China's population at 1.41bn, may begin to decline by 2022

China's population grew by 0.53 per cent to reach 1.41178 billion, up from 1.4 billion in 2019, keeping its status as the world's most populous country, but the numbers are expected to decline from......

Rahul thanks govt for changing FDI norms after his warning

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi thanked the government on Saturday for amending the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy after his warning on takeover of Indian companies by foreign players during......

Digital currency race: China leads. India must catch up

India should not be left behind.It should join the seven central banks which are engaged in studying feasibility and safeguards necessary to eliminate risks, particularly from hacking, advises......

China's central bank trims holding in HDFC to below 1%

The Chinese authority hasn’t entirely sold its stake but just trimmed it below 1 per cent. Stock exchange shareholding disclosure captures names of public shareholders who own more than 1 per......

China Q2 GDP growth seen cooling to 7-year low, more stimulus expected

That would be the weakest pace of expansion since the first quarter of 2009, when growth fell to 6.2 per cent. China is expected to post its weakest quarterly economic growth since the global......

Sensex ends lower in lacklustre trade

The S&P BSE Sensex ended 46 points lower at 24,824 and Nifty50 settled at 7,555, down by 8 points after hitting intra-day high of 7,600.45. Benchmark indices started the new month on a tender note......