Thousands of yoga enthusiasts across the world marked the International Day of Yoga on Sunday, as Indian missions abroad organised events to highlight the ancient practice's role in fostering health and well-being.
'Our problem is not a budget deficit but a trust deficit. We need to trust our institutions and industries to innovate and lead. That is the way forward for India.'
Science-based products and services company DuPont said on Thursday it will invest Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) to set up its first Knowledge Centre in India.
The expansion in headcount will come across nearly 13 of its business verticals including agriculture and nutrition, construction, automotives, renewable energy, textiles and chemicals.
US-based products and services company, DuPont on Wednesday said it will open a knowledge centre in Hyderabad with an investment of $50 million and accommodate 500 R&D professionals in the first phase.
The plant is capable to meet requirements of domestic as well as overseas market, Parikh said. DuPont India, a subsidiary of US-based E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, earlier imported the products from its plant in the United Kingdom.
Even as some major global pharmaceutical majors like Novartis say India's patent laws are weak and a hurdle to their investment plans for the country
Guest speakers Dr Prathap C Reddy, Apollo Hospitals chairman, and Balvinder Singh Kalsi, DuPont India CEO, both felt that Indian villagers were ready and willing to adapt and experiment with technology if this route was chosen to provide them with access to healthcare.
Tales By Light is devoted to the kind of nature photography that appears on the pages of Nat Geo, but it exposes viewers to fascinating vistas that have only partly to do with photography, says Vikram Johri.
The selection of a woman Senator with an Indian background as the Democratic party's vice-presidential nominee should normally be a matter of elation in India, especially for those who boast of their nationalistic credentials such as the BJP followers, notes Amulya Ganguli.
A mentor doesn't have to be someone more senior than you, but that isn't the case with a sponsor.
Silicon Valley can be replicated, but this will only be achieved so long as fresh talent is welcomed by both our countries - a move that will surely spark a billion ideas and discoveries.
PepsiCo's India-born CEO Indra Nooyi has been ranked third most powerful businesswoman by Fortune, the only Indian-origin woman on the 2014 list topped by IBM Chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty and General Motors CEO Mary Barra.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay floral tributes to the Gandhi statue and visit the historic Lincoln Memorial and the recently established memorial for Martin Luther King Jr in the American capital.
What the Indian economy looks like next January will influence her view on India, not her genetics, notes Shekhar Gupta.
By 2020, we should have some 10 listed sports companies, with one or two big enough to be on the Sensex
We look back at international movies shot in India.
And it happens in Nagaland.
Nandita Shetty left an exclusive job in Boston behind and moved back to India to participate in the growth story of this country.
'We want to make sure that we are certainly targeting the entire Indian American community.'
5,565 contracts, valued at $201 billion are up for rebids across geographies and verticals by 2018.
Recovery in US gives extra boost to IT/ITeS office deals in Bangalore and the National Capital Region.
Activists burnt the US flag and logos of Union Carbide and Dow Chemicals - as they have done nothing to end the sufferings of the victims for the last 32 years.
Young IIT engineers have come up with an affordable solution to the wastage of agricultural produce by developing a unique solar-powered cold storage system which works at almost zero running cost.
The deal for 800,000-square foot plot in Gurgaon's Infospace Tikri SEZ is likely to improve real estate absorption rate, which has seen some upside recently.
The Sensex ended up 380 points at 27,888 and the Nifty advanced 111 points to end five points shy of 8,400.
Aseem Chhabra picks his favourite movies from the Telluride Film Festival.
If Paris really meant to serve as a landmark in recognising equity in climate negotiations, it should have heralded the second phase of the Kyoto protocol. Instead we have all countries, India and China included, all signing up with voluntary commitments in what can only be seen as a race to the bottom, reports Darryl D'Monte.
On International Yoga Day, South Delhi-based yoga teacher Saudamini Chandra found herself shepherding the young girl students to their first taste of India's heritage that was being celebrated across the world. This is her experience.
