Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra today said that the country should aim to win 'double digit' medals at the Tokyo Olympics
The country saw two straight years of deficient monsoons.
The veteran director feels Hindi cinema has come a long way and is hopeful it will achieve greater heights.
Business reacted with caution to the reforms of 1991, and demanded protection from multinationals and imports. Twenty-five years later, traces of that demand can still be found, reports Bhupesh Bhandari.
The Reserve Bank had kept policy rate unchanged in its review on April 7.
The queries can now be addressed to and their responses accessed from the makeinindia.com website that was unveiled along with the campaign aimed at making India a manufacturing hub by Modi at a mega event in New Delhi on Thursday.
Pressure has been mounting on the Reserve Bank of India to cut interest rates in the wake of declining retail inflation and the need to fuel growth momentum. However, the RBI will have to do a tightrope walk as globally interest rates are inching upwards.
Jayanthi Natarajan on Sunday dismissed reports that she was removed as Environment Minister because she held up clearances to projects and insisted that she resigned on her own.
Former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist on Monday offerred his support behind Virat Kohli following India's heart-wrenching defeat against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final, saying that the Indian captain, whose transition has been excellent in the recent years, should not be judged on the basis of performance in just one game.
In July, the Planning Commission said that the number of people living below poverty line has come down both in rural as well as urban areas.
The RBI had lowered policy rates by 0.50 per cent between January-March to prop up economic growth.
Adapting to an inevitable digital intervention is India's only hope at beating a long-standing job crisis. To do so, focus on quality education and better skill development is fundamental, says Dr Yogesh Kumar Bhatt.
India is adopting a 'wait and watch' approach after the installation of the new government in Pakistan, the minister of state for external affairs told reporters in New Delhi.
India Inc on Friday said the hike in railway passenger and freight fares will help in resource mobilisation, hoping that the higher fares will lead to better quality and safety of services offered by the Indian Railways, while asking the government to allow FDI in Railways.
The report found that only 20 per cent of companies supported programmes that aimed to change the behaviour of individuals despite its critical role in eliminating open defecation.
The options include involving jewellers as collection centres, addressing of issues that banks have been facing and using domestically available gold for giving metal loans to jewellers for domestic sales.
Compliance costs and legal scrutiny could rise.
With a string of deals with telecom service providers, DTH operators and Bollywood stars, Netflix goes all out to protect its turf in India and fend off competition, says Viveat Pinto.
Former India captain and Team Director Ravi Shastri on Wednesday said other sports should try to emulate the BCCI to start producing champions at the global level.
'You can't take money from Shaktikanta Das (the RBI governor) and give it to Nirmala Sitharaman (the Union finance minister). She will blow it away on Modi.'
Data is the new oil, and intelligent data is the new petrol, said Mukesh Ambani
Introduction of GST would make Indian products competitive in the domestic and international markets.
The NDA govt launched the Mudra scheme to give unsecured loans of up to Rs 10 lakh to small enterprises with the objective to provide self-employment
We should not see a strong rupee as strength but target a fairly priced rupee for restoring our competitiveness, says Rashesh Shah.
India's first Winter Olympian, Shiva Keshavan, on Monday urged the authorities to come forward and help the athletes who are left to battle all odds in their quest to bring laurels to the country. Taking part in a panel discussion under the banner 'International Convention on Business of Sports', organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) here, the youngest ever athlete to officially qualify for the Olympic Games in luge said, "We sportsmen are always very altruistic. We focus so much on doing well in our respective disciplines that nothing else matters to us. But, the government should come forward and help us nonetheless." The 34-year-old athlete from Manali took part as an independent participant in 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics due to the suspension of Indian Olympic Association (IOA). However, as the ban was lifted while the Games were still on, he ended up competing under the Indian flag. "I have taken part in five Winter Olympics without a coach. I always wanted to be trained under a good coach. But later, I realised that I wasted a lot of time chasing a lot of things," said Keshavan who finally found a coach in American Duncan Kennedy but had to part ways after a short stint due to financial constraints. "The government was only paying for a part of his (Kennedy's) salary," he said.
'I suggest Rahul Bajaj come out in the open and give us his own white paper on the perceived sense of fear that he thinks haunts corporate India,' says Dr Sudhir Bisht.
Jaitley presents NRI award to G P Hinduja.
'Mine and the Australian team's natural inclination is to bat first and try and get the scoreboard pressure going.'
The Cabinet on Thursday approved 49 per cent foreign investment in insurance companies through the Foreign Investment Promotion Board route ensuring management control in the hands of Indian promoters.
Top quotes from Jayanthi Natarajan's press conference
The government plans to implement the single rate GST, which would subsume central excise, service tax and other local levies, from April 1, 2016
Companies are worried that any staggered roll-out of GST could result in cash flow issues with businesses not able claim tax credit due to breakage in the chain
The aviation sector requires proper implementation of policies, coupled with reasonable taxes and improved basic infrastructure.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday pitched for incentivisation of domestic savings to boost investments in the country.
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The rate cut, the industry chambers argued, could have given a positive signal to the manufacturing sector, which is undergoing difficult times.
Business houses expect rate cut in next RBI policy.
The bilateral trade between India and China stood at $65.85 billion in 2013-14.
Amazon.in has announced the launch of first-of its-kind women-only outlets for delivering products.
Amidst bankers and industry crying foul over RBI's move to squeeze liquidity, Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao on Friday met Finance Minister P Chidambaram ahead of first quarter policy review next week.
India does not feature in the top 100 countries on eight of the 10 indicators of the World Bank study.
