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OECD trims global outlook as Trump trade war hits U.S. growth

Updated on Oct 06, 2025 10:02 pm IST

England has highest proportion of adults ‘overqualified’ for their jobs: Report

Nearly two in five (37%) workers in England are overqualified for their current job, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Survey of Adult Skills.

employment news

Published on Dec 10, 2024 05:03 pm IST

G20 agrees to tackle taxation of the super-rich, but forum not yet decided

world news

Published on Jul 27, 2024 07:43 am IST

$115.9bn in climate finance raised: OECD

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india news

Updated on May 30, 2024 12:30 pm IST

OECD ups world growth forecast but warns of Middle East ‘tensions’ risk

A picture taken from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip shows smoke rising over buildings in Khan Yunis.

business

Published on Feb 05, 2024 04:55 pm IST

OECD Survey: Mathematics, reading skills in unprecedented decline in teenagers

While more than half of the 81 countries surveyed saw declines, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway and Poland saw particularly sharp drops in mathematics scores.

news

Published on Dec 06, 2023 10:25 am IST

OECD calls for enhanced tax transparency on foreign real estate

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real estate

Published on Sept 09, 2023 02:49 pm IST

Over 30 countries agree to extend digital services tax freeze through 2024

If at least 30 countries sign, then the freeze on national digital taxing rights will be extended through 2024

world news

Published on Jul 13, 2023 12:55 am IST

US stimulus will boost global economy, Europe's economy still struggling

Employees work as they make respiratory masks in a family-owned medical equipment factory in north Miami, Florida on February 15, 2021

business

Published on Mar 09, 2021 04:21 pm IST

India’s GDP could rebound to 7.9% in 2021, says OECD

In the case of India, OECD has predicted a marginally steeper contraction than the 9.5% forecast by the RBI in fiscal 2021.

business

Updated on Dec 02, 2020 05:57 am IST

Brazil’s relations with the US at their best ever, says Jair Bolsonaro

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday Brazil’s relations with the United States are at their best moment ever.

world news

Published on Oct 19, 2020 09:19 pm IST

Govt must change how economies work after pandemic, says OECD report

A woman walks past sale signs at the Myeongdong shopping district in Seoul. Covid--ravaged economies across the Asia Pacific are expected to contract this year for the first time in nearly six decades.

world news

Updated on Sept 15, 2020 08:58 pm IST

World economy to contract at least 6% in 2020 due to Covid-19: Report

Physical distancing to prevent contagion, testing people for the virus, and tracing and isolating those infected, will be the main instruments to fight the pandemic.

business

Published on Jun 10, 2020 02:13 pm IST

India’s growth could be the next casualty of the coronavirus outbreak

India’s economic growth hit a more than six-year low of 4.7% in the December quarter (Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint)

business

Updated on Mar 03, 2020 01:40 pm IST

World economy may shrink due to coronavirus, says global watchdog; lowers growth forecast for 2020

Passengers wearing protective masks pass through fare gates at a subway station in Shanghai, China, on Monday, March 2, 2020.

business

Updated on Mar 02, 2020 04:05 pm IST

More students are in school. But it is not enough| Analysis

Choices made by education stakeholders affect rural communities, the urban poor, persons with disabilities, and women

analysis

Published on Jan 23, 2020 06:54 pm IST

40 govt schools to wait further for 120 new lecturer posts

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chandigarh news

Updated on Nov 03, 2019 12:02 am IST

New guidelines to put recycling onus on plastic manufacturers

The concept of EPR was introduced by amending the Plastic Waste Management Rules in 2016, but there are currently no comprehensive processes or guidelines that manufacturers or brands must follow. So, there are no fixed recycling targets.

india news

Updated on Oct 07, 2019 05:26 am IST

#MillennialRetirementPlans: Pessimistic millennials storm Twitter with gloomy retirement plans

From living in their parents’ basements to colonizing Mars only to destroy it like Earth, millennials wished for early death via dark-themed jokes and memes about never been able to retire and blamed Baby Boomers.

lifestyle

Updated on Sept 18, 2019 03:59 pm IST

11 years after the Lehman Brothers collapse, crisis in global economy continues

Trade as an engine of growth has come under strain: Between the great recession of the 1930s and the 2008 crisis, exports were an important driver of growth for non-developed countries.

analysis

Updated on Sept 15, 2019 01:27 pm IST

Infographic: Antimicrobial resistance a threat to everyone

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat.

ht school

Updated on Jun 28, 2019 07:49 pm IST

Drug-resistant diseases as big a threat as climate change: UN

Drug resistance currently causes at least 700,000 deaths each year, including 230,000 from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. The most common drug resistant pathogens, including E. coli, K. pneumoniae, Salmonella spp., among others.

india news

Published on Apr 30, 2019 07:38 am IST

India can make it even easier to do business

The World Bank ranks countries on 10 parameters, and, on five, India’s rank is low: Starting a business (137); Registering property (166); Paying taxes (121); Enforcing contracts (163); and Resolving insolvency (108)

editorials

Updated on Nov 01, 2018 05:44 pm IST