Sushma Swaraj arrived in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Wednesday night on her first official visit abroad after becoming External Affairs Minister during which she will hold talks with the top leadership on key bilateral issues including land boundary agreement, proposed Teesta river pact and illegal immigration.
Failure to recognise the threat of India's IP abuse is a major step back: Congressman Orrin Hatch.
We are all 'Chasing the Monsoon', notes Ajit Balakishnan.
She says her priority areas would be military preparedness, defence indigenisation, and the welfare of soldiers.
Import growth moderated to a four-month low, owing to sharp decline in that of gold.
Dispute over IPR was a bone of contention in bilateral ties till a couple of months ago.
Amazon committed a fresh investment of $3 billion, in addition to the $2 billion it announced in 2014.
'Our concern is about today and there is nothing in the Budget for the MSME sector to feel positive right now.'
'Now is the time for India to course correct and for the government also to course correct,' says businessman Mangesh Khatri.
Estimates suggest subsidy outgo on these proposals would be at least Rs 1,000 crore
Budget forces last minute change in finance minister's plans.
The finance minister hiked the total defence expenditure from Rs 203,672 crore in FY 2013-2014 to Rs 229,000 crore for FY 2014-2015. Though the increase appears substantial, it is insufficient to undertake the military modernisation necessary to meet the emerging threats, feels Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
Women entrepreneurs view the world through different lenses, hence, execute things differently, says Mohana Nair.
Inside the governors' reception hosted by Indian Ambassador to the US Navtej Sarna -- a first in more than 15 years.
Bibek Debroy raised seven questions about the new institution.
If money allocations, investment commitments are a sign of better things to come, the state can be optimistic.
Days before Narendra Modi arrives in the US to speak at the UN, meet Barack Obama, gupshup with the likes of Nadella, Pichai, Zuckerberg, and address desis in Silicon Valley, his ministers will help set the commercial and strategic tone for the prime minister's visit.
'The BJP has shown signs lately of returning to its trader mindset.' 'Several strong emotions get meshed in this: Nationalism, protectionism, mercantilism, and arrogance,' points out Shekhar Gupta.
The prime minister is likely to talk about its possible extension.
Sudheendra Kulkarni pays tribute to friend, poet and Dalit activist Namdeo Dhasal who passed into the ages on Wednesday.
If we have to develop this nation, says Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, it can only happen in a public-private partnership, when you and we work together as one.
There were concerns in Sri Lanka about the huge trade imbalance.
Bajaj three-wheelers outsell Chinese three-wheelers in Peru. The Pulsar is number one in its category. Nikhil Lakshman discovers in Lima that even though the Chinese are far ahead in investments in Latin America's fastest growing economy, Indian manufacturing and IT are holding its own.
Kerry is scheduled to head to India later this month for the fourth annual US-India Strategic Dialogue.
'What motivated us was that a lot of people, especially youngsters, had a negative image about India.'
Modi has often been accused of promoting crony capitalism in Gujarat for his proximity to certain businesses.
US Ambassador Richard Verma's tips to the Indian states.
Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Thursday said Shashi Tharoor, who was eased out as party spokesman for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, still enjoys a high-level of confidence among the partymen.
Industry is displeased over the failure of the National Manufacturing Policy, which has failed to invite any sizeable investment since it was launched more than two years ago.
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to give Indian companies and products - especially including those made by the pharmaceutical, farming and fuel industries - greater access to Chinese markets.
The oil ministry is rejecting the monetisation of new discoveries as their production will not be viable at the present price of $4.2 per mmbtu
The industry also emphasised on supply-side interventions by the government to tackle persistently high food inflation.
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Industry's demand for a reduction in the repo rate, currently 8 per cent, has gained momentum after wholesale and retail inflation eased in February.
'Nobody expected the slowdown to go for these many days. Unfortunately, it is an unbelievably bad slow down.'
In a bid to woo foreign investors, the Indian Railways is planning to organise road shows in select countries showcasing opportunities for investment in the rail sector.
Mythological and historical shows are lapped up not just by the young, but equally by grown men and women.
US congressional leaders on trade and finance wrote to the US International Trade Commission calling for a second investigation into India's 'unfair' trade practices, detailing any changes under Modi.
After assuming power in 2014 with a full majority of its own, the BJP-led NDA government started an ambitious process of reforming labour laws in the form of codes aimed at making the framework less cumbersome with a variety of alterations. It had planned four codes each for industrial relations, wages, social security and welfare, and occupational safety, health and working conditions. To this end, 35 central labour laws were to be converted into four codes that would have had the virtue of streamlining labour relations. But none of the proposed code Bills could be converted into a law principally because neither trade unions nor industry representatives came on board. They hold the key to India's low-growth-high unemployment paradigm but the government may struggle to push them through this time as well. Somesh Jha explains why
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar expects to see progress in India-US defence relations at the speed of a year per month.
A look into the state of Dalit entrepreneurship in the country.
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