World economy

27 Jan 2016

27 Jan 2016

Denmark's parliament passed measures on Tuesday including confiscating refugees' valuables to pay for their stay, aimed at deterring them from seeking asylum, despite protests from international human rights organisations

25 Jan 2016

25 Jan 2016

China’s slowing economy has rattled markets around the world. Yale School of Management's Stephen Roach, the former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, says it’s good that China is making a much-needed transition—but other countries will need to adapt to a new normal

25 Jan 2016

23 Jan 2016

23 Jan 2016

The migration crisis has threatened major shifts in population, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said, and warned that the open arms policy has put the concept of Europe itself in very grave danger

22 Jan 2016

21 Jan 2016

While there isn’t anything in the global economy to support market tantrums, Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan says there is some anticipation that as central banks start reducing an accommodating stance, asset prices will find the appropriate level

19 Jan 2016

The study by UK non-profit Oxfam found that the 62 richest people in the world own as much as the poorest 3.6 billion, and the rich-poor gap has widened dramatically in the past 12 months

18 Jan 2016

16 Jan 2016

16 Jan 2016

16 Jan 2016

Al Qaeda-linked terrorists stormed a hotel popular with foreigners in the West African nation, leading to a gun battle after which security forces were able to evacuate 126 hostages

16 Jan 2016

Oil prices crashed to a 12-year low below $30 a barrel as a post-sanctions Iran prepared to unleash a flood of new oil amid a slowdown in demand from the world's two biggest economies, the US and China

15 Jan 2016

Iran hopes to increase its exports to India by 200,000 barrels per day to some 460,000 bpd, and Indian refiners say they are willing to buy it if the price is right

15 Jan 2016

14 Jan 2016

India said today it is working with Pakistan to fix a new date for the foreign secretary-level talks that were scheduled for Friday, while it is prepared to welcome a special investigation team from Pakistan

14 Jan 2016

A net balance of 0.5 per cent of companies increased their advertising budgets in the December quarter, compared with 4.4 per cent in the previous quarter and 6.1 per cent in the same period the year before

14 Jan 2016

13 Jan 2016

Pakistan has detained Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of the terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed accused by India of carrying out the deadly attack on the Pathankot Air Force base last week. Azhar was one of the men freed by India in exchange for the Kandahar hijack hostages in 1999

09 Jan 2016

08 Jan 2016

Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan has been conferred with the Central Banker of the Year Award  for 2016 by The Banker

07 Jan 2016

In its annual Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank says a simultaneous slowdown in developing economies will be intensified by fresh financial turmoil – but adds that India will see robust growth in 2016

07 Jan 2016

The UN Security Council agreed on Wednesday to roll out new measures to punish North Korea after its shock announcement of a hydrogen bomb