Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday presented the Budget for 2021-22 in the Lok Sabha that is expected to provide relief to the pandemic-hit common man as well as focus more on driving economic recovery through higher spending on healthcare, infrastructure and defence amid rising tensions with neighbours, As India emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, the ninth Budget under the Modi government, including an interim one, is widely expected to focus on boosting spending on job creation and rural development, generous allocations for development schemes, putting more money in the hands of the average taxpayer and easing rules to attract foreign investments.
Old-timers say Jet boss Naresh Goyal, although still razor sharp, doesn't have the same energy he once did and this reflects in his 'baby'.
A series of flip-flop on policies and a non-existent charging infrastructure are the biggest challenge in achieving the target of selling 6-7 million hybrid and electric vehicles by 2020.
The Indo-Japanese nuclear deal may not come easy considering India's Civil Nuclear Liability Act provisions which had earlier put off suppliers like General Electric, says Debalina Ghoshal.
Embrace a daily sport. Cook and eat your meals with love. Ditch the pills. Hydrate well.
'India is still hierarchical, but not as much as Japan and people appreciate a flat working culture,' Charles Frump, managing director, Volvo Cars India, tells Pavan Lall.
The company will significantly increase its rate of patent filing.
The G20 chair has suggested three areas for the talks in Argentina - the future of work, infrastructure for development and a sustainable food future, areas where India has a lot at stake.
Invoking India's "civilisational ties" with Iran, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew in to Tehran on Sunday on a two-day visit, saying his talks with the Iranian leadership would provide him an opportunity to advance the "strategic partnership" between the two countries.
One word seemed to encapsulate Fernando Alonso's Malaysian Grand Prix weekend.
A majority of respondents expect the number of jobs generated to increase in 5 years.
Sukanya Verma looks at some of the dance-offs that regaled us in the past.
The country may propose pipeline via China when Putin visits this year.
Mind/life coach, NLP trainer and Mental Health Guru Anu Krishna answers readers' queries and guides them to take control of their life.
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday headed for India to attend the Vibrant Gujarat Summit.
India and South Africa on Friday agreed to deepen engagement in key areas of defence production, manufacturing, mining and minerals and combating terrorism.
Prime Minister Modi will meet President Obama at the White House on September 29 and 30, US officials said.
Regional economic integration in South Asia, he said, is a priority for the EU.
Renderlogy, an interior designing technology start-up, has a few initial hurdles to overcome before scaling and plunging into the larger market.
'China need not worry about a truly 'resurgent India'.' 'It's not going to happen.'
PE investment so far in 2014 stood higher at $ 8.4 billion as against $ 7.8 billion in 2013, with 38 per cent higher volumes in 2014 as compared to 2013, led by the technology sector.
'15, 17 years back we were not even in existence in the US. Today nearly 1/3 of prescriptions written comes from India.' 'India is showing that in a very competitive environment -- like the US and Europe -- our industry is doing very well.'
India said on Tuesday it was investigating US policies supporting solar panel makers, the latest move in an escalating row over renewable energy that has worsened already strained ties between the two countries.
Using available government data, the team is targeting $30-40 billion worth of iron and steel products that are imported into India.
Images from the women's singles quarter-finals at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
The $140-billion Indian IT market is facing challenges on multiple fronts including stricter visa regime in key markets and shortage of skilled manpower for new technology areas like data science.
He said the US will apply other punitive measures if Tehran does not give up its reported goal of developing nuclear weapons.
How do you balance the demands of an expanding business with the desire to retain the culture that made you successful?
WH said they are expected to set forth a vision that will expand the bilateral partnership
'Research shows that customers want their loans instantly.' 'So the team asked can we reduce the time for approval from 5 days to 30 seconds?' 'It took the company two years of hard work to tear apart our operations and processes and rebuild them through fresh ideas and by leveraging technology.' 'We reduced the time of loan approval to 3 hours and another year to get it down to 30 seconds,' Sanjiv Bajaj tells Surajeet Das Gupta.
The state needs great numbers of new-generation entrepreneurs.
'Nobody can put back and seal what the movement has unleashed -- conversation, awareness and support.'
For the full 2016-17, Wipro's profit fell nearly 5 per cent to Rs 8,518 crore while total income grew 7.4 per cent to Rs 57,995 crore compared to the previous fiscal.
'President Kalam would always say -- this was one of his pet sentences -- that "If you don't do anything, there will be no difficulties but if you do things, there will be difficulties. You have to overcome them. Don't be afraid of difficulties".'
India is devoting itself to promoting a strategy of diversifying its energy sources.
Balance time, focus on correction, prevention and anticipation.
Terrorism is not just a threat for a country but to the entire civilization, Modi said.
India's GDP growth to reach 8% by 2017. says World Bank
Surat had bagged the fourth rank under the Smart Cities Mission based on its proposal.
