After lockdowns caused trade to shrink 15% in the first half of 2020, it rebounded in the second half, with global trade in goods up about 8% in the fourth quarter compared with the third, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said

The fall in FDI flows across developing regions was uneven, with (-)37 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean, (-)18 per cent in Africa and (-)4 per cent in developing countries in Asia

India and Australia can combine complementary skills and expertise to develop new innovations by leveraging Australian expertise with Indian expertise including in data analytics, biotech, and mobile applications

Having deliberately opted out of the world's largest trade bloc, RCEP, India can now push for the limited trade deal with the US

Indian CEOs Anand Mahindra, Vijay Shekhar, Ritesh Agarwal, and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw took to social media to congratulate the Invest India team.

Somehow, we have not shaken off our societal stigma of \"debt\" as a practice and we are caught up in the dilemma if we want to use debt as a leverage for growth - both for individuals or governmental spending

The theme park and resorts company also hopes to get approval to reopen in Hyderabad, while there is still no certainty around the Kochi park opening

Flipkart's Big Billion Days sees 55% rise in digital payments, over 150% increase in EMI optionsThe annual festive season sale by Flipkart, The Big Billion Days (TBBD), which concluded on October 21 saw 1.5 times growth in the number of transacting sellers, amongst whom more than 35 per cent saw over thrice the sales compared to last year, said the company in a statement. Even as it added nearly 35 per cent new sellers on its platform, nearly 60 per cent of them were from Tier II and Tier II...

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R Rajhans' son, Siddharth, moved by what the Apple Watch did for his father, wrote to Craig Federighi, Senior Vice President of software engineering at Apple, and thanked him

The IMF said it expects Asia's economy to contract 2.2% this year. That decline is 0.6 of a percentage point larger than its forecast in June, due to sharp slumps in countries like India, the Philippines and Malaysia

As per the UNCTAD report, the volume of corporate debt and its quality is a cause for concern as it has deteriorated significantly since the global financial crisis in 2007-08

UNCTAD expects India's GDP to contract 5.9 per cent in 2020 and recover to 3.9 per cent next year

The UNCTAD report also said that it expects South Asia to contract 4.8 per cent and South-East Asia to dip 2.2 per cent. South Asia is expected to recover 3.9 per cent in 2021, while South-East Asia is expected to pull up 4.3 per cent

The Trade and Development Report 2020 by UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Tuesday that the world economy is experiencing a deep recession amid a still-unchecked pandemic

The paper, authored by Richard Kozul-Wright and Rashmi Banga, estimates the annual online global imports of ET to be $139 billion and the potential tariff revenue loss to developing countries to be $10 billion per annum

Businesses are increasingly adopting safer and smarter ways of manufacturing and delivering services

Ores, slug and ash, mineral fuels, bituminous substances, organic chemicals and cotton were among the key products (in value terms) that were exported to China during 2019-20

The UNCTAD analysis said that total exports are being dragged down primarily by the dramatic drop in Chinese demand for energy products, ores and grains

Once the menace of COVID-19 pandemic is over, a new ecopolitical order will emerge which will be more focussed on human development, infrastructure around health and education, climate preservation and most importantly on people