External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said Pakistan "spoiled the talks" by talking to Hurriyat leaders just ahead of foreign secretaries of the two nations were scheduled to meet in Islamabad last month.
Modi said there were a slew of 'matching priorities' between the business council and that of his administration, including dismantling trade barriers, promoting skills development, establishing manufacturing supply chains and infrastructure development.
India and China have not ruled out a Modi-Xi meeting during the summit.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has suggested five thrust areas to improve relations with India. It is likely all these issues, in addition to the points raised by Xi at Fortaleza, will be part of the joint declaration at the end of his visit to India, says Srikanth Kondapalli.
For 20 years, the stock market headed nowhere, and this has created permanent aversion.
China's Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong again harped on the need to build consensus over the admission of new members in the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group.
'It is time to allow the rupee to move towards its true value, as it is hurting Indian exports, investment and SMEs associated with export sectors that create jobs,' argues Pravakar Sahoo.
China's intended role for AIIB is not so different from the existing Western lenders like the World Bank.
Large-cap scrips are still trading at a discount to mid-caps.
Investment bankers handling the IPO had said marquee global investors made big-ticket applications.
RBI's intervention in the currency market is through public sector banks.
The central bank's currency management will be critical over the next few months. A weaker rupee could help to revive exports. But, the currency must fall slowly and in controlled fashion, says Devangshu Datta.
Under GST, the small and medium industries would have to handle things on their own, says V S Krishnan.
'Problems will keep recurring unless China vows to resolve all outstanding issues between the two sides,' says Sana Hashmi.
Countries with abundant resources are faring worse in terms of development than those with less.
As per OECD's September estimates, global growth was to be 3 per cent this year and 3.6 per cent in 2016.
Sensex, Nifty have lost about 6%, against 0.5-5% decline in other key Asian indices.
There has been no reboot of the private investment cycle.
India has undertaken a number of structural reforms.
President Xi said that the Chinese side is ready to work with the Indian side to carry forward the fresh impetus of bilateral relations.
'Even if such a thing happens, it will not prolong for many days like Doklam did.' 'That is because both the leaders do not want it.'
Businesses have been reluctant to talk about contingency plans for Brexit
It further said India is facilitating external commercial borrowings by startups in order to encourage innovation and promote ease of doing business.
Modi said India and Russia have been friends for a long time and thanked Putin for inviting him for the first-ever informal meeting at Sochi.
India and Russia on Thursday decided to expand cooperation in various sectors as they signed 16 pacts, including on joint manufacture of 226 military helicopters.
BSE Mid-cap index ended at a record closing high of 10499.86 and CNX Mid-cap index ended at a record closing high of 12672.85 levels.
So long as there are concerns about world trade, growth and oil prices, the domestic market will remain volatile.
FDI inflows into India were $34 billion in 2014, up 22%.
Inflation is down and there's every chance that crude prices will be subdued through the next year.
'As China rises and India grows to reclaim their earlier positions on the world stage as two of the largest economies and most important countries, there will indeed be some contention between these two powers.' 'There will also be plenty of space and room for cooperation amongst the two of us.' 'As our economic size increases to match the fact that we are the two most populous nations on earth, it will be all the more important for us to keep the interests of our peoples as well as those of the rest of the world in mind.' 'We shall have to grow together rather than as separate and disparate entities,' points out Ambassador Gautam Bambawale -- who served as India's ambassador to China -- in the 7th annual lecture of the Indian Association of Foreign Affairs Correspondents on March 1, 2019.
The central bank measures though are also taking a toll on the banking sector, which is heavily reliant on short-term money markets for capital.
The hype surrounding the Budget gives it undue importance.
Senior Executive Director & Co Head (Strategy) of Kotak Institutional Equities Sanjiv Prasad tells Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com that even if there are a number of challenges facing the Indian equity markets, there are certain sectors that offer a ray of hope.
Trade sanctions on Russia by Europe and the US offer an opportunity for India, but the devaluation of the rouble may play spoilsport
Its time the RBI, govt pushes reforms to boost global investment
Strong equity flows from domestic institutions, not foreign inflows, will be the real driver of the expected bull rally
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan is likely to cut rates in next monetary policy.
Amid imminent phasing out of the fiscal stimulus by US Federal Reserve, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday called for an "orderly exit" from unconventional monetary policies being pursued by the developed world for the last few years to avoid damaging growth prospects of the developing world.
New text is "ambitious and balanced"
The announcement of the formation of the BRICS bank will have as much an impact about how the non-G7 countries manage their economies and their foreign reserves, as it does on the intellectual discourse. The development priorities and agenda which was hitherto set by western experts responding mostly to western priorities and notions will now have to compete with an intellectual tradition that is and can be very different, says Mohan Guruswamy.
