According to the first-ever index of security of nuclear materials, India is among the last just above Iran, Pakistan and North Korea.
IT sector provides direct employment to 2.5 million people and has created eight million indirect jobs.
India is not a full democracy but a flawed one, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2008 Democracy index. The conclusion is drawn on the basis of the country's performance on 60 indicators which measure electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, the functioning of government, political participation and political culture.The Democracy index ranks India 35th out of 167 countries, among other nations considered 'flawed democracies'.
A host of conspiracy theories followed, involving Indira Gandhi, her younger son Sanjay, his favourite small car project, secret funding of the Bangladesh Mukti Bahini and even the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States.
While the US-Iran conflict leading to a spike in global oil prices and trade war between the US and the EU topped the chart with 25 per cent, other major risks to the global economy include coronavirus, debt burdens causing a recess across emerging markets and Hong Kong protests causing an exodus from Asia's biggest financial centre.
A recent study has revealed that companies must focus on staff to improve performance.
Executives in India and China are the most optimistic about sustainability of economic recovery, with six out of ten people reposing their faith on the turnaround in the economy, says a survey.
European cities continue to lead in terms of quality of life.
A recent study by the Economist Intelligence Unit stated that the worst cities in the world are scattered around Africa and Asia.
The Economist Intelligence Unit survey, commissioned by Dubai Holding, found that almost 60 per cent respondents believe that capitalism is entering a new era of lower risk tolerance, higher regulation and slower growth.
India can become a $6.7 trillion economy by 2031, from $3.4 trillion currently, if the country clocks an average growth of 6.7 per cent for 7 years, an S&P Global report said on Thursday. India had clocked a 7.2 per cent GDP growth in 2022-23 fiscal. But a global slowdown and lagged effect of a policy rate hike by RBI could slow down growth to 6 per cent in the current fiscal, S&P Global said in a report titled 'Look Forward: India's Money'.
India ranks 44th in the world in the IT industry competitiveness index 2008, moving 4 notches up from its 2008 ranking of 48 in the index.
'It is becoming clear that we will no longer see declines in GDP growth for the next few quarters.'
An increase in the farmer income support scheme PM Kisan Nidhi, the introduction of a 'robot tax' to fund reskilling of people who lose their jobs to artificial intelligence (AI), and a reduced income-tax (I-T) to bring relief to the middle classes - these are some of the items in the Budget wish list submitted by Sangh Parivar affiliates to Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman. Representatives of the affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), such as the farmer organisation Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS); trade union Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS); Laghu Udyog Bharati, which works for micro and small industries; and Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), which works on economic and policy issues, met the FM and other officials over the last couple of weeks as part of the pre-Budget consultations.
Americans are ahead at developing world-class teams.
Human capital management is now part of all managers' performance reviews.
Asia Pacific countries are giving a tough competition to the US and Europe when it comes to attracting and nurturing talent says the Index developed by executive search firm Heidrick and Struggles and the Economist Intelligence Unit.
You may be popular initially because of politics and ideology but if the economy slows down, you will be losing your popularity: Nouriel Roubini.
The central government's fiscal deficit during 2023-24 at 5.6 per cent of the GDP was better than previous estimates of 5.8 per cent on account of higher revenue realisation and lower expenditure, according to official data released on Friday. In actual terms, the fiscal deficit -- or gap between expenditure and revenue -- was Rs 16.53 lakh crore, or 5.63 per cent of the GDP, which grew 8.2 per cent in 2023-24.
Commodities prices will witness a major upheaval in the coming couple of years with demand for food going up.
China and India are Asia's top two targets for merger and acquisitions in the financial services space.
Ahmedabad's Indian Institute of Management and four other business schools from Asia have figured amongst the world's top 100 management schools in a survey published by the prestigious London-based weekly Economist's Intelligence Unit.
What can be the easiest and best way to know a company inside out? Those saying 'befriending the company's Chief Executive Officer' might be in for a shock as a survey has found that most CEOs are in the dark about the health of their companies.
The countries hit hardest by the devastating tidal wave that lashed the Indian Ocean will experience slower economic growth in 2005, but the effects will not be severe, a new report has said.
The lack of clarity on who is next in line, when the time comes, as indeed it will one day some day, reflects poorly on the management of the world's largest political party. It scarcely need be said that a squabble between the contenders, Shah and Yogi, is exactly what the doctor ordered for the Opposition, notes Krishna Prasad.
Key economies like India and China are rapidly becoming the biggest trading partners of the Gulf countries as compared to other regions, a new study has said.
Mumbai and New Delhi are among the world's cheapest cities while Tokyo and Osaka-Kobe in Japan continue to remain the most expensive, the annual Economist Intelligence Unit's Worldwide Cost of Living Survey said.
For those who think India's democracy is just fine and there has been no change in the last few years, perhaps it would be instructive to see what has happened on a few issues, observes Aakar Patel.
A theory that is doing the rounds is that with election nearing, this depreciation of the rupee will allow politicians of all hues to bring back their ill-gotten wealth.
India must evolve its own standards on how democracy must be ranked in a diverse and multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and pluralistic idea called India, suggests R Jagannathan.
The government has exhausted only 39 per cent of its fiscal deficit target in the first half of FY24.
In 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that by 2030 technology would be so advanced that three hours of work per day would suffice. Has AI brought about the transformation that Keynes predicted, asks Atanu Biswas.
Singapore retains the title of the world's most expensive city.
A piece of slightly negative news can cause a serious setback, warns Debashis Basu.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranked Singapore as the priciest ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Geneva and Paris.
The EIU said in a report on Wednesday forecast that the real GDP grew by 1.6 per cent quarter-on-quarter in India, but noted that this uptick was largely owing to base effect.
Melbourne is the world's best city to live in.
'India's manufacturing will take 10-15 years to catch up with China.'
If India is to urbanise successfully, it has to focus on Tier 2 cities with a population of one-five million, observes T N Ninan.
