7 per cent in 2020, an impressive over one percentage point ahead of China’s estimated growth of 6.2 per cent in these two years, the IMF said, attributing the pick up to the lower oil prices and... read more

The 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer report released on Monday, ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet here, noted that the Global Trust Index witnessed a marginal increase of 3 points to 52. read more

The advertisement for a breakfast sandwich, broadcast only in Taiwan, shows a two-second glimpse of a woman’s identity card that lists her nationality as “Taiwan”. read more

At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market, the rupee opened lower at 71.38 and fell further to touch the day’s low of 71.53. read more

A total of 15.23 million babies were born on the Chinese mainland in 2018, a drop by about 2 million from that of 2017, China’s national bureau of statistics (NBS) said on Monday. read more

He Jiankui said in November that he used a gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 to alter the embryonic genes of twin girls born that month, sparking an international outcry about the ethics and safety of such research. read more

Finally, the 30-share index settled at 36,578.96, up 192.35 points, or 0.53 %. It touched a low of 36,351.77. The gauge had risen 533.05 points in the previous four sessions. read more

Chinese Scientist He Jiankui said in November that he used a gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 to alter the embryonic genes of twin girls born that month, sparking an international outcry about the ethics and safety of such research. read more

Eclipse 2019: In the streets of Mexico City, Los Angeles and Paris and in the Moroccan desert, moon gazers turned to the sky to observe the phenomenon, around midnight in the Americas, and shortly before dawn in Europe and Africa. read more

Super Blood Wolf Moon 2019: It was also the year’s first supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position. read more

With President Xi Jinping’s top economic aide Liu He heading to the US this month, the challenging economic background adds pressure to reach a deal on trade. Due to the massive size of its market, China’s slowdown is also bringing pain to companies... read more

Big cities like Beijing and Shanghai will empty out as migrant workers return home and government offices and affiliated institutions will shut down for more than a week starting first week of February. read more

From a high of 39,090 in 2010-11 to a low of 16,550 in 2016-17, there has been a steady downward spiral of Indian students coming to the UK, but for the first time in recent years, the number is on the upswing: 19,750 in 2017-18, including first-year... read more