'The fact that Modi and Xi exuded confidence to accelerate the negotiations for a border settlement alone underscores that the Russia-India-China triangle has become very dynamic,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Perhaps one aspect of the way modern media particularly print and news television works need some soul-searching: Their tendency to "frame" news stories as a conflict between two personalities, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Farm loan waivers should not be regarded as expenditure but as incentive and investment, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
What must India do now?
'This health emergency has brought a lot of people together with the common purpose of getting Feluda to play detective as quickly as possible.' 'As a scientist, if we can make a small difference in people's lives, we are happy'
China's economy is worse than it really is, but then these are emblematic of the baffling self-congratulatory mood that exists in India today.
The top 10 in terms of the number of MSMEs is dominated by the larger states with Uttar Pradesh at the top.
Patrick Ward provides a country-wise break of AAP's overseas campaign contributions.
You might be unintentionally harming yourself.
Already ranked ninth in Forbes' list of top tennis earners, Japan's Kei Nishikori is due for a bigger share of the off-court largesse despite losing Monday's final at the US Open, US marketing experts say.
Rajat Gupta, 70, the first Indian managing director of McKinsey and who of 17 months in US prison for insider trading, gets ready to tell his side of the story. And he is less than complimentary about Preet Bharara, then the famous crusading US attorney for the Southern District of New York. "The jury, the press and the public saw only... a 'cropped picture', he says. For someone whose life story was a model of the Great American Dream - an Indian of modest means who rose to the highest circles of politics and business, mingling with the White House and Davos crowd - his indictment in 2012 marked a stunning fall from grace. Many ascribed it to the hubris of the rich and powerful, says Kanika Datta.
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Firms that should borrow abroad do not do so enough, and those that should not borrow abroad do.
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.
The Gionee S5.5 isn't the slimmest phone in its segment, but it is a great value for money product to be considered.
And since social media platforms benefit from it, shouldn't they too be held responsible for the hate and fake news they spread, asks Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
A day after the Prime Minister's Office sought to counter the perception that Manmohan Singh has been "weak" in his tenure, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley on Saturday took potshots at him.
The so-called 'fourth industrial revolution' will bring ever faster cycles of innovation, posing huge challenges to companies, workers, governments and societies alike
Mr Swamy has written letters to the Prime Minister's Office asking for Mr Rajan's services to be terminated.
The Bombay Hemp Company offers goods fashioned out of hemp, the lesser known cousin of ganja.
Udayan Mukherjee, who stepped down earlier this week, was the first full-fledged market commentator Indian business television knew of.
Despite having the third-largest internet user base in the world, India does not feature in the top ten e-commerce markets
It is almost puzzling to see more old men and women hang around long enough for people to begin wondering 'why not retire?'
Google Inc opened its first two data centres in Asia on Wednesday to cater to the world's fastest growing consumer technology markets, but the company has no plans to open one in China or India.
The company has been developing donor-derived stem cell platforms.
Online reports said there were at least 40,000 protesters in the rally in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The advance booking of Salman Khan's eagerly awaited film Jai Ho have started and although the sentiment regarding the movie is buoyant in markets such as Uttar Pradesh, metros such as Delhi and Mumbai have shown a softer response than usual.
May be the strong United States growth will lead the world back to a period of growth and help us all put this painful recrimination behind us.
Contrary to the bragging that marked its two-year anniversary, the government's timidity on reform is simply astounding.
Ever pragmatic, the Americans are convinced that the future is in the Indo-Pacific.
There is a new Indo-Pacific century, and India has to decide whether it has its eyes on the prize, says Rajeev Srinivasan.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on how to pick the right international education.
New job generation in Mumbai declined by 28 per cent in the April-June quarter this year to over 13,100, while Chennai saw a decline of over 21 per cent to just over 8,000 new jobs in the quarter, the study said.
Here is the complete text of the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's address at the inauguration of the national media centre in New Delhi on Saturday.
Hong Kong is the world's freest economy according to the Index of Economic Freedom 2015.
Indian companies need not just make in India, but invent in India too
The long-neglected fruit may finally get the recognition it deserves.
5 reasons why the Sony C3 makes the cut as one of the best selfie smartphones in the market today
'Will the Statue of Unity and Tent City Narmada have as much of a transformational effect on the local economy as the salt desert/Tent City Dhordo did is something that only time can tell,' says Sanjeev Nayyar.
The New York Times Co has agreed to sell The Boston Globe to the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, John W. Henry, for $70 million in cash, ending its 20-year ownership of the paper.
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