The International Monetary Fund will keep an eye on the widespread protests over the citizenship law and National Register of Citizens and factor it in the next assessment in April, Gita Gopinath, the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund or IMF, told NDTV in an exclusive interview today.

The slowdown in India will have an effect on the global growth story and it has pushed down the global forecast by "0.1 per cent", Gita Gopinath, the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund or IMF told NDTV in an exclusive interview on Monday.

Malaysia's trade minister is open to meeting commerce minister Piyush Goyal at the World Economic Forum gathering this week, his ministry said on Monday, after New Delhi said no such encounter was possible amid a spat over palm oil supplies.