"If we are able to evolve a consensus then it will be possible to hasten the process (of taking the deal forward)," visiting External Affairs Minister Mukherjee told reporters, as the US nudged India into concluding the agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency and seek Nuclear Suppliers Group waiver by May to give Congress time to have a final vote on the deal.
And the real world, sadly, is full of lousy bosses
Veteran space scientist G Madhavan Nair said on Tuesday that Indian Space Research Organisation's unsuccessful bid to soft land on the moon is nothing to be alarmed about, and it would only enable the space agency master complex missions going forward.
The International Monetary Fund has said India should make its financial system more efficient and hasten structural reforms to sustain high economic growth, which averaged about eight per cent in the last three years. \n
Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, who faced a stinging attack from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presiding over the "worst phase" of the Indian banking sector, on Thursday reminded her that two-third of his tenure as the head of the central bank was under the Bharatiya Janata Party government.
It further said that the loan application form should be suitably modified to incorporate passport details of borrowers.
An increase in development aid since 2002 has raised health and education standards and hastened gender equality among the world's poorest nations but overall poverty rates are not improving, says a new United Nations report.
The 2005-06 Survey tabled in Parliament said the Indian industry needed to be unburdened from high level of taxes and distortive exemptions that provided perverse incentives.
Garbine Muguruza stormed back into the Grand Slam big time with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to reach her first Australian Open semi-final. Fourth seed Simona Halep advanced to her second Australian Open semi-final with a 6-1, 6-1 demolition of Estonia's Anett Kontaveit in just 53 minutes on Rod Laver Arena.
According to dermatologist Dr Fredric Brandt, removing anything sweet from your diet can make a person look 10 years younger.
Unveiling a three-pronged strategy to create more jobs, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday promised to speed up economic reforms and growth, besides hastening infrastructure development.
'Prepare roadmap to improve relations with Pak carefully'
The Everton manager is to sue his former protege Wayne Rooney over comments made in the 20-year-old's autobiography.
Wayne Rooney's soured relationship with Everton manager David Moyes hastened his departure to Manchester United, the England striker has said in his autobiography.
Indian markets may see some weakness in stocks post Fed hike.
Images from Day 4 of the second Test between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo, on Sunday.
The panel will look into aspects like decrease in fertility rate, infant mortality rate and how minorities can help control the population.
Output, consumption estimates further revised downwards; debt restructuring for mills possible.
Wimbledon's slowing grass courts are hastening the end of serve-volley in tennis, the former world number one said.
World leading Test wicket taker Shane Warne says his off-field personal problems could hasten his retirement plans.
A ruthless India completed a nine-wicket demolition of the West Indies in the fifth and final ODI in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday for their sixth successive series win at home.
Aircel executives said the company could offer value to big boys like Airtel or Jio as a low-end mobile services brand
The new system is likely to be implemented by November.
Bullet trains are run by state-owned agencies in France and Germany.
"The fact is that after 106 days of pre-trial incarceration there is not a single charge framed against me as I speak now," said Chidambaram, who is expected to attend the Rajya Sabha proceedings on Thursday.
The World Bank on Thursday warned that India's growing public debt was squeezing out investment, making it difficult to achieve the targeted annual eight per cent economic growth.\n\n\n\n
Former finance minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that 8 per cent growth would remain only a dream unless hard measures to hasten reforms, including steps to rein in fiscal deficit and reviving the manufacturing and farming sectors, were taken.
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