The encouraging news, however, is that India features among the top four countries out of 44 nations that projected a positive hiring trend.
'The crisis has strengthened America's resolve to work towards building its relationship with India as a bulwark against Chinese aggression'
'While many Chinese policy makers dismiss the political, economic and technological component of US-India relations, they express caution on the defence-related ties which also happens to be a major driver in US-India relations,' explains China expert Srikanth Kondapalli.
'They talk about their 2021 centenary goal, their 2035 goal, and their 2049 goal. They're accelerating. There's also been this unfortunately bashing of nationalism inside the People's Republic of China by the government'
Mahinda Rajapaksa is a democratically elected leader who received a massive mandate of 71% of votes, and he owes nothing to Delhi or Washington for staging his political comeback, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
French investment bank BNP Paribas said India's earnings growth potential is around 14-15 per cent
Of the 109 lunar missions during the period, 61 were successful and 48 had failed, it stated.
For 2020 calendar year, it reduced the estimate by a similar measure to 6.7 per cent.
'Singh apprised the Japanese leaders about Islamabad's 'evil design' on Kashmir at a time when Pakistan has decided to internationalise the issue.'
'It will be a repeated folly to ever think that China will not attack us.'
Investors must be prepared to believe that things will get better eventually, no matter how bad the current situation may look. If you don't possess this optimism, you will not possess the courage to invest and if you don't invest, you don't give yourself any chance to get wealthy, says Devangshu Datta.
The two PMs called upon all countries to work towards rooting out terrorist safe havens and infrastructure.
India should not have split their regular women's doubles pair to accommodate two combinations in Asian Games badminton team event, feels ex-shuttler Uday Pawar.
the address by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Luncheon hosted by Nippon Keidanren.
The India-Japan 2+2 dialogue added strategic heft to the special relationship in the wake of growing Chinese assertiveness on regional affairs, points out Dr Rajaram Panda.
'India and China have the wise and sage leadership to steer this complex relationship in the coming decades.'
On the eve of his talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh minced no words while expressing his intense love for the Asian giant, reports Vipin Vijayan, who is accompanying the PM to Japan and Thailand.
Chinese observers believe the Sino-US relationship will be impacted by issues in North Korea, Japan, India, Ukraine and Iran and that conflicts with these 'third parties' will without exception ultimately become conflicts between China and the US, points out former RA&W officer Jayadeva Ranade.
As Shinzo Abe begins his crucial visit to India on Friday looking to clinch a slew of deals including bullet trains and amphibious defence planes, the Chinese media on Friday said the Japanese premier is trying to rope in India as part of a strategy to contain arch rival China.
Striker Krishna Pandit struck twice to help Indian juniors register a 2-1 victory over Afghanistan in their opening encounter of the U-14 SAARC Tournament at the Tokinosumika Sports Centre in Shizuka, Japan.
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's on Monday cautioned that it could lower the sovereign ratings of countries like India, Japan and Malaysia, which 'are still to come out of the economic meltdown of 2008'.
One of India's closest friends in the United States Congress, Representative Gary Ackerman, New York Democrat, on Tuesday asked Obama administration's point man for South Asia Robert Blake, as to what would happen if after the nuclear disaster in Japan, India may decide to forego the US-India civilian nuclear deal and rely more heavily on Iran for its energy requirements.
The Reserve Bank on Monday warned that India's foreign exchange reserves mostly comprise borrowed funds and the country is vulnerable to sudden outflow of funds.
The self-proclaimed voice of the British business, CBI, has said India is both a threat and an opportunity for UK's manufacturing sector. Commenting on the government's "Growth Review Framework for Advanced Manufacturing", announced earlier this week, CBI has said UK manufacturers and government must be aware of the potential threat countries like India and China pose in the global marketplace.
We expect the region to record another year of solid growth in 2011, the survey said.
Modi said it is his 12th meeting with Abe since he first visited Japan as prime minister in September 2014
Both countries have denied that enhanced cooperation among them is aimed at curbing growing Chinese influence in the region, but Hatoyama's hurriedly arranged visit to New Delhi indicates that he wants to keep the two major democracies actively engaged
The launch of premium devices from OnePlus and Samsung in the second half of Apple's reporting period added to Apple's woes.
Whitehurst talks about India expansion plans, its latest offering in cloud computing and India's most ambitious project Aadhaar.
'Both India and Japan can find themselves in a win-win situation if they draw some lessons from each other's strengths,' says Dr Rajaram Panda.
'Only when China treats India as an equal can we consider them real friends.'
After warming up with a stunning 1-0 win over defending champions Japan, India will open their campaign in the women's Asia Cup hockey tournament against Singapore in Bangkok on Friday.
German aid likely for Bengaluru-Chennai bullet train
Indian Admirals say Malabar 2018 will involve unprecedented complexity, featuring enemy threats in all three dimensions, but especially underwater threats from submarines -- a key Chinese strength. For the first time, officers from all three navies will be posted on other navies' warships. That means Indian Navy officers will obtain the unprecedented benefits of operating on US nuclear attack submarines and Japan's highly regarded Soryu submarines.
Modi held talks with Abe after arriving in the Laotian capital to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-India and the East Asia summits that will take place on Thursday.
Mango has become the new mantra of trade between India and Japan after the successful export of mangos from India.
A food exhibition in Japan has given hope to cashew exporters in India. The exhibition, 'Foodex Japan 2007', featured Indian cashew products like 'kaju kathli' and 'halwa' which attracted several inquiries at the event.
'If Islamic extremists regain power in Afghanistan, Pakistan will lead them to Kashmir as a fighting arena again. India needs to fortify Kashmir and prepare against these Islamic extremists before they come again.'
Japan's support is essential since it is an influential member of the NSG.
The US, India, Russia and Japan should form an alliance to preserve the world peace and stability and secure freedom against radical Islam and China, a top American lawmaker has said.