FDI is a major driver of economic growth and a source of non-debt finance for the economic development of the country. The government has put in place an investor-friendly policy on FDI, under which investment up to 100 per cent is permitted on the automatic route in most sectors/ activities. At $ 64.37 billion, FDI in 2018-19 is the highest ever investment received for any financial year.
To encourage innovation, IT industry body Nasscom and ICICI Knowledge Park are setting up a $25 million venture capital fund to help startups that are in the intellectual property space. The fund -- to be registered with market regulator Sebi -- will look after the brick-and-mortar costs of startups.
'It's pretty likely that Kissinger, Rice et al came bearing gifts (read Trojan Horses) from McDonnell Douglas, Boeing, Grumman, Northrop, and all the other Military Industrial Complex stalwarts,' argues Rajeev Srinivasan.
Retailers claim online firms' predatory pricing strategy disrupting business
Fifty interior designers and other experts were taken from Mumbai to Moga to make the very expensive dream house.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh might have succeeded in saving a few thousand jobs in corporate India when he met industry captains last week, Jet Airways may well have retained its 1,900 employees, but here in the hinterland of Uttar Pradesh -- famed as the carpet hub of India -- the poor are being retrenched in thousands.
Khan also said Pakistan has decided to partner any other country only for peace and named the partnership with the US as the one.
But remember the tablet does not support VoLTE services and is not compatible with Reliance Jio.
The IAF has insisted it hit its targets. If that is indeed true, then the lack of obvious damage could mean it has used a different bomb -- possibly procured secretly from Israel.
It had signed a joint venture with Reliance Retail to form M&S Reliance India Private Limited in April 2008.
Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri are getting plenty of praise for their work in the thriller, Shoot On Sight, but the film itself isn't going anywhere, especially in America.
He was admitted to the AIIMS on June 11 with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion.
An eerie silence prevails with concertina wire barricades laid on deserted streets and police and armed forces personnel allowing civilians to move only after thorough checking.
The victim, identified as Ram Pravesh Mahto, was brutally beaten to death with bricks, stone and bamboo sticks, after he was allegedly caught stealing books from a printing press at Chakaram intersection, near the Buddha colony police station. The angry mob killed Mahto and then left his body on the street. The police later recovered the body. A case of murder has been lodged against unidentified people in this connection.
Indian restaurants have become a prominent feature of the British culinary landscape over the past 50 years
The store is spread across 51,300 sq feet area at Hutatma Chowk Square.
Images from Day 3 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Nine more persons were killed on Sunday in Assam as violence continued despite the state government's claim to have augmented the deployment of security personnel.
While the talks are still at a preliminary stage, sources said major retail players had held discussions with Amazon
Amid accusations by Pakistan that America deliberately sabotaged peace talks by killing Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, the Unites States on Sunday said the militant group has a "symbiotic relationship" with the Al Qaeda and provided "safe haven" to terrorists.
Online retail in the country is expected to grow to $200 billion by 2026, up from $15 billion in 2016.
'Her tussle is a different ballgame from what it was when Farooq Abdullah and Rajiv Gandhi were the main players at the two ends of the power game.' 'The shadow of the party in power in New Delhi over J&K affairs in 1987 was not as menacing as it is in 2018,' points out Mohammad Sayeed Malik, the doyen of Kashmir commentators.
At least 32 people, including 13 children, were killed and eight others injured when two mini buses carrying brick kiln workers and their families were hit by a truck on NH 35 in lower Assam's Barpeta district in the wee hours on Thursday.
Apple and Samsung are international players and should work as a team with domestic companies to transform India into a global powerhouse: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Apparently, local cops were out to give it a twist with an obvious intent to protect the culprits until a diktat was issued by director general of police Bua Singh to register the case.
In yet another case of street justice, two suspected thieves were lynched by a mob in a Bihar village for allegedly stealing a pump set, police said on Thursday. The victims, identified as Mahant Nat and Butan Nat were brutally beaten with bricks, stone and bamboo sticks, after was allegedly caught stealing a pump set in Pokhra vllage in Siwan district. Both victims belong to the poor Nat nomadic community.
An eight-member CBI team arrived in Nandigram on Wednesday to continue the investigation into the March 14 police firing, which left 14 dead.
Since 2011, India has remained on Tier 2 of the State Department reports on human trafficking.
On its first day, the cinema hall was just 20 percent full. Obviously, word had got round.
It currently has invested in 35 locations, some of which border on a luxury level format and are large at 2,500 square feet.
The CPI(ML) took out a protest march in Patna on Sunday. After the march the party demanded action against ULFA.
Violence erupted at the Tata Motors plant site in Singur on Sunday when police fired rubber bullets and teargas at Krishi Jami Rakhsha Committee activists when they hurled bombs and bricks in a bid to enter the area.
Success in sports stems mostly from teamwork. Now and then there comes a captain, on whose singular strength an entire squad makes huge strides. One such titan, now departed for the Elysian Fields, was The Hindu's Sports Editor Srinivasaraghavan Krishnan.
The Right to Read programme hopes to cover 100,000 schools, covering 15 million students.
The Indian football team's jersey for the Under-17 BRICS Diplomatic Football Cup was unveiled last week. The jersey, coloured in the standard blue hue with a large lotus imprinted on it, has called for strong reactions from Indian football fans.
Surround yourself with people who are also working hard on their own side projects, says Saagar Panchal.
"Does one need bullet train or improvement of basic rail infrastructure," the MNS chief said.
a stronger cooperation with China could help India achieve faster growth
The boy's uncle admitted that he had earlier killed another infant sister of his six months ago and a cousin about a year ago.
