For the NDA, economic headwinds have come at a time when its political traction is highest read more

Ivanka Trump, adviser to President Donald Trump, said Saturday that the world economy would get a boost of up to USD 28 trillion by 2025 if women were on an equal economic footing. read more

Xi met three of his African counterparts Friday morning on the sidelines of the G20 summit of major world economies, which opened in Osaka. read more

Speaking at the informal BRICS leaders’ meeting in Osaka, Modi said that there was an immediate need to strengthen the WTO, fighting protectionism, ensuring energy security and work together to fight terrorism. read more

Also speaking at the Paris Forum event, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire warned about the impact of a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. read more

Marginal 2.44 per cent increase in exports as well as lower imports of gold and petroleum products in February significantly narrowed India’s trade deficit to USD 9.6 billion, according to data released by the commerce ministry on Friday. read more

Manmohan Singh, who has criticised the PM Narendra Modi-led government for demonetisation and GST in the past, said attempts at creating additional job opportunities in the industrial sector have failed as industrial growth is not picking up fast en... read more

“Leading agencies such as IMF and World Bank project the same trend to continue in the coming years. In an uncertain global economic environment, India has shown tremendous resilience as an anchor of the world economy,” Modi said addressing inaugural... read more

The short point is India needs to outperform itself in terms of economic growth to ensure that the fruits of growth are shared by a wider section of the population. read more

China and the US are currently engaged in a trade conflict and have slapped tit-for-tat tariffs of hundreds of billions of dollars on each other’s goods. read more

Urijit Patel, who appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, would give written responses on some of the controversial issues raised by the members, including the government citing never-used powers to get the central bank on the... read more

Energy importers like India and South Africa will benefit; oil producers such as Russia and Saudi Arabia will hurt. read more

America’s fourth-largest bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, setting off a financial wrecking ball that demolished global stock markets, pushing the world economy read more

According to think tank Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, dynamic action on climate could also generate “over 65 million new low-carbon jobs” by 2030 and avoid over 700,000 premature deaths due to air pollution. read more

Given the size of its output, the N-11’s growth is contributing significantly to the world economy, alongside the primary drivers of China and India read more