For its development, India needs a movement akin to the freedom movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday.
India ranks low at 105th on human capital index, Finland tops
Around 700 migrant workers, women and children have lost their lives in this reverse migration. But what is happening today with the migrant labour is only a continuation of the policies pursued by the Modi regime during the last six years. It is not for nothing that India was ranked the most dangerous country in the world for women in 2018 by the Thompson Reuters Foundation poll, points out Rashme Sehgal.
Like Air India, there have been recent cyber attacks on some major airlines, including one in Canada, and a global airlines alliance
We need to create collaborative and/or disruptive platforms like Uber and Airbnb in all sectors to ensure responsive and responsible inclusive growth, says C P Gurnani.
'Is the tech wonder of our times headed for trouble?' asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Overall, the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa gap has widened as developed economies are taking the lead.
'The India-Canada relationship has suffered benign neglect. Its full potential has not yet been realised,' says Rup Narayan Das.
As many as 17 locations in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Surat were raided by the ED.
The wealth of India's richest 1 per cent increased by over Rs 20.9 lakh crore during 2017.
The keynote address will be given by United States President Donald Trump
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan is verifying the facts to bring the perpetrators to justice.
India must carry on structural reforms, the finance minister said.
India's ranking is worst among the five BRICS countries
Union Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley's opined, in an article made public on his Facebook page, about the economic reforms in India's future and the potential opportunities in the nation's financial future.
Li is currently attending the WEF annual meeting in Davos in back drop of release of the annual GDP figures by China highlighting the continuation of the slowdown of the world's second largest economy.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who is in Davos to showcase India as an investment destination at the World Economic Forum (WEF), on Wednesday promised India has a "lot in the pipeline" for global investors even as he plans to take up with Switzerland the issue of black money stashed in banks there.
Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to attend Davos meeting in about 20 years since H D Deve Gowda in 1997.
About 53 million homes in the country are yet to get electricity and many industries depend on diesel generation sets to meet their requirements.
It is the six per cent target RBI is more concerned about.
It includes a session with Gadkari on analysing the initiatives needed to bridge the $1 trillion infrastructure deficit in the country.
The development of the Rih-Tiddim road and establishment of numerous rural "haat" (flee markets) along the Mizoram-Myanmar border would also increase the trade volume, Modi said while addressing a public meeting at the Assam Rifles ground here after inaugurating the 60-MW Tuirial hydro-electric power project.
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The Lok Sabha has already passed the Bill.
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It is mind-boggling to find our prime minister putting exports on the back-burner, says Jayanta Roy.
Thirty-eight per cent of CEOs say the US is among their top three overseas growth markets, compared with 34 per cent for China, 19 per cent for Germany, 11 per cent for the UK and 10 per cent for Brazil.
It has built confidence in the possibility of change; now reality has to catch up with the image and the expectation, says T N Ninan.
It doesn't appear to be happening yet, even though India's stock market has been Asia's best performer this year.
Jaitley also said the government will soon unveil reforms for other natural resources sectors along the lines of coal block auctions.
Some might contend that a candidate for being termed the most corrupt (or corrupting) country in the world is Switzerland.
The panel will also recommend a fiscal consolidation road map for the central and state governments, study the impact of GST on the divisible pool, and propose performance-based incentives for states.
The so-called 'fourth industrial revolution' will bring ever faster cycles of innovation, posing huge challenges to companies, workers, governments and societies alike
'Hardliners who are against denuclearisation may be working secretly on North Korea's nuclear activities, despite official claims that dismantling its nuclear arsenal has already begun.'' 'Does it mean that Kim does not have full control over the military,' asks Dr Rajaram Panda.
The banking sector's credibility is on thin ice. Unless the government takes strict steps, things could get worse.
India has moved up 16 positions to rank 55th on a global index of the world's most competitive economies, where Switzerland remains on top.
By hosting the 10 ASEAN leaders on Republic Day, India amply demonstrated that ASEAN is a central pillar of its Act East policy. But is India 'central' for ASEAN, asks Dr Rahul Mishra.
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