Xi Jinping criticises inflated GDP figures, warns against 'reckless' projects"All plans must be based on facts, aiming for solid, genuine growth without exaggeration, and promoting high-quality, sustainable developme...
15 Dec, 2025, 11.58 PM IST
Startups positioning India for exponential economic growth: Zupee founder Dilsher MalhiAt the India Internet Governance Forum 2024, Zupee CEO Dilsher Malhi highlighted startups' role in India's economic growth, driven by digit...
09 Dec, 2024, 04.29 PM IST
Finland is the happiest country in the world - but research suggests the rankings are wealth and status-orientedFinland ranks high in happiness. Cantril Ladder shapes well-being perception. Research questions traditional happiness metrics. Relationshi...
29 Mar, 2024, 02.27 PM IST
Jennifer Lopez’s Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter accounts mysteriously go dark, read hereMarry Me and The Hustlers actor is rumoured to be close to revealing a new project. While Lopez's Instagram had deleted all of her older po...
23 Nov, 2022, 05.43 PM IST
OECD retains India’s FY24 GDP growth at 5.5%In its Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India, the agency said that China’s economy is seen growing 5.1% in both FY22 and FY2...
22 Mar, 2022, 09.13 PM IST
India ranks 3rd in US Green Building Council’s 2021 global list for sustainable spacesIndia has a total of 146 LEED certified buildings and spaces, representing nearly 2.8 million gross area square meters (GSM) of space. This...
09 Feb, 2022, 09.49 PM IST
Delhi govt preparing 'Delhi Bazaar' web portal to help businessmen promote their products: CMA 'Delhi Bazaar' web portal is being prepared for traders and industrialists to help them display their products and sell them not only dom...
03 Nov, 2021, 06.17 PM IST
Our sense of well-being has been in decline for years, and the pandemic made it worseAs lockdowns took effect and people grew fearful about the future, their life satisfaction fell by an average of 4%.
20 Oct, 2021, 08.28 AM IST
GDP doesn’t love us. So why love GDP?If it makes us look knobbly, why not look for others that make us look good?
08 Sep, 2020, 08.32 AM IST
Govt spend on social services up by 1.5% in six years: Eco SurveyAccording to the Survey, as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP), the expenditure on social services has registered an increase of ...
31 Jan, 2020, 01.48 PM IST
- Use smart technologies to boost farm output: Official
Bengaluru, March 29 (IANS) Use of smart technologies like IoT, drones and digital devices would boost farm production, with higher yields a...
29 Mar, 2018, 02.02 AM IST
Ins and outs of the pursuit of happinessAuden’s thief remarked that, as he felt happy committing larceny, and God felt happy forgiving him for doing so, the universe was admirably...
19 Feb, 2018, 10.45 PM IST
- Dynamics & Change
Economists use the term “economic growth” to mean a sustained increase in the economy’s overall output of goods and services — gross domest...
19 May, 2014, 05.28 AM IST
Euro zone crisis bearing heavy human toll: OECDOrdinary people's satisfaction with life has plunged in the euro zone countries worst hit by the financial crisis as faith in their governm...
05 Nov, 2013, 05.54 PM IST
- Rising purchasing power drives India's economic growth: OECD
The country's economic growth is mainly attributed to increasing purchasing power and is less dependent on external factors, OECD said.
16 Oct, 2012, 08.56 PM IST
Happiness as growth indexShall I compare thee to a summer’s day?", Shakespeare asks in an immortal line. What if the Bard of Avon had been born in Bhutan? Would he ...
02 Dec, 2010, 07.13 AM IST
- France: 'Measure well-being, not just growth'
French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared on Monday that statisticians should find a way to measure the general well-being of the populatio...
14 Sep, 2009, 04.02 PM IST