Any miscalculation and miscommunication are fraught with the risk of a major catastrophe, warns Rup Narayan Das.
US special coordinator for Tibetan issues Uzra Zeya met the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala on Thursday and discussed the rich traditions of freedom and democracy in the United States and India.
'This was a film, a story that had never been told before.'
A deal for United is expected to shatter records for the sale of a sports business. The club's current majority owners, the Glazer family, are seeking a valuation as high as 7 billion pounds ($8.42 billion).
To attain new customers and retain the older ones, good customer service cannot be ignored as a majority (82 per cent) of Indian consumers value it the most while making a purchase.
American-born Lashker-e-Tayiba operative David Headley, accused of plotting the Mumbai terror attack in 2008, had 'hatred' towards India and warned that he would stop helping the probe if his admission of guilt was linked to cooperation with New Delhi.
Bullish on economic growth, majority of finance executives in India are planning to increase hiring in 2010, says a study.
On Thursday, Adani Enterprises announced that it will not go ahead with acquiring Macquarie group's two road companies at an enterprise valuation of Rs 3,100 crore.
New commercial shows Conan O'Brien weaving cloth in India.
Goldman Sachs and American Express played a large role in boosting the US Treasury's coffers by agreeing to pay a favourable price for the warrants received in return for the aid, the Financial Times said citing a study by the consultancy SNL Financial.
The Modi-Putin conversation in Samarkand was widely carried by the mainstream American media.
'Later, I asked Hrithik how he could have remained so calm in the circumstances. He told me simply, "What could have happened? At the most, they would have killed me".'
The Archies is an evergreen thought passed on from generation to generation. But Sukanya Verma wishes it had some of the comic's tee-hee humour and hyuk hyuk too.
After being underweight on domestic agrochemical companies and preferring global plays, brokerages believe that the former may perform better in the quarters ahead. Domestic crop protection companies have faced multiple headwinds over the past year and a half, given high inventory costs, pricing pressures, lower realisations in the generic segment, increased stocks due to lower infestations, and demand-led hits to volumes. Some of the overhang from previous quarters was reflected in the April-June quarter (first quarter, or Q1) of 2023-24 (FY24) as well, with aggregate revenues and operating profit for the sector down 12 per cent and 27 per cent, respectively.
The move comes at a time when four foreign banks - Standard Chartered, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, American Express and Citibank -- have moved the Supreme Court with a special leave petition and the hearing for admission of SPL is on September 8. The committee is, however, expected to wait till the Supreme Court decides on the issue before finalising its recommendations. The committee is, however, expected to wait till the Supreme Court decides on the issue.
The much-awaited results of the stress tests on the nation's 19 largest Bank Holding Companies showed that 10 of them need more capital to the tune of $75 billion while the remaining including Goldman Sachs and American Express are well-capitalised. The stress tests were aimed at determining capital buffers sufficient for the 19 entities to withstand losses and sustain lending -- even if the economic downturn is more severe than is currently anticipated.
The impact of the banking crisis in the US was visible in IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services' (TCS) weak performance in the March quarter of fiscal 2023 (Q4FY23). The firm witnessed slower revenue growth in Q4FY23 and failed to meet its FY23 exit Ebit margin of 25 per cent as some clients, especially in the North American region, took to pausing projects and rising onsite costs offset utilisation gains. Sequentially, the company's revenue grew by just 0.6 per cent on a constant currency basis, which was one of the slowest paces in over 11 quarters.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has slammed the mainstream American media, including The Washington Post, for their 'biased' coverage of India.
In a recently published report the New York Daily News said that mega American companies like Microsoft Corp, General Electric and American Express are moving thousands of customer service call-centre jobs to India.\n\n\n\n
Here's the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to a joint session of the United States Congress, delivered on Thursday.
United States President Barack Obama has announced his intention to nominate Indian-American Dr Vivek Hallegere Murthy as his next Surgeon General.
The Indian market is very competitive because you have existing foreign banks, private banks, new foreign banks and public sector banks, says Mike DeNoma, executive director, StanChart.
It is for China to decide what role it plays at the G20 summit in New Delhi, a top US official has said, asserting that if Beijing wants to come in and be a "spoiler", that option is available to it.
Global travel and payment services firm American Express will be trimming another 4,000 jobs representing nearly 6 per cent of its global workforce, as the firm continues its efforts to cut down costs.
They expect the region to enter a period of strong recovery and growth as early as the fourth quarter of 2009, according to a global survey of CFOs conducted by American Express. Thirty nine per cent of CFOs in Asia and Australia are expecting economic expansion in their country compared with only 18 per cent of global respondents. On the other hand, 45 per cent are anticipating a contraction compared with 72 per cent of global respondents.
IIM Lucknow has concluded its 2020-21 final placements.
Mansi Hemdev is an entrepreneur -- and a very young one, at that. At the age of 21, she already owns her own cafe in Chennai. rediff.com's Ganesh Nadar caught up with this enterprising young lady to learn more about her business and career success.
Congressman Jim McDermott, who represents Washington state -- who incidentally voted against the enabling legislation also known as the Hyde Act two years ago -- said, "The likelihood of Congress taking up the nuclear issue again before the end of the year is, it will be very difficult."
Messi named FIFA player of 2022, England women rewarded for Euro campaign
An American defence contractor has pleaded guilty to having illegally sent blueprints of military hardware to India, including parts used in nuclear submarines.
'India will want a lot of help from the US, but it's not going to want US troops.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States hasn't been all rosy with a Sikh group protesting his visit and also securing a summons against the Indian PM in the 2002 Gujarat riots case. However, in the face of these protests, a group of Sikhs in New York met with the PM and expressed solidarity with him on Saturday.
The attack on Rushdie sent shock waves around the world, with world leaders and literary stalwarts saying they were appalled at the attack on the author who championed free speech and lived under the threat of assassination for nearly half his life.
New Delhi-based businessman Krishan Kumar Karnani had to cancel his order resulting in humiliation and loss of goodwill in the market as the bank's cheque of Rs 1,72,000 was dishonoured with remarks 'stop payment'. Karnani, who had approached the bank following an advertisement in the newspapers on August 21, 2000 for 'spot loan', was found eligible under the scheme.
All the action from the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday...
Morocco has lodged a last-minute bid to host the 2026 soccer World Cup and will compete against a three-way bid from the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Aviation industry sources said some of the airlines were also planning to consolidate their flight schedules, by cutting some flights to certain select destinations. Indian carriers were also focusing on getting their products to a global standard and consolidating their domestic market, the study also pointed out.
Ajit Balakrishnan on keeping an eye on democratising finance in India.
