'Modi's recent decisions to improve India-China relations, adjust India's neighbourhood policies and to rebalance India's ties with the major powers are linked to his political agenda.' 'Of course, the good part is that this agenda is also in the national interest,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'Indian diplomacy faltered amidst multiple failures of statecraft.' 'The functionaries responsible must be held to account for their abject failure,' asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
For those who believe only grey cells set apart leaders from the rest, there is another hair raising observation among corporate America that most of the successful CEOs including Pepsico's Indra Nooyi part their hair to the left, says US business magazine Fortune.
Venture capital investments in India's start-ups nearly halved to $1.5 billion in fourth-quarter 2015
The BSE Realty index slumped 7.7% at 4,335. The IT index dropped 5.5% to 3,597, and the Metal index shed 4.5% at 10,391. The market breadth was extremely negative - out of 2,662 stocks traded, 2,263 declined, 359 advanced and 40 were unchanged on Monday.
RBI may go for a 25-basis point cut at its February policy meet.
In the latest move, the telco has reduced validity for its Rs 309/509 packages from 84 days to 56
Mounting a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the demonetisation drive launched by him was "firebombing of 99 per cent honest people" and not a "surgical strike".
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to take a "more dovish" stance in its upcoming monetary policy review on December 2 and may go in for a cut repo rate in February, according to a British brokerage house report.
Rajan encouraged the Indian-American business community to get involved in the 'nitty gritty of the implementation process,' saying such involvement was not difficult especially since the Indian government has the political will to reform.
Demonetisation impact, earnings growth, central bank policies will get attention.
BofA-ML revised its end-2015 rupee-dollar forecast to 60 from 64 earlier.
Reflecting a new sense of bonhomie between India and the United States, top American lawmakers on Wednesday praised the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and underscored that the bilateral relationship has entered a new phase.
A flawless back-nine -- studded with four birdies -- helped Arjun Atwal get over a front nine slump and the Indian turned in a three-under 69 in the penultimate round to rise to the tied 11th spot in the Nationwide Tour's Bank of America Open in Glenview.
Indians want change and progress. They should be willing to accept tough decisions, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
The Reserve Bank may cut key interest rates as early as this week.
'Going ahead, I think the world trade will slow down or decline, and this will be bad for everybody.'
'Indian and Iranian sources both confirmed to me that India and Iran are moving ahead to implement a payment system on buying oil from Iran and hope to finalise it very soon,' says Aveek Sen.
The global brokerage firm further said that BoP would be INR-supportive.
Or, what will the Indian policy process allow it to be, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
'We all wanted a strong Centre with a decisive mandate from the people, to allow them to take bold decisions.'
The April-June quarter GDP slipped to 7 per cent from 7.5 per cent.
'Without it, it is going to be much, much, much, much worse.' 'In the meantime, we really need to work on a sort of war footing, given that it is a natural disaster, provide relief, provide essentials, till we get biological herd immunity, we need to get economic immunity, and also social immunity.'
Strong refining and petrochemical margins seen boosting consolidated net by up to 6%
Global growth expectations have slumped to a five-month low.
Following the declining dollar, investor nations are buying gold. There is a discernible return to Gold Standard in global trading from the current Dollar Standard.
US President Barack Obama on Monday announced investments and loans worth $4 billion by American agencies as part of measures to bolster trade with India.
"We want to trade even more," US President Barack Obama said on Sunday as the two-way commerce between America and India touched a record $100 billion.
'On the drive to the airport, the streets are lined with men in battle camouflage carrying assault rifles and bearing familiar faces -- Tamilians, Bengalis, Punjabis, feared by the locals and in turn fearing them,' notes Aakar Patel during a visit to Srinagar.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will have to take far more pro-active steps to rebuild forex reserves, because if the status quo remains, rupee could touch 75 per US dollar by the end of 2014, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a report.
Charles Prince, chief executive officer, Citigroup has vehemently denied reports that the banking major is planning to shed thousands of jobs and focus outside North America for growth and termed it as 'press voyeurism'.
Elaborating on America and India's scope of engagement, Kerry said he has seen first-hand the transformation in Indo-US relationship as well as the ups and downs in the relationship. Kerry says the world's oldest and largest democracy were "finally beginning to captalise on our connections to each other." Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com reports after the media interaction with the US secretary of state.
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The rupee resumed lower at 61.15 per dollar as against the last closing level of 60.77 per dollar yesterday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market and dropped further to 61.44 per dollar before quoting at 61.40 per dollar at 1045 hours.
Rahul said PM visits US and China 'using' the aircraft of his wealthy 'friends'.
Microsoft Corporation on Tuesday announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Satya Nadella as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors effective immediately.
'We should give azaadi to Jammu and Ladakh from the domination of Kashmir valley politics,' suggests Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Debate on, as part of wider plan to have products & platforms business as another unit.
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