Fault lines in Chinese pension system create challenges for elderly populationChina's pension system faces challenges with demographic shifts and slow reforms, impacting senior citizens like Hao Pengfei. Issues includ...
28 Mar, 2024, 08.41 AM IST
India successfully used digital technologies to reduce disparities among population groups: UNThe World Social Report 2020, published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, notes how India harnessed the potential of dig...
29 Jan, 2020, 11.59 AM IST
Chinese stars brought down to earthChina has decreed that payments to film and TV actors will be capped at 40% of total production costs, with top stars not being allowed to ...
02 Jul, 2018, 08.01 AM IST
India 145th among 195 countries in healthcare access, qualityIndia lags behind China (48), Sri Lanka (71), Bangladesh ( 133) and Bhutan (134) while its health index was better than Nepal (149), Pakist...
23 May, 2018, 08.24 AM IST
Huge scope for Sino-India cooperation, says CPC panel memberMeng Xianfeng said New Delhi and Beijing should work simultaneously at bilateral and multilateral fronts to manage their differences and al...
04 Jan, 2018, 08.35 PM IST
Experts warn of wealth divide as China adds more billionairesThe magazine published the ranking on Monday which had 196 new billionaires, of which 76 were from the Chinese mainland and 25 from the US.
22 Mar, 2017, 05.51 PM IST
US seeks new group for China, India at WTOIt has been suggested that the new group should comprise the rapidly growing economies, such as China and India, which have gained consider...
11 Dec, 2015, 12.19 PM IST
Rich-poor divide in China surpasses US: StudyThe severe disparity has been triggering social instability, a challenge that governments at various levels have devoted enormous resources...
30 Apr, 2014, 09.07 PM IST
China reduces poverty level by 71% in three decadesIn 2012, the proportion of China's GDP to the world increased from 1.89% in 1980 to 11.57 %. Its per capita GDP grew nearly 30 times.
13 Sep, 2013, 04.48 PM IST
India ranks low on tackling economic, environmental risk: WEFIndia ranks lowest among the world's major economies for its preparedness to tackle global environmental risks and second-lowest for econom...
08 Jan, 2013, 03.53 PM IST
- Delhi, Mumbai most 'optimistic cities' in Asia: Fidelity
Mumbai and New Delhi are among the most "optimistic cities" in Asia, according to a recent Fidelity survey titled ‘Rich Me? Poor Me?.’
29 Jun, 2012, 09.44 PM IST
- India needs to increase spending on healthcare: WHO
While India's life expectancy has gone up to 65 years in 2009. Global life expectancy was still higher at 68 years in 2009.
17 May, 2011, 04.10 PM IST
- China can achieve 8 pc growth for next 20 years: World Bank
'China should consider ways to rebalance its economy towards domestic demand, given the inevitable slowdown in the exports.'
23 Mar, 2011, 05.51 PM IST
- High inflation to weigh on real income growth, says survey
Food price inflation has been a major negative while the current spending and spending intentions remain heavily skewed towards essential i...
17 Jan, 2011, 08.49 PM IST
- China's rich hiding $1.4 trillion: Report
The estimates also offer a troubling indication that the income gap between China's rich and poor is much wider than official figures sugge...
13 Aug, 2010, 06.11 PM IST
- India to be third largest economy by 2050: Carnegie Endowment
India will be the third largest economy in the world after China and US by 2050, a US-based think tank has said. World's top 20 countries t...
21 Nov, 2009, 09.45 PM IST
- Rapid city growth seen as threat to Asian prosperity
The rapid growth of Asian cities is posing serious problems and governments must ensure that services and infrastructure can cope, official...
24 Jun, 2007, 01.09 PM IST