World economy

16 Mar 2016

With another ‘super Tuesday out of the way, Democrat Hillary Clinton needs only one-thirds of the remaining delegates to secure her nomination, while Republican rival Donald Trump needs about half

16 Mar 2016

Between 2007-08 and 2015-16, a total of 2,746 entities and individuals declared agricultural income of above Rs1 crore, although they do not earn their living as farmers, Jaitley stated

16 Mar 2016

15 Mar 2016

Myanmar's parliament elected a close friend and confidant of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as President on Tuesday, making Htin Kyaw the country's first head of state  since the 1960s who does not hail from a military background

14 Mar 2016

14 Mar 2016

The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party looked set to get a foothold in three regional parliements even as Chancellor Angela Merkel hammers out a deal with Turkey to stem the flow of migrants

14 Mar 2016

12 Mar 2016

India does not follow  “beggar thy neighbour” macro-economic policies or try to gain in trade at the expense of its partners, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a conference

12 Mar 2016

India does not follow  “beggar thy neighbour” macro-economic policies or try to gain in trade at the expense of its partners, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a conference

11 Mar 2016

The European Central Bank has also increased its monthly asset buys to €80 billion from €60 billion in a bid to boost consumption and inflation

10 Mar 2016

10 Mar 2016

09 Mar 2016

Bernie Sanders breathed new life into his long-shot White House bid with a crucial win in Michigan's primary on Tuesday night, chipping away at Hillary Clinton's dominance in the Democratic presidential race

08 Mar 2016

EU leaders have met Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglur in a bid to solve the refugee crisis that has divided Europe, but troubled by having to seek favours from a government that scorns their ideas of human rights

05 Mar 2016

The action marks the highest profile development in a two-year-old graft probe related to the state oil company Petrobras, and an anti-climax to Lulla’s rise to power 13 years ago as the champion of the poor

04 Mar 2016

03 Mar 2016

02 Mar 2016

Moody's today downgraded its outlook on Chinese government debt to "negative" from "stable" , citing uncertainty over authorities' capacity to implement economic reforms, due to government debt and declining reserves

02 Mar 2016

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton won seven of eleven states each on ‘super Tuesday’ to put themselves well ahead of their rivals and head for a presidential showdown

01 Mar 2016

Moderates and reformist candidates allied to President Hassan Rouhani are on course to win all 30 seats in Tehran and make strong gains elsewhere, signalling a legislature that will be amenable to pragmatic policies

27 Feb 2016

The truce for all practical purposes is limited to Moscow’s assurance to Washington that it would not bomb the "moderate opposition" in Syria fighting the Assad regime till the ceasefire holds

27 Feb 2016

Coming just a month after sanctions were lifted under Iran's nuclear deal with world powers, the outcome of the vote is being seen as a de-facto referendum on President Hassan Rouhani's government

26 Feb 2016

When the lay-offs are effected, Halliburton would have cut its workforce by between 26,000 and 27,000 employees since the peak in 2014

24 Feb 2016

The lines  in the House of Commons debate were unusually blurred, with as many as seven cabinet ministers arguing for a Brexit while Prime Minister David Cameron made a strong appeal for Britain to stay in the European Union

24 Feb 2016