With multiple options in the compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) and compact sedan space, the mid-size sedan seems to be losing its charm among customers.
The report suggests India in the longer term needs to create far more jobs in the formal organised sector -- 97 per cent of all female worker activity is in the informal sector
After spending 40 years in the Indian Army, Lieutenant General Subrata Saha marches into the electoral battlefield as the BJP candidate from Rashbehari.
'Deep pockets have become a prerequisite for contesting elections on a major party symbol in most states.' 'Given the premium parties place on self-financing candidates, once you have accounted for the suspected criminals, dynasts, industrialists, and celebrities, there is not much room for anyone else.'
'People have access to the internet and, if they want to see pornography, they will visit other sites and watch it there. Why will they watch it in a film or a web series?'
It also pledged to give interest free crop loan of up to Rs 3 lakh to farmers.
'We can go with smaller ensembles -- even 15 or 20 creations from a designer.' 'We are keeping the focus squarely on quality over quantity.' 'India Couture Week is, after all, about the best of the best,' FDCI Chairman Sunil Sethi tells Veenu Sandhu
'Modi has not lacked courage in the political sphere. It is time he showed it in the economic sphere as well.' 'To do this, he needs to shed the simple-minded nostrums about economic growth and swadeshi that he learnt in the Sangh Parivar,' suggests Virendra Kapoor.
The winners for the year 2019 are from fields as diverse as agriculture, sports, handicrafts, afforestation and wildlife conservation, armed forces and education.
Here's the full text of President's address with a word cloud.
A large number of people using cards at PoS Cards being used more frequently Small-ticket transactions Mastercard South Asia head Porush Singh calls these the three key trends for a cashless future. And post-demonetization India, he believes, is steadily moving towards it.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that Modi's move was aimed at helping a few of his 'crony capitalist friends' and had 'destroyed' the Indian economy, prompting a strong response from the BJP which said the exercise was an 'attack' on corruption and black money that were rampant during the 'lost decade' of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government.
While most economies contracted in the second quarter of 2020, the Chinese economy grew by 3.2 per cent.
In its response to the IT Ministry's missive, WhatsApp has said false news, misinformation and spread of hoaxes are issues that need to be dealt with collectively, by government, civil society and technology companies working together.
In significant push towards a less-cash economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced starting a biometric payment system using Aadhar platform within two weeks even as he exhorted citizens to adopt digital currency from the new year.
'The attention economy is making it economically valuable for us to spread our attention thin', observes ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
While two-wheeler sales are down 15 per cent year-on-year, passenger vehicles sales are lower by 5-7 per cent.
"Indian-Americans are an 'organic bridge' between the world's two largest democracies," he said.
'The mindset of people needs to change.' 'We still believe in accepting cash when we can do business with digital money as well.'
Eminent economist and United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Nitin Desai has been appointed as Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Adviser for the World Summit on Information Society in December.
'Breaking down silos and ensuring a more integrated governance process is just as important to performance.' 'It has been a major priority in the last six years, especially in national security,' External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar points out when delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture-2020: India and the Post-Covid World.
He said that the whole world being robbed of creativity and ideas because so many people in India are not online.
It was Gadgil's idea to print a wedding invitation on fabric with temporary ink so it can be used later as a napkin.
Consumers are opening up their wallets for intangible promises.
This will be in line with government's vision of Digital India.
On building a world class digital infrastructure, he said that 75 per cent work was done and it would be available by middle of 2015.
Qualcomm has been playing a key role driving India's wireless revolution
The Indian government is concerned only because Indian names are involved, the source said.
Through this mobile application, the handset will be used for authenticating biometrics of customers making Aadhaar enabled payment.
The telecom sector is in the midst of another major shift as voice gives way to data.
TCS' brand value grew 286 per cent from $2.3 billion in 2010 to $9.04 billion in 2016
Absence of comprehensive data protection and privacy laws will be barriers in the government's digitalisation drive.
India's MRP and Packaged Commodities Acts are dated and not in line with the modern world's digital price mechanisms and comparisons.
Demonetisation will help in transfer of resources from tax evaders to government, he said.
'The leadership values I learnt while playing cricket in India helped me compete vigorously in the face of uncertainty -- putting the team first and bringing out the best in everybody.'
Bharatvani, when it is complete, will revive languages in India that are on the verge of extinction.
One reason for the upward revision in the forecast comes from the surprise growth of 9.45 per cent notched by the industry since the beginning of this year.
Maruti launched the Baleno in May 2016 and the new Swift in February this year
Automobile sales in January dropped 7.45 per cent, compared to the same month in 2008. Despite the decline, it is the first indication that the fall in sales, which occurred between October-December 2008, could be bottoming out and many hope for a recovery in February or March.
USAID looks forward to working with each to make financial inclusion a long-lasting and sustainable reality in India.
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