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IMF keeps global growth rate at 3.2% for 2024 and 2025
03 Nov 2024
Global economic growth is expected to remain around 3.2 per cent in 2024 and 2025 with some minor uptick in some advanced economies
Guinea-Bissau becomes first African country to use blockchain for fiscal transparency
03 Oct 2024
Guinea-Bissau, a tiny West African nation, has made a big leap in the use of financial technology by successfully launching a blockchain platform for wage bill management
IPEF announces action plan to ensure global supply chain resilience
24 Sep 2024
The Indo-Pacific Economic Forum (IPEF) for Prosperity has announced the setting up of separate teams for implementing action plans to ensure resilient supply chains for semiconductors
IMF, ADB project 7% GDP growth for India
19 Jul 2024
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its growth outlook for India for the current year to 7 per cent from its earlier projection of 6.8 per cent
IMF projects India’s GDP growth at 6.3% in FY24-25
21 Dec 2023
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected India’s real GDP to grow at 6.3 per cent in the current financial year (2023-24) and the next fiscal year (2024-25), supported by macroeconomic and financial stability.
India remains on top with $125 bn inward remittances
20 Dec 2023
India continues to be the largest recipient of overseas remittances, with inward flow of $125 billion in 2023, a 12.3 per cent surge
India meets climate action targets 7 years ahead of time; sets goals higher
19 Dec 2023
India has surpassed the UN mandated targets of reducing emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 per cent and bringing 40 per cent of all installed electricity generation capacity under non-fossil fuel sources by 2030
Plea for action as COP 28 talks hit the oil hurdle
10 Dec 2023
OPEC’s biggest producer Saudi Arabia and the biggest non-Opec producer Russia and other oil exporters want climate talks to focus on emissions and not on what causes them
WHO, Ayush ministry collaborate to promote traditional medicine
18 Nov 2023
India's ministry of Ayush and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have entered into a `Traditional and Complementary Medicine 'Project Collaboration Agreement'
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