The new data comes a day after China and the US signed a long-awaited phase one deal, marking a ceasefire in the 18-month-long trade war which saw the world's two largest economies slap 25 per cent tariffs on about half a trillion-dollar worth of each other's exports. The world's second-largest economy grew by 6.1 per cent last year, its worst performance since 1990, but it remained above the psychologically important mark of six per cent, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
IMF members will also be examining whether China's heavy intervention in the yuan market was befitting of a freely convertible reserve currency
China on Monday denied reports of reaching an agreement with the United States over Washington's demand to let its currency Yuan appreciate.
Known for its phones and emerging from nowhere in the segment, it might take on the scooter Goliaths.
World Bank lowered its global economic growth outlook for 2016 to 2.9% from 3.3% earlier.
The official data on April-June GDP will be released on August 31.
If we consider the design, the Nokia X5 topples all its competitors at this price range but the hardware specs are a concern.
'The Chinese devalued the yuan initially but then stopped'.
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.
India has the ability in all respects to be a great power and address our security challenges in the best national interests, says Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).
However, dealers said that most of the rupee's gains were lost on consistent dollar demand from state-run oil refiners and other importers.
According to media reports the airport will be at an altitude of 4,436 meters.
Avinash Sable's national mark headlines strong showing in IGP 2
Representatives of Apple appeared in a Shanghai court on Tuesday to respond to the case filed by Shanghai Zhizhen Network Technology Co, the developer of a voice technology called Xiao i Robot.
It's a man-made marvel! After several delays and budget overruns, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge was officially opened on Tuesday, marking the completion of the longest sea-crossing bridge ever built, nine years after construction began. Here's everything you needed to know about this bridge of steel.
Here's your weekly digest of unusual moments from around the world.
The norms, say industry experts, are not sufficient to weed out fly-by-night contractors.
The world looks very different under a microscope... Don't believe us? Here's a look at the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, which celebrates images taken using microscopes and has announced the winning photos for its 2020 contest. A beautiful image of the dorsal side of a zebrafish won the first prize. The image was taken by Daniel Castranova and assisted by Bakary Samasa while they were working in the lab of Dr. Brant Weinstein at the National Institutes of Health. Not only was it an amazing microscopic photo, but the image was significant because it helped Castranova's team in a groundbreaking study about the anatomy of zebrafish. Here are our choices of the 15 of the best images from the contest.
Most markets have seen significant erosion in investors' wealth this year
RBI will review the monetary policy again on September 29.
The Chinese currency too is expected to continue its fall.
The US dollar index, which measures greenback's strength against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, was up 0.14 per cent at 96.74.
'It came out of China and it could have been stopped and I wish they had stopped it and so does the whole world wish they had stopped it'
The Sichuan-Tibet Railway will be the second railway line into Tibet after the Qinghai-Tibet Railway project. It will go through the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, one of the world's most geologically active areas, according to the Chinese official media.
A notice issued to the foreign journalists on Wednesday said they can get the Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine, developed by Sinopharm's China National Biotec Group. Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine has been granted conditional market approval by China's National Medical Products Administration.
In a major sign of transformation of manufacturing-dominated Chinese economy, annual output of its service sector may exceed that of the manufacturing sector for the first time ever in 2013, an expert said.
By Thursday, 830 confirmed cases of pneumonia, caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), had been reported in 29 provincial-level regions in the country.
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.
A visit to Tibet appears to have become the new touchstone for expressing fealty to Xi Jinping, observes Jayadeva Ranade, the retired senior RA&W officer and distinguished China expert.
For $80 a month, families can opt to live in a shipping container in Shanghai
Selling pressure increased in line with a slide in the yuan.
Asian markets were trading mixed with shares in China witnessing profit taking after sharp gains in the previous session.
As the race for edge-to-edge phone displays continue, Vivo leads the way in its new flagship Vivo NEX series.
Since 2000, China has had the world's largest outflow of HNIs.
China will open the world's first panda themed hotel in May.
Xiaomi easily broke their record from the same event last year.
Prices of the Range Rover V8, Range Rover Sports V8 and Jaguar F-Type will be reduced by an average of 200,000 yuan (Rs 20.4 lakh) from August 1. Every fourth car made by Jaguar Land Rover is sold in China.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday asserted that India's "real economy" will dictate both the currency valuation and the market.
The sensor lies embedded underneath the OLED display which is almost invisible.
Stock markets crashed over 1,000 points or nearly 4 per cent on Monday, making it the biggest fall since 2008.
