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India is strengthening its relationship with Europe and both sides can bring more stability into the international economy and global politics, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.

Venezuela's caretaker President Delcy Rodriguez appointed a former central bank director to her cabinet's top economic post on Tuesday, a position she herself had held until the toppling of leftist leader Nicolas Maduro.

Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran's ailing economy spread Thursday into the Islamic Republic's rural provinces, with at least seven people being killed in the first fatalities reported among security forces and protesters, authorities said.

Protesters and security forces clashed in western Iran on Thursday, with three people reported killed, the first deaths since the cost-of-living demonstrations broke out.

One man was killed in Iran on Wednesday night, state television said, the first death reported after days of demonstrations over high inflation that mark the most significant unrest since nationwide protests three years ago.

India's GDP per capita was $2,694 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank figures, 12 times smaller than Japan's $32,487 and 20 times smaller than Germany's $56,103.

India has surpassed Japan to become the world's fourth-largest economy with a size of USD 4.18 trillion, and is poised to overtake Germany to become the third-largest by 2030, the government has said.

President Donald Trump's approval rating slipped in recent days to nearly its lowest level of his current term as voters from his Republican Party soured on his handling of the economy, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The anti-graft protests in September that forced Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to resign caused more than $586 million in losses to Nepal's $42 billion economy, a government statement said on Friday.

A two-day Telangana Rising Global Summit was inaugurated Monday by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, laying out a transformative economic roadmap to make the state a $3 trillion economy by 2047.

India could attract USD 4.1 trillion in cumulative green investments and create 48 million full-time equivalent jobs by 2047, according to an independent study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water.

India'seconomy likely grew 7.3% in the JulySeptember quarter, according to a Reuters poll of economists, underpinned by strong rural and government expenditure even as private capital spending remained subdued.

New York City is looking up to a eally tough time under mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, warned real estate billionaire Barry Sternlicht, who said he is considering moving his team out of the Big Apple.

India's real estate sector is at the cusp of a monumental and transformative journey and is projected to grow multifold levels-from nearly $0.3 trillion today to a staggering $5-10 trillion market by 2047, according to a Colliers-CII report.

Trump was largely absent from the campaign trail, but the Republican candidates closely aligned themselves with the president, betting that his big win last year could provide a path to victory this time.

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India's largest port developer and operator, is set to showcase its role in shaping the nation's Blue Economy at the ensuing India Maritime Week (IMW) 2025.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that India will continue to be one of the fastest-growing 'emerging market and developing economies' in 2025-26, growing at a rate of 6.6%, according to the World Economic Outlook (WEO) report.

A man has been shot by another over a real estate dispute in an under-construction building in Telangana's Medchal district.

The August hack of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), owned by India's Tata Motors, cost the British economy 1.9 billion pounds ($2.55 billion) and affected over 5,000 organisations in the country, an independent cybersecurity body said in a report.

Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms will reduce costs and broaden markets for Ladakh's artisans, farmers, and tourism operators, and safeguard local crafts, the government said on Wednesday.

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva praised India's 'bold economic and structural reforms' - from revised direct and indirect tax laws to the mass rollout of a digital payments ecosystem - on the first day of a meeting of world financial leaders.

Gita Gopinath evaluated the impact of US President Donald Trump's tariffs and concluded that they have yielded little to no benefits for the US economy.

US President Donald Trump shook thousands of American dreams this weekend with an abrupt decision to slap a $100,000 fee on skilled worker permits - the H-1B visas.

Bernard Arnault, the boss of luxury goods group LVMH and France's richest man, has attacked a proposed 2% tax on billionaires as an assault on France's economy and denounced the plan's architect as a far-left ideologue.

India's space ecosystem is undergoing a dramatic transformation, evolving from a government-led frontier to a vibrant, innovation-driven industry.