Gopinath To Stay On At IMF, Take Up New Role
Indian-American Gita Gopinath, the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is being promoted as IMF’s first deputy managing director...
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Govt’s Latest Stimulus To Boost Jobs, Credit, Farm Sector
The government announced a fresh stimulus of $16.1 billion on Thursday to be spent largely on creating jobs and boosting...
India Records 38,310 New Coronavirus Cases
India recorded 38,310 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 8.27 million, Health Ministry data...
India’s Coronavirus Infections Rise To 6.63 Million
India’s coronavirus case tally rose by 74,442 in the last 24 hours to 6.63 million on Monday morning, data from...
‘COVID-19 Has Set Global Health Progress Back Decades’
The knock-on effects of the coronavirus pandemic have halted and reversed global health progress, setting it back 25 years and...
Back To The Fields: Covid-19 Smashes Middle-Class Dreams
Until late March, Ashish Kumar was helping to make plastic boxes for Ferrero Rocher praline chocolates and the plastic spoons...
IMF Chief Warns Global Economy ‘Not Out Of The Woods’
Global economic activity is picking up after an unprecedented decline this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but a second...
Covid-19 Cost Jobs At A Third Of Small Firms Open In May
One small firm in three around the world was obliged to cut jobs to stay open through the coronavirus pandemic...
IMF Head Urges Pandemic Response That Tackles Climate Crisis
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva urged policymakers on Wednesday to use their response to the coronavirus pandemic to...
Covid-19 To Shrink Global Economy By 3% In 2020: IMF
The global economy is expected to shrink by 3.0% during 2020 in a stunning coronavirus-driven collapse of activity that will...
IMF To Provide Debt Relief To Help 25 Countries Deal With Pandemic
The International Monetary Fund said on Monday it would provide immediate debt relief to 25 member countries under its Catastrophe...
Covid-19 Crisis Could Plunge Half A Billion Into Poverty: Oxfam
The fallout from the coronavirus spread that has killed more than 83,000 people and wreaked havoc on economies around the...
Growth Slowdown In India Temporary: IMF Chief
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva on Friday said growth slowdown in India appears to be temporary and she...
Love Of Cash Hinders India’s Move To Digital Economy
India’s dependency on cash may slow the country’s transition to digital payments despite large numbers of internet and mobile phone...
Global Watchdog Keeps Pakistan On Terrorism Financing ‘Grey List’
A global finance watchdog kept Pakistan off its terrorism financing blacklist on Friday but warned Islamabad it only had until...
India Cannot Sacrifice Economic Strength To Comply With U.S. Sanctions – Finance Minister
India wants to comply with global sanctions, including U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and Russia, but also needs to maintain its...
FATF Asia-Pacific Group Puts Pakistan In Terror ‘Blacklist’: Officials
The Asia Pacific Group (APG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global watchdog for terror financing and money...
