Microsoft India's chairman Bhaskar Pramanik tells Business Standard how India will be at the forefront of the company's 'mobile first, cloud first' strategy.
As of now, 12 million Indians join the workforce every year.
Current Account Deficit is projected at 1.2 per cent and 1 per cent of GDP in 2014-15 and 2015-16.
Sandeep Pandey salutes women who have contributed to social transformation in India after 1980.
How will the government's decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes help curb the creation and flow of black money into the Indian economy?
In a nation divided by many things, the 12-digit unique identity number is holding lives to ransom.
Telcos have indicated that rates will have to be raised, as higher volumes alone will not suffice to meet the higher costs.
Unless supported by investment, any spark of a recovery could be temporary, hint economists.
The railways continue to lose market share with an actual fall in the number of passengers and stagnant freight tonnage, says Subir Roy.
Markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday on account of Holi and Good Friday, respectively.
The repo or short term lending rate remains unchanged at 6.75 per cent and the reverse repo rate at 7.75 per cent.
The defence ministry has signed off on a national security plan that it cannot fund. Ajai Shukla reports
A survey of 300 engineering colleges revealed that only 29 per cent engineers are employable, while 30 per cent can be made employable after further studies, whereas 48 per cent are simply not employable
It is important to note that slowdown in activity is really confined to a selected few regions within China.
PS banks need to pull up their socks to improve cash flows.
The decision in this regard, however, is expected to be taken by the new government.
'There is a great scope for enhancing the use of organic fertilisers'.
Jaitley also dubbed Gandhi's attack on Modi as an attempt to shift the focus due to people's 'revulsion' towards the Congress party.
M-cap of 35% of BSE-500 companies, excluding financial ones, is below their debt or just a shade above
As China begins rejuvenation of its military power, there is an urgent need for transformation of the Indian military, says Lieutenant General Anil Chait (retd).
Realistically, coal will be the major fuel for electricity generation in India, as in America, for a long time.
The successful test firing of medium range surface-to-air missiles is welcome news for the IAF.
The need for larger investment in infrastructure that is the biggest shortcoming, says A V Rajwade.
If the precautions are not taken and guidelines are not followed properly, there can be chances of spike in cases, the government said.
Delivering the key mote address at the Citi's Investor Summit, Jaitley hoped that as a professional organisation the Reserve Bank will take 'the best decision'.
Traditional plans are the biggest area of concern for consumers.
The December quarter, generally a soft one for India's IT sector due to holidays and furloughs in certain sectors, is expected to be further affected because of currency volatility.
'There is a certain irony embedded in this asymmetric geographical distribution of FDI because most state leaders have shed their inhibitions about promoting 'business' and have understood its virtues as a more cost-effective way of replacing the mai-baap welfarism that passed for economic policy till the early nineties', says Kanika Datta.
This merger, Bhupesh Bhandari believes, will be watched keenly by management gurus the world over.
Some banks might charge you a nominal amount of Rs 100-150 for issuing the card.
With GDP growth improving to a nine-quarter high of 5.7 per cent and the stock market brimming with optimism, now is the time for Modi to keep his promises.
'The money is safe with the payment services solutions provider'.
The IT major had reported a net profit of Rs 3,398 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a BSE filing.
China has cast a long shadow on India's economy.
There are some advantages of a falling rupee.
Lack of consumer confidence remains a key issue, but these brands are addressing the challenge in their own unique ways.
Annabel Mehta, Sachin Tendulkar's mother-in-law, has dedicated her life to working with the Beautiful People of the other half of Mumbai without whom the city would neither exist nor thrive. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel met the amazing lady who was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire for her service to underprivileged communities.
Boeing's plan involves setting up an Indian factory and the aerospace ecosystem to build the Block II Super Hornet.
He has left no one in any doubt about his ability to take bold, even out-of-the-box, decisions, to gauge the feelings and aspirations of the common people at the grassroots and to ensure that polices and schemes do not remain on paper, but are implemented, says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
'We can't have the best of both worlds -- large, efficient, world class government-owned banks, doing social banking and making profits. 'Why not set them free from the shackles of such obligations and run them as business units?' says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
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