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"While the outlook for global trade remains uncertain, negative factors appear to outweigh positive trends," UNCTAD said in a trade update.

The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Centre over a top UN agency projecting a decline in India's economic growth, saying the government's contention that the country's economic problems are imported is a "smoke screen".

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warns that the rising use of crypto for domestic payments and remittances may cause “leakage” of development funds. The UN development recommends recommends extra taxes on transactions and ad restrictions to boost states' revenue and safeguard financial stability in developing co...

India is at the seventh spot in the list of countries that owned digital currencies in 2021, according to UNCTAD. The agency also claims that over 7 percent of Indians owned digital currency in the form of cryptocurrency in 2021. Meanwhile, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das recently said that cryptocurrencies are a clear danger and any...

FDI inflows to India declined $19 billion to $45 billion in 2021 but the country still remained among the top 10 global economies for FDI last year

The economy is expected to grow at 7.2 per cent in 2021 but growth could slow down next year, according to the UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2021.

UN Data: Import of goods grew 45 per cent in Q1 2021 relative to the 2020 average while services imports were up 14 per cent.

Global trade recorded a 5 per cent drop in the third quarter of 2020 compared with the same period last year, according to UNCTAD.

Depending on how the COVID-19 pandemic evolves in the winter months, the UN trade and development body expects the value of global trade to contract by 7 per cent to 9 per cent with respect to 2019

Around $1 trillion of debt owed by developing countries would be cancelled under a global deal proposed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Thursday to help them overcome the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

India is expected to become the global hub for video game development with its world-class game developers, according to the UN agency dealing with trade.

Kerala-based 4Tune Factory has been given a special recogntion award by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for enabling women and girls to develop skills.

A fund launched in India for boosting start-ups and entrepreneurship in the country has been cited by the United Nations on how government policies can support investment in services and development of the digital sector.

Jack Ma, who advises the UN agency UNCTAD on small business and young entrepreneurs, was the star attraction at a conference on e-commerce for development.

Foreign Direct Investment flows into India nearly doubled in 2015 while the US emerged as the top host country for FDI last year, the UN's trade agency has said.

"While the outlook for global trade remains uncertain, negative factors appear to outweigh positive trends," UNCTAD said in a trade update.

The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Centre over a top UN agency projecting a decline in India's economic growth, saying the government's contention that the country's economic problems are imported is a "smoke screen".

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warns that the rising use of crypto for domestic payments and remittances may cause “leakage” of development funds. The UN development recommends recommends extra taxes on transactions and ad restrictions to boost states' revenue and safeguard financial stability in developing co...

India is at the seventh spot in the list of countries that owned digital currencies in 2021, according to UNCTAD. The agency also claims that over 7 percent of Indians owned digital currency in the form of cryptocurrency in 2021. Meanwhile, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das recently said that cryptocurrencies are a clear danger and any...

FDI inflows to India declined $19 billion to $45 billion in 2021 but the country still remained among the top 10 global economies for FDI last year

The economy is expected to grow at 7.2 per cent in 2021 but growth could slow down next year, according to the UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2021.

UN Data: Import of goods grew 45 per cent in Q1 2021 relative to the 2020 average while services imports were up 14 per cent.

Global trade recorded a 5 per cent drop in the third quarter of 2020 compared with the same period last year, according to UNCTAD.

Depending on how the COVID-19 pandemic evolves in the winter months, the UN trade and development body expects the value of global trade to contract by 7 per cent to 9 per cent with respect to 2019

Around $1 trillion of debt owed by developing countries would be cancelled under a global deal proposed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Thursday to help them overcome the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

India is expected to become the global hub for video game development with its world-class game developers, according to the UN agency dealing with trade.

Kerala-based 4Tune Factory has been given a special recogntion award by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for enabling women and girls to develop skills.

A fund launched in India for boosting start-ups and entrepreneurship in the country has been cited by the United Nations on how government policies can support investment in services and development of the digital sector.

Jack Ma, who advises the UN agency UNCTAD on small business and young entrepreneurs, was the star attraction at a conference on e-commerce for development.

Foreign Direct Investment flows into India nearly doubled in 2015 while the US emerged as the top host country for FDI last year, the UN's trade agency has said.