With 202,014 students, India sends the second largest number of foreign students to the United States, a report said.
It will be interesting to see whether India-China border tensions figure during the deliberations of PLA deputies to the NPC and CPPCC, notes Jayadeva Ranade, the distinguished China expert and retired RA&W officer.
Fall of rupee is not necessarily a bad thing as it will support exports which will help bridge the gap in current account deficit, Chief Executive Officer of Nordea Asset Management Company Allan Polack said.
While rising food inflation is a matter of grave concern for a significant chunk of the population and for policy makers as well, it marks a turnaround in the fortunes of the farmer, reports Sanjeeb Mukherjee.
What is required from government is intellectual framework.
India's harsh lockdown has left companies grappling with temporary closure, chaotic supply chains and depressed demand. Consequently, business plans have been modified.
Miller insisted that any legal immigration system should not displace American workers and there should be no abuse of 'fraud'.
'The government has to stop trying to fix things for lenders, projects, homeowners and developers and think instead about how to fix the market for houses,' says Mihir S Sharma.
Niti Aayog's plan to create a 'New India' in less than four years should invite scepticism, argues T N Ninan.
One of the arrangements the Indian government is considering is a tie-up with a sovereign fund to finance the Embraer deal.
The prospects for strong, sustained economic reforms do not appear to be promising in India.
History would indicate that a recession is not that far off.
Jaitley said a very large number of reforms have taken place over the last few years and that has helped in restoring the credibility of the Indian economy
'Karna is the greatest warrior in the Mahabharata -- in fact, Arjuna is a nobody in front of Karna.' 'But Arjuna had a better advisor in Krishna than Karna.' 'Karna failed because he listened to the wrong advice given by Salya.' 'It just shows wrong advisors can land even the mighty in trouble.'
China's strong manufacturing base and India's software and scientific skills had massive potential both as a production base and for creating a consumer market.
The women on the 17th annual Forbes Power List hail from 30 countries and were born across four generations.
After the Kerala government declared the coronavirus outbreak as a 'state calamity', as the three positive cases were detected from Thrissur, Alapuzha and Kasaragod, tourism minister Kadakampally Surendran admitted that the sector had suffered a hit. The sector had aggressively launched promotional advertisements in the domestic and international markets after the floods to revive the sector. However, all the efforts took a beating, with mass cancellations of hotel bookings after the outbreak of the infection in the state was reported.
The opposition party also claimed that the Modi 2.0 dispensation has turned out to be an "economic and political disaster" and "constant rollbacks" of economic decisions will lead to worsening of the economic situation.
Experts said a dip in consumption expenditure indicated an increasing prevalence of poverty in the country.
Higher growth, reform bets have boosted returns but leave limited room for error.
The brand plans to open about 40 franchise-operated Gap stores in India, the company said in a statement.
India grew at 7.6% in 2015-16 and at 7.2% in 2014-15.
While Bibek Debroy echoed his view in Twitter, Pronob Sen questioned Kumar's conclusion
The Modi government has ambitious plas to achieve 10% growth, but there is no assessment of how much money is needed for the whole package of measures, and where it will come from. In short, there is no plan for how to get from here to there, points out T N Ninan.
The global ratings agency keeps India's sovereign rating unchanged at 'BBB-' with stable outlook
The former PM attack on the Modi government for its "disastrous policies" and "economic mismanagement".
The announcement comes on the first anniversary of the project.
Make in India right now is just a slogan. The policy content is missing or not clearly articulated. The lion with cogs and wheels must now show some majestic movement forward, says Rahul Khullar.
After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's aggressive stance in Rajya Sabha, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said he looked for "alibis' in his speech on the state of the economy and his words reflected "pessimism and negativism".
Referring to the COVID-19 pandemic, Modi said India has always prided itself as the first responder in the region - a friend in need.
'We are working on both electric scooters and motorcycles.'
Echoing the position articulated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, China and Russia on Thursday warned that imminent withdrawal of fiscal stimulus by the US could have an adverse impact on the global economy and cautioned the Obama administration against it.
There was a discussion on trade matters, market access, regulatory issues and barriers. Both leaders underlined the importance of free and fair trade
Just as very high oil prices looked an anomaly in a sluggish world, so now do record high equities.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her second Budget a little more than a month from now. Like any other FM, Sitharaman will depend on her team of bureaucrats and advisors to frame and present the Budget.
Modi is also scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Xi on Tuesday.
'As they come in contact with more people in their professional life, they will need to uncover even more opportunities for growth.'
Global investors are fast losing appetite for equities, as deflation seems more of a reality. With commodity prices collapsing, few safe havens are left for investors, with many of the BRICS(Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) losing their charm.
While the latter is being viewed as a greater concern, the former may gain prominence in the next few weeks.
India ranks 130th out of 189 economies on the World Bank's Doing Business report.
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