Calling for a rethink of its submarine building programme, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said India should look for greater numbers than the existing plan of constructing 24 such vessels.
"So you will not have anything better... democracy loving, capitalist respecting environment... in India," Sitharaman said at the event hosted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry in association with the US India Strategic and Partnership Forum.
A downcast nation will expect changes to the Australia team after they were routed by England in the second Ashes Test but selectors look to have few real options at their disposal.
While a maximum of 21 people died in Puri, four deaths each were reported from Mayurbhanj and Jajpur, and three each in Cuttack and Kendrapara.
At least 34 people were killed during Cyclone Fani, which barrelled through coastal Odisha on Friday last, causing widespread destruction and leaving hundreds grappling with water shortage and power cut.
The National Capital remained under a security blanket in the wake of alerts of "imminent" terror strikes, with Delhi Police deploying a major chunk of its manpower on the streets and crowded commercial centres.
Experts say the biggest expenditure for a retailer is real estate, followed by manpower and sales and advertisement expenses.
Narender Khosla (27), a manpower supplier, allegedly used documents of a gym instructor Manick Verma to procure the SIM cards and sent text messages with an aim to cause trouble to the latter with whom he had a personal rivalry.
Since Pakistan has 'opted out' of the project, it is now being called South Asian satellite.
Bharti Enterprises and US-based Wal-Mart Stores entered into a joint venture in August 2007 and started cash-and-carry stores named 'BestPrice Modern Wholesale' last year.
The Indian Air Force on Monday said it was short of around 600 pilots and over 5,000 personnel below officer rank while maintaining that several steps were being taken to fill up the manpower gaps.
The Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced her ministry will follow a twin strategy of adopting the highest level of technology and pressing into force well-trained manpower, as emphasised in Vision 2020 for safety and security.
Jobs are back with a bang in India, proving it to be the most optimistic nation in terms of hiring plans. The 'cautious optimism' that pervaded throughout the last year has evaporated and companies are now looking to hire aggressively.
A report by The Boston Consulting Group notes the human resource challenge for public sector banks due to large-scale retirement.
The bank introduces project 'Khoj' to re-hire 3,000 ex-workers over 18 months.
With the government asking the companies to operate with only 50 per cent staff strength, and exports dipping to almost zero, the truck and bus drivers idling at the petrol pump say they hardly have any work now. At a petrol pump on the deserted Bavla-Changodar highway near Ahmedabad in Gujarat, several trucks and buses are neatly parked in a row.
False claims, greedy agents and fake companies can lead legitimate job-seekers down a dangerous road. So what can workers do to ensure that they are not part of the fraud?
The government said on Tuesday that it would strive to establish a National Security Guard hub or an equivalent commando force in every state in due course to strengthen the national security apparatus. Home Minister P Chidambaram told the Lok Sabha during Question Hour that the government was trying to have these units soon, though it was a long-term plan in view of the constraints of manpower and training.
With projections suggesting the number of cases in the city will touch 75,000 by the end of May, civic authorities are working overtime to add to the number of beds.
Riding over lower manufacturing cost coupled with availability of quality manpower with technical capabilities, the Indian pharmaceutical outsourcing industry is expected to reach $2.3 billion by the end of 2010, according to a report.
Former Australian coach John Buchanan has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to launch a dramatic "intervention" to save West Indian cricket.
Defence Secretary R K Mathur should take to Prime Minister Narendra Modi just five simple measures that would create or catalyse dramatic improvements across the wider defence arena, says Ajai Shukla.
Is it the Al Qaeda or the Lashkar-e-Tayiba? Which of the two outfits is deadlier? Post 9/11, the Al Qeda was considered to be the most dangerous terrorist organisation in the world. However, today, things have changed and it is official that the Lashkar is the deadliest terrorist organisation in the world.
In the past one week alone, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh have issued orders to take over private hospitals in some districts. Sohini Das, Vinay Umarji and Gireesh Babu report.
With audits being taken up in a host of areas including private firms now, the process demands trained manpower.
None of the political parties in UP has any effective plans to create jobs.
The quality of manpower is a significant resource for large populous countries such as India and China, which depend on them for their rapid economic growth.
'The attacks made clear to all the Gulf States that Pakistan was the nursery and sanctuary of extremist violence and that this violence threatened all the countries in the region.'
The Prime Minister will formally launch the Rashtriya Kaushal Vikas Yojana and the National Skills Mission on July 15
Kirlosker Brothers' Limited sent teams from its offices in India, Thailand and the United Kingdom to the site.
The incident took place in Shaheenbagh area of Jamia Nagar at around 4 pm and the victim has been identified as Mohammad Uzair, a manpower supplier and visa arranger for job aspirants.
The government said it would strive to establish a National Security Guard hub or an equivalent commando force in every state in due course to strengthen the national security apparatus.
The Air India board has decided to reduce by 50 per cent the productivity-linked incentives or flying allowance payable to its employees.
'The logical step is to challenge the very legitimacy of the Chinese claim over Tibet,' recommends Inspector General Gurdip Singh Uban (retd).
From almost a thousand employees, 300 have exited the firm.
The terror jigsaw is becoming clearer with the arrest of Salman, an operative of the dreaded Indian Mujahideen. He has echoed the statements of the security agencies who said the IM benefited the most from the heat that was on the Lashkar-e-Toiba.
"The aviation and tourism industries have been hit hard by the global economic downturn and by acts of terrorism. Apart from strategies to counter the prevailing downturn, we need to emphasise on security measures. One of the ways to revive demand is to develop airport infrastructure. Apart from building international and regional airports, we need to ensure the local airstrips are upgraded into full-fledged airports to boost hinterland connectivity," said an expert.
Here's what the construction industry would like the Budget to do -- introduce GST, exempt customs duty on construction equipment for projects, introduce secondary market for debt trading to facilitate the infra developers to raise money through long term corporate bonds.
In the age of robots and automation, skills such as people management, coordination and negotiations will be relevant, says Babita Shekhar.
India is currently considering two corridors for high speed trains.
