Al Janoub, a 40,000-seat venue made to resemble the sail of a dhow, or traditional wooden sailboat, was opened last May and is the first to showcase the new cooling system.
An alert government in Delhi should have begun government-to-government discussions with Moscow the moment it came to know that Russians were developing a vaccine. That is to say, almost an year's time has been lost, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
A feature of 'Third World-ism' is lack of accountability. Whether and how the Modi government is held to account politically is a matter for the future, observes T N Ninan.
The challenges before the coming Budget are more daunting than those in 2021, reveals A K Bhattacharya.
'I would recommend two parts to fiscal support. One, support the lower end of the society by direct intervention through ways such as direct benefit cash transfer. Second, give fiscal support to the stressed sectors in line with the Rs 3-lakh crore (Rs 3 trillion) emergency credit line guarantee norms'
India is likely to attract increasing notice from global investors.
This is a national leadership gone so wrong that India's most powerful prime minister in four decades has personally taken charge of medical oxygen shortages, observes Shekhar Gupta.
Neither pharma nor IT would have become the stars of the economy without the active but largely invisible hand of the Indian State, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
One of Brazil's largest builders, Andrade Gutierrez, will confess to paying bribes for 2014 FIFA World Cup contracts and business with state-run companies Petrobras and Eletrobras, a newspaper report said on Friday.
The catchwords today are digital, analytics, robotics.
The UP CM failed to launch any major infrastructure project of its own, including the proposed Purvanchal Expressway, and also rid the roads of potholes by June 2017.
'The last four years was not Dravidian rule, it was BJP rule by proxy.'
Vodafone India, the nation's second-biggest telecom firm, is planning to invest Rs 7,100 crore in the next 2-3 years, mainly on rolling out 3G networks.
Sponsors also worry that organisers have not told them what contingency plans there are in case the pandemic derails the Games again this year.
With Indian infrastructure companies burdened with debt, global PE funds and developers sense an opportunity to buy the airports cheap
It is difficult to recall an Indian minister in modern times pushing back at the US publicly, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
While the first wave of moving work to India was driven by cost considerations, increasingly companies are banking on local talent to add value to their business by jointly developing products and solutions.
Maharashtra has a rich wealth of forts, more than any other state in the country. 'If nothing is done, some of the small forts may simply disappear in the next 50 years.'
Several brokerages lifted their outlooks for the BSE Sensex and companies were queuing to ride the wave of political euphoria
An interplay of Modi government's outreach in Bihar and the sequence of events in Chirag Paswan's life could make Bihar a game of musical chairs when the results are out.
HPCL is now ready to increase the stake of the state government up to 49 per cent.
India needs to invest a lot more money in science research and translate this research into products and solutions for its people, says trustee at the Infosys Science Foundation and co-founder at Infosys Kris Gopalakrishnan.
No one is quite sure when the soft launch is likely.
New offerings by banks are changing the way you transact.
In an interview with Peerzada Abrar and Romita Majumdar, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said that his company would continue to bet heavily on India's engineering talent pool.
Large number of locals were seen queuing up at the ticket counters.
'I'm a big fan of Hindu and a big fan of India -- big, big fan.'
Boston was selected on Thursday as the American candidate city that will bid to host the 2024 Olympics.
India and the United Kingdom on Thursday announced deals worth 9 billion Pound (Rs 90,550 crore) as they signed a civilian nuclear pact and decided to collaborate in the field of defence and cyber security besides launching a railway rupee bond in London.
No, it's not Anushka Sharma!
This would make India the world's second-biggest nuclear energy market after China
KV Kamath has had a tough journey so far.
"For my government, engagement with the India community abroad has been a key priority," he said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Ahmedabad on Wednesday on a three-day visit, which is expected to define the relationship between the two neighbours who have had a troubled past.
Perhaps one aspect of the way modern media particularly print and news television works need some soul-searching: Their tendency to "frame" news stories as a conflict between two personalities, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
As football fans arrive to watch Euro 2016, France's trade unions have undertaken a series of strikes to provoke a make-or-break situation. Claude Arpi encounters both Gallic beauty and ugliness in the country of his birth.
The two nations share a problem of corporate debt gone bad that is so large and opaque.
A new book may help companies in getting corporate social responsibility right, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
Had India agreed to join the trade pact, Indian markets would have been flooded with cheap Chinese products.
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
