The Chinese economy grew by stunning 10.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2009, which may see it replacing Japan as the second largest economy in the world.
Over 23 million people were brought above the poverty line in China last year as about 100 million people from rural areas moved to cities for work.
China's post COVID-19 pandemic economic rebound showed signs of slowdown as the economy grew at 7.9 per cent in the second quarter compared to a record 18.3 per cent in Q1, while the GDP expanded 12.7 per cent year on year in the first half amid the continued global spread of the coronavirus and unbalanced domestic recovery. In the second quarter, the GDP of the second largest economy in the world grew 7.9 per cent year on year, the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, (NBS) on Thursday showed. On a quarterly basis, the economy expanded 1.3 per cent in Q2.
China grew by 9.7 per cent in the first quarter of this calendar year while inflation sped to its 32-month high of 5.4 per cent, according to the data released by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The Chinese economy grew at its slowest pace in 13 years posting 7.8 per cent year-on-year growth in 2012 amid external jitters and domestic woes.
If the Centre needs any justification to amend the Juvenile Justice Act and change the age of juvenile offenders to 18 years from the current 16 years, the statistics by the National Crime Records Bureau about sex crimes should be able to provide it.
While the gangrape in Delhi is the most recent incident that outraged the nation, there have been several other crimes that drew attention to the plight of women in our country. Rediff.com lists a few cases.
China's economy will maintain its rapid growth next year though the government may face greater difficulties in macro-economic control, a top official of the National Bureau of Statistics said.
Profits of major industrial firms slipped 5.4 per cent year-on-year to 366.8 billion yuan (about $59 billion) in July, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement.
It was higher than 3.2 per cent rate registered in February, the lowest pace recorded in 20 months, state run Xinhua reported.
China's GDP jumped a record 18.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, riding on strong domestic and foreign demand and aided by recovery from a low base in early 2020 when Covid-19 stalled the world's second-largest economy, according to statistics released on Friday.
The Chinese government has vowed to fine-tune the economy which continued on the declining trend, registering 8.1 per cent GDP growth in January-March this year, the lowest quarterly rise in nearly three years.
China's gross domestic product soared to 13.65 trillion yuan ($1.65 trillion in 2004, an impressive growth of 9.5 per cent year on year, the government said in Beijing on Tuesday.
An economic superpower, China is marching ahead to become the world's largest economy.
China's economic growth slowed down to 7.4 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2012, slower from 7.6 percent in the second quarter and 8.1 percent in the first, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said.
Quite often, you'd see teens not taking a bath for days or ignoring self-care prior to their self-harm attempts.
Alleging that there had been politicisation and criminalisation of government officers in the state, the BJP leader, who was on a two-day visit, said the TMC government had stopped sending crime statistics to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) after 2018.
Nearly 150 to 200 women are killed every year in India after being tagged as 'witches', a Dehra Dun based non-governmental organisation has said, citing National Crime Bureau's statistics. Jharkhand tops the list with 50-60 witchcraft-related murders every year followed by Andhra Pradesh, where the number is approximately 30, Haryana recorded 25-30 cases and Orissa 24-28 such murders, Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra Chairman Avdhash Kaushal claimed.
'In May 2020-2021, nearly 10 crores (100 million) lost jobs. 'Covid is not the reason for the present crisis. It aggravated the crisis.'
The 'Crime In India-2010' publication of the National Crime Records Bureau shows that burglaries and house breaking declined by 38.8% (from 1,47,379 in 1953 to 90,179 in 2010) and dacoity by 21.9% (from 5,579 in 1953 to 4,358 in 2010).
Hit hard by a sharp drop in its trade surplus due to decreasing exports and rising inflation, China's GDP growth rate slowed to 9.1 per cent in the third quarter, the lowest since the fourth quarter of 2010, sparking concerns about a possible hard landing of its economy.
China's economic growth fell to 7.6 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2012, from 8.1 percent in the first quarter, the slowest growth since first quarter of 2009.
To curb soaring inflation, the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, has raised the benchmark interest rate three times this year.
The lawsuit seeks an order declaring the presidential proclamation restriction on issuing new H-1B or H4 visas or admitting new H-1B or H-4 visa holders as unlawful.
Industrial profit in China rose to 55 per cent in the first eight months of this year, according to new official figures released by the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Cases of incest rape have "increased by 30.7 per cent from 309 cases in 2008 to 404 cases in 2009", said the 'Crime in India-2009' report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
Delhi has earned the dubious distinction of being the most unsafe metro in the country, topping the list in number of crimes as well as in atrocities on women and children.
As many as 77 rape cases were reported across India on an average every day in 2020, totalling to 28,046 such incidents during the year, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau data.
China's birth rate has been in decline since 2017, despite easing of the 'one-child policy' in order to avert an incoming demographic crisis.
While Washington remains paralysed by interest group politics, billions in India stand to bear the brunt of global climate change, which is certain to result in food shortages, lack of potable water for a majority of the population, flooding of the Ganga and other rivers due to melting glaciers, and an unsustainable exodus of millions from the countryside to the urban centers.
China's economy slowed down amid inflation concerns as its GDP growth rate slid to 9.5 per cent in the second quarter from 9.7 per cent in the first, while the economy in general expanded by 9.6 per cent in the first half of this year.
China's average GDP growth rate for the 1979-2004 period was on Monday revised to an impressive 9.6 per cent, 0.2 percentage point higher than the original figure in accordance with the first national economic survey.
The decision to permit the third child came after this month's once-in-a-decade census showed that China's population grew at the slowest pace to 1.412 billion amid official projections that the decline may begin as early as next year.
The Chinese economy recorded a stellar growth of 11.9 per cent in the first three months of 2010, marginally higher than projected.
With registration of over three lakh FIRs, Uttar Pradesh topped the crime list in the country, followed by Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Delhi, according to the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau for 2017.
The Rohingyas, who fled to India after violence in the western Rakhine State of Myanmar, have settled in Jammu, Hyderabad, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and Rajasthan.
As many as 33,356 incidents of rape were reported during 2018 involving 33,977 victims, an average 89 rapes daily. In 2017, 32,559 rape cases were registered, while in 2016 the number stood at 38,947, the data stated. Overall, 72.2 per cent of rape victims were above 18 years and 27.8 per cent below 18, the data stated.
Prospects of China hiking interest rates increased as inflation rose to 3.1 per cent in May, surpassing the government target of 3 per cent.
Concerns are being raised about the shortage of registered nurses, which is set to get much worse in the coming years. According to figures released by the US Bureau of Labour Statistics, over three million RNs will be employed in 2016, an increase of 20 percent from more than 2.5 million in 2006. Various factors such as alternate employment opportunities, nurses retiring or leaving and fewer new nurses joining the profession, will culminate in a massive shortage.
Given the rapid changes in the Indian labour market, there is an urgent need to have current, accurate and publicly available data through regular, dynamic and comprehensive surveys. Indeed, this was the intention behind constituting the NITI Aayog Task Force on Improving Employment Data. The attempts by the government to "improve" labour data has actually made it worse, say Rosa Abraham, Janaki Shibu & Rajendran Narayanan.
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