G20: World leaders hail Modi's 'decisive leadership'

With India's G20 presidency ensuring several tangible outcomes, world leaders at the two-day summit in New Delhi hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his 'decisive leadership' and for......

'Proud to be your partner': US hails India on Chandrayaan-3

American politicians, newspapers and space research institutions hailed India Wednesday on the successful moon landing of Chandrayaan-3 as the country entered the elite club of three other nations......

Who's The Lady With Nirmalaji?

What some of our leaders were up to this weekend. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, left, with International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath, right, at the G20......

China's new Covid cases at record high; Beijing resorts to community lockdown

Doggedly persisting with its much-criticised zero-Covid policy, China has slipped deeper into the coronavirus quagmire as it reported a record 31,444 infections on Thursday with many of its cities,......

Biden nominates ex-Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to head World Bank

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the US is nominating Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, saying the Indian-American business leader is uniquely equipped to lead the global institution......

World Bank appoints Indian national Indermit Gill as chief economist

After Kaushik Basu, Gill will be the second Indian to serve as chief economist at the World Bank. Asit Ranjan Misra reports. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Brookings Institution The World Bank has......

Advanced economies to be back on track by 2024: IMF's Gita Gopinath

Advanced economies will be back on track by 2024, but developing economies will be 5 per cent below where they would have been otherwise, IMF's Gita Gopinath said on Wednesday. Illustration:......

IMF cuts India's FY22 growth forecast to 9%

The IMF on Tuesday cut India's economic growth forecast by 0.5 percentage points to 9 per cent for the current fiscal year, with its chief economist Gita Gopinath saying that the slight downgrade......