Economy
- World
UK slips behind India to become world’s 6th biggest economy
London: Britain has dropped behind India to become the world’s sixth largest economy, according to Bloomberg. India toppled the UK from its position in the final three months of 2021 to become…
- Business
Commanding heights of India’s economy up for grabs in battle between Adani and Ambani
New Delhi: Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, both billionaires, have in recent years become the best-known faces of Indian business. To supporters, they are patriotic nation-builders, using their sway and resources to…
- Business
SBI Ecowrap revises annual GDP growth for FY23 to 6.8%
Mumbai: A report by the SBI Ecowrap has now revised its annual GDP growth for FY23 to 6.8 percent, a large part of which is a statistical adjustment with growth momentum likely…
- Pakistan
Floods inflict $10bn loss on Pakistan
Islamabad: The devastating flash floods in Pakistan have inflicted a loss of at least $10 billion on different sectors of the countrys struggling economy, according to Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail. Miftah…
- India
TN joins other states to help achieve Centre’s target of $5 trillion economy
New Delhi: As several states have lined up strategies to make India a $5 trillion economy by 2026-27, Tamil Nadu — one of the most developed states of the country — has…
- World
US economy looks up as supply chains ease
Washington: The US economy has begun to look up with gas prices falling every day and shipping bottlenecks easing, due to President Joe Biden’s recent legislative actions and his signature on the…
- World
Chinese premier acknowledges slowing economy, cites unexpected shocks
Beijing: Amid an economic slowdown, China must adopt special measures in order to offset “shocks beyond expectation” in the second quarter, says Premier Li Keqiang. “Now is the most critical juncture for…
- India
President Murmu: India is among the fastest growing major economies in the world
New Delhi: India is among the fastest growing major economies in the world, President Droupadi Murmu said in her maiden address to the nation on Sunday, adding that India has made unprecedented…
- Business
OPEC further lowers forecasts for global economy
Vienna: The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has further revised down its forecasts for this year’s global economic growth and oil demand, following a previous downward revision in May. The…
- Opinions
Stability of the economy in the Muslim youth is the need of the hour
Feroze Suri Muhammad Salman, a manufacturer of grocery products, if you ask him what is the secret of the success of his business, he unhesitatingly says, “Those few people in the nation…
- Middle East
Lebanese Prez agrees on initial steps for Syrian refugees’ repatriation
Beirut: Lebanese President Michel Aoun has agreed on the initial criteria and steps to be adopted for the implementation of a strategy for the repatriation of Syrian refugees. “We have agreed with…
- World
Tashkent conference on Afghanistan to begin today
Kabul: An international conference on Afghanistan in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, will now begin on Tuesday after a day’s delay, a spokesman of the Taliban-led government in Kabul has said. The development was confirmed by…
- World
‘UN mission trying to negotiate with Taliban for reopening girls’ schools’
Kabul: Fiona Frazer, chief of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), has said that they were trying to negotiate with the Taliban government to reopen schools for girl students from classes…
- Politics
Indian economy currently fastest-growing: BJP hits back at Rahul
New Delhi: Hitting out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said the Indian economy currently is the fastest-growing among major economies of the world. Referring to…
- World
I will run the economy like Margaret Thatcher: Rishi Sunak
London: Rishi Sunak, the Indian origin contender for the prime ministership of the UK, said he will run the British economy like former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, if he wins. In his…
