Emphasising on Israel's right to "self-defence", US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked many world leaders to use their influence to work for an immediate de-escalation of tensions in Gaza.
US President Barack Obama's proposed visit will be coming less than a month after a new spell of violence between the native Buddhists of the Rakhine State and the Rohingya Muslims, points out B Raman
Foreign Direct Investment flows to India in 2021 were 26 per cent lower, mainly because large M&A deals recorded in 2020 were not repeated, the UN trade body has said.
An investigation by the Charity Commission has revealed that a London-based radio station that raised 160,000 for natural disaster left it unused in a bank account for almost seven years, The Guardian reported.
Aiming to give fillip to India's Look East policy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to announce new initiatives to take forward ties with the ASEAN by setting up a mission and appointing an ambassador for the 10-member grouping.
Employees in Latin America (86%), the Nordic region (84%),North America (79%) and South EastAsia (75%) are most likely to get a pay rise in 2013.
The BJP's Karnataka unit shared photographs of the artworks inside the new Parliament House, including the murals of ancient India, Chanakya, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and B R Ambedkar and the cultural diversity of the country.
As Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyn Tan Dung prepares to undertake his maiden visit to India early next month, Hanoi wants greater economic engagement with New Delhi to counterbalance China's growing clout in South East and East Asia.
In the wake of torture of two Indian businessmen near Shanghai, China has initiated criminal proceedings against five locals suspected for the act as it promised to address the issue and give due attention to the safety of Indian nationals on its soil.
Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region are expected to corner the maximum profits this year, with the aviation industry's umbrella body IATA projecting a global profit of $8.9 billion in 2010.
The Women's Tennis Association, which has turned to Asia to grow its sport, is unclear how the International Tennis Premier League is going to pan out. 'We are still learning about it, just as the world and the media is,' said Melissa Pines, Vice-President, Asia-Pacific, on the sidelines of its new announcement to bring the season-ending BNP Paribas WTA Championships to South East Asia for the first time this year.
HCL Technologies Ltd said on Wednesday it would act as a re-seller for a business solution 'Dynamics TM,' developed by Microsoft, in the Asia-Pacific region.
As of July 13, at least 111 countries, territories and areas have reported detection of the Delta variant, and this is expected to continue to increase, becoming the dominant variant globally in the coming months.
"India is a big part of my plans," United States President Barack Obama said on Tuesday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated him in person on his re-election.
Looking to tap the fast-growing Indian market, Italian luxury sports car-maker Automobili Lamborghini SpA on Thursday launched its latest model, the 'Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4', priced at Rs 3.69 crore (ex-showroom, Delhi), in the country.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has put off his visit to Japan from Thursday for the annual summit in view of the sudden political developments in that country.
Curtailment of flights between India and China will help Air India and other airlines to boost their seat occupancy and market share.
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla terms India's relationship with China as "complex".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday made his Instagram debut, sharing a picture from the venue of the ASEAN summit.
The issue at hand is not ASEAN versus Chindia, but ASEAN plus Chindia. Given the strengths of ASEAN and the growing muscle of India and China, the scope for constructive cooperation is immense, he said.
Wipro Ltd on Wednesday reported a 9.6 per cent drop in its net profit in the second quarter, on lower earnings from clients in non-US markets. The company reported a net profit of Rs 2,649.1 crore in July-September quarter, compared to Rs 2,930.6 crore in the same period a year back, the company said in a statement. Revenues rose to Rs 22,539.7 crore in the quarter under review, from Rs 19,667.4 crore a year-ago.
After a better-than-expected Dussehra weekend, hospitality firms are hopeful of ending the year on a positive note by doing good business over Christmas and the New Year. Typically, year-end bookings kick in two to four weeks before the season begins. Owing to pandemic-related uncertainties, hotels are seeing a significant reduction in the booking window, with travellers waiting till the last minute to make hotel reservations.
This is the company's first business process outsourcing centre in the South-East Asia and the latest addition to the company's Global Network Delivery Model, Tata Consultancy Services said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
"The Chinese premier underlined that whatever anybody might say, India and China are friendly neighbours and have a common view of how the world should be looked at," Naraynan said.
"The notion that companies in Asia are winning market share only on cost is obsolete," said meeting co-chair Nandan M Nilekani, president, chief executive officer and managing director, Infosys Technologies, India.
The worst could be over for the Indian economy, Swiss bank Credit Suisse said, after contending with many months of stubbornly high inflation and sluggish growth.
The mini truck and passenger vehicle, which together crossed the 1-million sales mark in August, are already present in 24 countries.
IT company Wipro posted a 17 per cent jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,930.6 crore for the quarter ended on September 30, 2021. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 2,484.4 crore in the same period a year ago. Wipro said that it has surpassed $10 billion (around Rs 75,300 crore) annualised revenue run rate.
Heatwaves with higher humidity levels can be more perilous because the air cannot efficiently absorb excess moisture. This limitation restricts the human body's ability to evaporate sweat and affects the moisture content of certain infrastructure like evaporative coolers.
Scheduled international passenger flights have remained suspended since March 23, 2020 in the wake of the pandemic and they will now restart from Sunday.
Asian Development Bank is working on a grand plan to link Kabul with Bangkok and Hanoi through India as a part of its goal to link Asia.
ICICI Bank is recruiting Relationship Managers-Private Banking.
Nokia, which shipped 25 million handsets from its Chennai handset plant last year, is readying itself for a bigger expansion that includes increase in exports and ramping up of its ecosystem at its special economic zone in Chennai.
External, economic or ethnic, the sources of vulnerability are getting worse, and China's leaders do not have a switch to turn these off, writes Nitin Pai
Dr Singh and Obama, who met on the sidelines of ASEAN and East Asia Summits, talked about strengthening the bonds of strategic ties put in place during the historic visit of the US President to India in November last year.
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