The Rs 19,100 crore 'Indian film industry' is more than its monikers for three simple reasons, feels Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
The general election could be held sometime after the passage of the federal budget, Gilani indicated during an interaction with Pakistani journalists on Sunday night following his return from Davos, Switzerland, where he attended the World Economic Forum.
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has lauded his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, describing him as a "genuine person" who is keen to resolve all bilateral issues.
After a 27-year long alliance, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) have parted ways on organising the India Economic Summit, fuelling many theories on the reason. Both the organisations, however, sought to play down the development, saying it was a natural evolution for the Davos-based WEF to organise its event in India as it does in other regions.
According to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, data today shows that the world GDP growth is not "something great" and that calls for the need for new innovations like AI being taken very seriously.
The foundation is providing the money to The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria through a promissory note, co-chair Bill Gates said.
As the West realizes that globalisation has pauperised governments, left its society in disarray and its currency weak, there is a huge re-think there about the very idea of globalisation.
Investor sentiment got a boost after the IMF said India will see its growth picking up to 7.4 per cent in 2018-19 to regain the status of the world's fastest growing major economy.
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who is drawing massive crowds in his country, has declared that "army's days are over" in Pakistan and vowed to have "best relations" with India.
Hard selling India as an investment destination at the WEF, Modi said the government is following the principle of reform, perform and transform.
A suspected suicide bomber triggered explosives at Moscow's busiest international airport on Monday killing at least 35 people and leaving 130 injured, in the first major terror attack in less than a year.
In 2010, the richest 80 people in the world had a net wealth of $ 1.3 trillion.
This is Jaitley's first overseas visit since his kidney ailment was confirmed in April last year.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country's largest information technology (IT) services provider, has planned to launch what it terms 'SME Cloud' in a fortnight. Under which, it would provide hosted services for enterprises having a Rs 50-500 crore turnover.
Although the relatively small number has not stopped the Dragon from showcasing its economic miracle, many business leaders and academicians see clouds on the eastern horizon, as Beijing adapts to life as a global power.
No matter how many records he may have achieved in his glorious career, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar's will always regret about one of his unfulfilled dream-meeting his childhood hero, Muhammad Ali.
He particularly expressed his disappointment with the US seeking more market for its goods in the developing economies, while putting restrictions on its import of services.
16-year-old Greta Thunberg had earlier said world leaders were behaving like children about climate change.
Move will be a setback for India which wants information on black money probe based on leaked data
Planning a holiday? Bollywood has a lovely variety to choose from!
The president and First Lady Melania Trump will travel to New Delhi and Ahmedabad during the visit.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Vice Chairman S Ramadorai has been appointed advisor to Prime Minister Manomhan Singh on skill development. Ramadorai will enjoy the rank equivalent to a cabinet minister.
The meeting, convened by Switzerland, will take place on the sidelines of the annual World Economic Forum meeting.
After being on the defensive for the last two years, global bankers are making their presence felt in Davos.
Lamy said the international trade body will continue to keep a close watch on protectionist measures that impede international free trade.
An internationally respected Australian academic has told a major conference in Switzerland that Australia is in a state of denial on the racially motivated attacks against international students, including Indians, and has failed to deal with the issue. Melbourne University professor Simon Marginson, delivering a keynote address to the World Universities Forum in Davos, said the Australian government was trying to spin itself out of a crisis.
A direction by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, Justice B R Gavai, and Justice Surya Kant to the Karnataka high court asked the latter to expeditiously settle the matter of assets deposited before it by Mallya for liquidation, and thereby payment to creditors 'preferably not later than three months'. It will be interesting to see the view of the London high court, if the settlement of his dues to Indian creditors is imminent, reports Ashis Ray.
A decision on the next meeting of political parties on the Telangana issue to hear their final views will be taken in the next few days, Home Minister P Chidambaram said.
State Bank of India Chairman O P Bhatt says the bank did differ with the Reserve Bank of India's views on a host of issues, but it was unfair to blame the country's largest bank for taking care of the interests of the aam aadmi (common man).
IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath also said the pickup in global growth for 2020 remains highly uncertain as it relies on improved growth outcomes for stressed economies like Argentina, Iran, and Turkey and for under-performing emerging and developing economies such as Brazil, India, and Mexico.
The government is scrambling to contain the fiscal deficit at 4.1 per cent of GDP in the fiscal year ending March
The trial began at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle as the first participant received the investigational vaccine.
The recent murder of Indian student Nitin Garg in Australia has led to calls to governments worldwide to set up a cross-border agency to improve security for international students.
Other strong men have stopped Modi and his hordes in states before, but none of them with a footprint or battle cry to shake up New Delhi, observes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
Prime Minister Modi arrived in Riyadh late Monday night on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia to participate in the high-profile financial summit Future Investment Initiative, dubbed "Davos in the desert", an initiative of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
If the government has its way, the catchy 'Incredible India' tourism campaigns will be spotted in big ticket events like Oscar and Grammy awards.
Describing the third quarterly performance of the bank as 'very positive', ICICI Bank managing director and CEO Chanda Kochhar said on Monday the bank has emerged stronger on all parameters recording an operating profit of 22 per cent minus treasury income.
The RBI, in its third quarter monetary policy review, raised by 75 basis points (to 5.75 per cent) the mandatory deposits banks need to park with the apex bank to tame inflation. The move is likely to suck Rs 36,000 crore (Rs 360 billion) out from the system.
India and China continued to grow at reasonable rates even when several developed countries witnessed economic contraction.
Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan has called for enhanced efforts to ensure adequate funds for the small and medium industries as the sector has a crucial role in creating jobs and promoting growth.
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