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India's fertility rate dips, but the decline is faster in Bangladesh, Nepal

A significant reason is India's higher fertility rates or the number of children born per woman

China publishes 1% more of most-cited scientific papers on AI than others

In 2022, Chinese papers outnumbered US papers by a 2:1 ratio in the top 1% most-cited AI research

US-China officials meet to discuss economy, trade; aim to ease tension

Yellen's first face-to-face meeting with Vice Premier Liu He comes as the US and Chinese economies grapple with differing but intertwined challenges on trade, technology and more

India's population may have already overtaken China's, estimate analysts

The United Nations had expected the milestone to be reached later this year. As of Jan. 18, India's population had already climbed to 1.423 billion, according to WPR

Debt restructuring talks with India, China successful, says Sri Lanka prez

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday informed the parliament that talks with India and China on debt restructuring are successful

As China's population declines, India set to become most populous country

In a first since 1961, population declines by 850K in 2022

China's GDP growth falls to 3% in 2022, second lowest growth in 50 years

Hit hard by the zero-Covid policy and slump in the real estate market, China's economy shrank to three per cent in 2022, registering its second lowest growth rate in 50 years in the world's second-largest economy, according to official data released here on Tuesday. The annual GDP of China totalled 21.02 trillion yuan (USD 17.94 trillion) in 2022, falling below the 5.5 per cent official target, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said. The slow pace was blamed mainly on the strictly implemented zero-Covid policy leading to periodic lockdowns and the ruling Communist Party's crackdown on big industrial firms besides the lingering real estate crisis. This is the slowest growth of the Chinese economy since the 2.3 per cent registered in GDP in 1974. Significantly this year, China's GDP in terms of dollars declined from USD 18 trillion in 2021 to USD 17.94 trillion last year mainly due to a sharp rise of the dollar against RMB (the Chinese currency) in 2022. In RMB terms, the Chin

Premature to think India will replace China in influencing growth: Rajan

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said it is too premature to think that India will replace China when it comes to influencing global economic growth

iPhone manufacturing in India to reach 50% by 2027 on par with China

India will produce 45-50 per cent of Apple's iPhones by 2027, on a par with China, where 80-85 per cent of iPhones were produced in 2022, a new report claimed

Indians view US as biggest military threat after China, shows survey

43% of 1,000 respondents perceived China as the greatest threat, according to the survey by Morning Consult, a US-based global business intelligence company

China's reducing population should serve as clarion call for India: Experts

China's reducing population should serve as a clarion call for India, experts have said, asserting that any coercive measure to control population can be counter-productive

European Union outlines plan for clean tech future boosted by subsidies

European Union pushed forward with a massive clean tech industrial plan which not only should keep the continent in the vanguard of plotting a greener future but also guarantee its economic survival

European shares slip as China data stokes economic slowdown fears

China's growth for 2022 of 3% was far below the official target of about 5.5%. Excluding a 2.2% expansion after COVID-19 first hit in 2020, it was the worst showing in nearly half a century

China's population shrinks for first time since 1960s in seismic shift

China had 1.41 billion people at the end of last year, 850,000 fewer than the end of 2021, according to data released by the National Statistics Bureau on Tuesday

Asian share markets slip as China says economy slowed further in 2022

Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday after China reported its economy expanded at a 3 per cent pace last year, less than half 2021's rate. Tokyo advanced while most other regional markets declined. Investors are watching to see if Japan's central bank will alter its longstanding policy of keeping its key interest rate at minus 0.1 per cent when it wraps up a policy meeting on Wednesday. US futures fell after markets on Wall Street were closed Monday for a holiday, while oil prices were mixed. The Chinese economy is gradually reviving after antivirus controls and a real estate slump dragged on growth last year. Restrictions that kept millions of people at home have been lifted, but a surge in COVID-19 infections is keeping consumers cautious about travel, shopping and dining out. Data reported Tuesday showed growth of the world's second largest economy slid to 2.9 per cent over a year earlier in December from the previous months 3.9 per cent. The government has begun to soften a .

Foxconn replaces chief of iPhone assembly business after tumultuous year

Michael Chiang was first identified in his new role at Taiwan-based Foxconn's annual year-end party on Sunday, succeeding longtime leader Wang Charng-yang

China's economic growth slumps to one of its worst in nearly 50 years

On a quarterly basis, GDP stalled, coming in at 0.0% in the fourth quarter, compared with growth of 3.9% in July-September

China's coronavirus death data underestimates actual count: Report

The official toll translates to 1.17 deaths daily for every million people in the country over the course of five weeks, according to a Bloomberg analysis

Finance ministry increases 'risk profiling' of shipments from China

Govt taking steps to address possible cases of under-invoicing

Japan, India hold their first joint air drill as China concerns grow

About four F-2 and four F-15 fighters are expected to take part in the drills that started Monday and will run through around Jan