Economy

India as the chair of the G20 nations is determined to make a difference in the field of gender equality and women’s empowerment by turning challenges into opportunities and pushing …

With retail inflation finally slipping below the Reserve Bank of India’s threshold of 6 per cent to 5.66 per cent in March—the lowest since December 2021, all eyes are now …

With rising debt burden hitting the Global South hard, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is in the US to attend the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and …

Amid rising debt levels in Pakistan, it seems that the country’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has only one key task —to be able to secure further loans or resume the …

New Delhi: The Income Tax Department has unearthed a black money trail to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore in raids on co-operative banks in Karnataka which were being used …

Amid more and more political parties in India now promising big ticket freebies to woo voters, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Girish Chandra Murmu today underlined the need for …

The impending general elections in Pakistan will further dent the economy. The cost of holding elections is estimated at around Rs 50 billion. In 2018, general elections in Pakistan cost …

Amid an overall slowdown of remittances flowing into Pakistan during the July-February period of its ongoing financial year, what has hit policy makers harder is the drop in inflow from …

Notwithstanding the Hindenburg report claiming gross manipulation of the stock market by the Adani Group, leading to opposition parties raising their pitch against billionaire industrialist Gautam Adai, the chairman of …

Singapore government owned fund Temasek Holdings has acquired a majority stake in India’s second biggest hospital chain Manipal Health Enterprises for over $2 billion by buying out a 59% stake …

A non government organisation—The Other Media has come under the scanner. According to government data, between 2019-20 and 2021-22, the NGO received contributions to the tune of Rs 3.54 crore …

The IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday said that the world economy is expected to grow at less than 3 per cent this year but Asia remains a bright spot …

The Union Cabinet has approved a new formula for determining the price of natural gas that will make piped natural gas (PNG) cheaper by 10 per cent and lower the …

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who has raised the pitch against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in relation to industrialist Gautam Adani. Sitharaman …

Kathmandu: Nepal, which lived in the dark for over a decade between 2006 and mid-2017 with power outages lasting up to 18 hours a day, has not only managed to …

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) surprise move to keep interest rates unchanged at 6.5 per cent has brought cheer to the industry as it indicated that the focus may …

Delhi airport has been ranked as the ninth busiest airport in the world in 2022 with a passenger traffic of more than 5.94 crore in the latest list compiled by …

The European Union’s decision last month to remove Islamabad from the list of ‘High-Risk Third Countries’ for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes has brought little joy to Pakistan’s exporters. …

The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), Kolkata has handled 65.66 million tonnes of cargo in 2022-23, recording an all-time high throughput which is a 12.87% increase over the 58.175 million …

Aid from Saudi Arabia into Pakistan is thinning amid changing global geopolitical order. The West Asian nation is now changing its stance by clamping up on offering “blank cheque” aid …

Notwithstanding the external risks, India’s growth continues to be resilient, the World Bank in its latest India Development Update has said. The report noted that despite rising global challenges, which …