The fears arise from Facebook's handling of user data and potential privacy violations, more specifically the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
India does not feature in the top 100 countries on eight of the 10 indicators of the World Bank study.
The 'Smart Cities' project is one that has faced many hurdles.
Obama said he wants to boost the use of natural gas in transportation
The list has been handed over to Enforcement Directorate.
To fly 10 start-ups to San Francisco HQ of the company
The airline now has a total of 1,120 pilots of whom 88 are foreign pilots.
This can mean companies like Apple, Zara can sell in India through wholly-owned subsidiaries
At the same time, the chief minister added, "We have decided to review the policy to remove any misconceptions in this regard."
It was conveyed that he would not have a free rein in making bureaucratic postings. Sunil Bansal, handpicked by BJP president Amit Shah to execute his UP blueprint, has made it clear the party's writ would run over the government. But Adityanath has institutionalised a system to keep Bansal out, reports Radhika Ramaseshan.
Jaitley evaded vital questions on this issue.
FDI inflows into services sector grew by about 47 per cent to $2.64 billion in April-January last fiscal.
Sectors throw up a wishlist for the Finance Minister.
Overall foreign inflows in the country rose by 27%.
Services attract highest foreign direct investment, despite Make in India push.
Kunnal Prem, chief executive officer of the Insurance Information Bureau of India, tells Mayank Jain on what they're doing.
UK's largest retailer Tesco, Singapore Airlines and Etihad queued up to invest in India as a persistent UPA threw open more sectors to foreign investments with indications of more big ticket deals to be announced in the new year.
The apex court issued notices to the Centre, ministries and departments concerned, Jet Airways and United Arab Emirate's Etihad Airways on the petition challenging the deal and sought their responses within four weeks.
Although the idea is to focus on all states to turn India into a global manufacturing hub, the department of industrial policy and promotion, the nodal agency to carry out the campaign, has selected a handful of states that have a sound industrial backbone such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and others.
None of the political parties in UP has any effective plans to create jobs.
Novartis said it is partnered with generic drugmaker Lupin Ltd to sell the drug in India
Unlike the regimes of Jayalalitha, Palaniswami and Karunanidhi, ministers are actually getting to make decisions on their own, with the unmentioned rider that they would be held responsible and accountable, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Paving way for iPhone maker Apple to open its own stores India, the government on Monday relaxed FDI norms by giving a three-year exemption from local sourcing to foreign players in single-brand retail and a further five-year relaxation for 'state-of-art' and 'cutting-edge' technology.
'It is difficult to speak about Sushant in the past tense.'
'Most of the agitations are staged by the Opposition to disturb the peace of the state.'
'India is still hierarchical, but not as much as Japan and people appreciate a flat working culture,' Charles Frump, managing director, Volvo Cars India, tells Pavan Lall.
Amid hints that the government might be exploring capping royalty payments by India-based subsidiaries to US companies, experts warn Subhayan Chakraborty why such a move will only hurt the Indian economy.
Since August 2013, FIPB has approved two FDI proposals in the telecom sector.
The most pressing issue facing the financial sector is the rising stock of non-performing assets in the banking system
Its new industrial policy appears to benefit industrial houses
"Fish is a good source of protein and it can overcome malnutrition in areas where fish is available in abundance," she said.
The budgetary allocation for the sector is Rs 60,908.22 crore, with Rs 6,400 crore earmarked for the centre's flagship health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY).
After being officially recognised as a minority community, the Jews would enjoy several privileges like other minority communities.
Prominent e-commerce marketplace players include Amazon.in, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm, Shopclues and Jabong
'Indians are great savers, but they are lousy investors.'
The government will present findings of the probe panel that looked into Walmart's lobbying activities to enter the Indian market, along with action taken report, before Parliament in the monsoon session.
In eight major MSME-centric product groups, imports from China grew the fastest.
The CAG report, tabled in Parliament, states the interest on the short payment stood at Rs 1,052.13 crore for the period up to March 2016.
India had been engaged in a contentious battle with the US over the issue, especially in the pharmaceutical sector.
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