Prepare for attack by Modi govt: Chidambaram warns IMF

With the International Monetary Fund lowering India's economic growth estimate for the current fiscal to 4.8 per cent, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday claimed an attack on the world......

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......

Another top post for Indian-origin at Harvard

Gita Gopinath, an Indian-origin associate professor at Harvard University's Department of Economics, has been appointed a full professor, the first Indian woman in the institution's history to be......

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,......

IMF's Gita Gopinath bats for infra investment in Budget

Ahead of India's annual budget presentation next week, IMF's chief economist Gita Gopinath has favoured the extension of the pandemic support measures, thrust on investment in infrastructure and......

Meet Gita Gopinath, IMF's new chief economist

She would be the first Indian to be occupying the coveted post at IMF after former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan Alongside guiding Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on economic policies, Gita......

Gita Gopinath to quit as IMF chief economist, return to Harvard

IMF's Chief Economist Gita Gopinath will leave her job in January next year and return to the prestigious Harvard University, according to the global financial institution. Photograph: Charles......

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:......