India set to move into upper-middle-income group by 2030 & join China: SBIIndia is likely to enter the upper-middle-income group by the end of this decade, joining China and Indonesia, according to a report by the...
Great Nicobar port clears paperwork, but will money follow?Despite environmental and social concerns, the Great Nicobar trans-shipment port project has secured Indian government approvals. However, ...
China still Pakistan's top bilateral creditor, share down to 22% from 25% last year: West BengalPakistan's external debt reached $130.85 billion in 2024, with China and Saudi Arabia as the largest bilateral creditors. The debt burden s...
Despite war and sanctions, Russia becomes a high-income economyDespite Western sanctions over the Ukraine war, Russia has transitioned from an upper-middle to a high-income economy, according to the Wor...
India ranked 134 out of 193 countries on United Nations Human Development Index for 2022India's ranking on the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) climbed one spot in 2022 to 134 out of 193 countries, with a slight inc...
Google launches new initiative to train, support Indian news publishersThe Indian Languages Programme aims to provide training, technical support, and funding to news publishers in English, Hindi, Kannada, Tami...
India loses USD 118 bn annually in cumulative GNI due to childhood blindness: ReportLaunched at the 16th edition of 'VISION 2020: The Right to Sight - INDIA' national conference held recently in West Bengal, it highlighted ...
EU to borrow around 150 billion euros annually for recovery fundThe financing for the EU economic plan, agreed at 750 billion euros in 2018 prices, but totalling around 800 billion euros at current price...
US, EU oppose India's subsidy cut waiver proposalThe US and EU have argued that the proposal before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) – which seeks to exempt countries with national incom...
Congress alleges Ajit Doval's son started Cayman Islands hedge fund days after demonetisationJairam Ramesh alleged that a hedge fund GNY Asia was opened in Cayman Islands on November 21, 2016, 13 days after demonetisation, with Vive...
India's per capita income grows by 8.6% to Rs 1.13 lakh in FY18The per capita net national income in 2016-17 stood at Rs 1,03,870, witnessing a growth of over 10.3 per cent from the preceding fiscal end...
Facing WTO threat, government plans new schemes for job creationThe government is mulling new schemes linked to job creation and manufacturing clusters, especially in the case of textiles and apparel whe...
Among EMs, mobile broadband least affordable in indiaAlthough prices of telecom services are lower in absolute terms compared to other emerging market and developed economies, they are much hi...
India up five slots but still 130th on HDIIndia ranked a lowly 130 in the HDI even if up from last year's 135 in the list of 188 nations, thanks to higher life expectancy and gross ...
Poverty eradication: Developed nations must give extra funds, says Indian governmentTerming as "stark" the gap in per capita incomes of developed and developing nations, India has asked West to pledge "additional" funds.
Online platforms may add Rs 2.5 lakh crore to GDP: Global Network InitiativeIf the figure is actually achieved, the report says that online platform will contribute more than 1.3% of India's total GDP.
India's IT Act is 'ill-suited' to deal with social media: Global Network InitiativeInformation Technology Act of India, is "ill-suited" to deal with social media and user-generated content, a report by GNI said today.