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Topic: Economic Crisis

South Korea’s new President Lee begins moves to tackle economic ‘crisis’

By Jack Kim and Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung held his first cabinet meeting on Thursday focused on devising an emergency package to address stagnating economic

Sri Lanka’s top court says Rajapaksa brothers among those responsible for economic crisis

Without ordering any punishment, the court ruled that their 'actions, omissions, and conduct' contributed to Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis in decades.

Israel per capita income now 2x Saudi’s: How it beat economic doom & troubled neighbourhood to get here

Israel’s per capita income is higher than that of nations like UK & Germany. Its annual inflation rate has been in single digits since 1990s, and it is an export-surplus country.

SubscriberWrites: Does the ‘end of the world’ mean a beginning for India?

With alarming demographic figures from China and an insular United States in the future, what is India's prospect in a de-globalized world? Peter Zeihan’s new book, 'The End of the World Is Just the Beginning,' maps the imminent collapse of the 21st century and discusses the various fundamentals governing it.

Economist Atif Mian, ousted for his faith, lays bare what’s wrong with Pakistani thinking

According to Atif Mian’s analysis, the difference between export levels of India and Pakistan had widened to 20 per cent by the end of January 2023.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un kicks off housing and greenhouse projects amid economic woes

South Korea said that a food crisis appeared to be worsening in the North & the South's DongA Ibo newspaper reported it had cut rations to its soldiers for the first time in over 2 decades.

Technology can bridge Nigeria’s growing gender gap—investment funds to mentorship platforms

Even though they make up about 50% of the population, women are more adversely affected by economic challenges in Nigeria.

Sitharaman blames advanced nations for ‘global spillover’, says they must ‘take responsibility’

The Finance Minister, who is in the US, slammed the developed nations for imposing sanctions on countries who are 'fulfilling moral & democratic obligations' to their people.

Covid not as bad for Indian economy as 2008 global financial crisis, says former CEA Subramanian

Former Chief Economic Advisor K.V. Subramanian lauded steps taken by India during pandemic & said resorting to policies adopted at the time of 2008 crisis may have led to 4 times more inflation.

Off The Cuff with K.V. Subramanian

In conversation with ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta at Off The Cuff, former CEA K.V. Subramanian talks about the global economic crisis sparked by the...

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?