Economy  

In 2018, the Chinese economy is estimated to have grown by 6.5 per cent as against India's 7.3 per cent . In 2017, China with 6.9 per cent growth was marginally ahead of India's 6.7 per cent , mainly because the slowdown in the Indian economy due to demonetisation and implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the report said.

Here are six facts about Gita Gopinath, first woman to occupy the top IMF post, from her Indian origin to her goals and concerns about the world economy. 

 

The motive of the three-day summit was to help the entrepreneurs from Tamil Nadu explore possibilities of conducting business abroad.
 

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi's declaration on Tuesday that GST for most goods will be brought in the sub-18% slab, good news keeps pouring in, as RBI governor Shatikanta Das is now working on enhancing liquidity even as the rupee climbed an impressive 110 p against the US dollar on December 18

Varun Chakravarthy came under the IPL franchises' radar after he impressed in this year's Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) for Siechem Madurai Panthers. He took nine wickets from 10 games at an outstanding economy of 4.7. He had 125 dot ball out of the 240 he bowled. 'TNPL helped me to play under pressure. The seniors helped me a lot,' Varun said

Japan's Nikkei, Hong Kong's Hang Seng, Shanghai Composite Index, Korea's KOSPI, Paris CSCV 40, Frankfurt's DAX, London's FTSE, US Dow Jones Industrial Average — are all down, but the India's Sensex, Nifty etc are constantly rallying