UK's largest retailer Tesco, Singapore Airlines and Etihad queued up to invest in India as a persistent UPA threw open more sectors to foreign investments with indications of more big ticket deals to be announced in the new year.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar discusses five issues pivotal for the success of Digital India
Corporate legal cases kept India Inc on its toes in 2014 as high stake matters on coal, telecom and mining came up in the Supreme Court, which also sent Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy to jail.
Appropriate policies will increase connectivity much more than spectrum auctions, says Shyam Ponappa.
Mobile tower radiation reaching us is more than a thousand times weaker than that from the handsets we use and the Indian standards are 10 times more stringent than the global norms recommended by the World Health Organisation, points out T V Ramachandran.
From Swachh Bharat to spearheading the Make in India campaign, the PMO seems to be at the centre of all policies, writes Nivedita Mookerji.
Estimates suggest subsidy outgo on these proposals would be at least Rs 1,000 crore
It will escalate costs, mandate regulator to check malpractices, set standards.
The Intelligence Bureau has said that out of the billions of information that has been collected from India by the National Security Agency, a meagre 20 per cent is connected to terror activities. Vick Nanjappa reports
The size of the hole in today's banking crisis appears to be roughly 10 per cent of GDP.
'Does the BJP opening up a new assault on Rajiv Gandhi indicate that the BJP's internal calculations are pointing to the election results not going as it hoped, and hence a sign of desperation?' asks Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
For successive governments the Election Commission remains a 'holy cow', where unhealthy precedents are allowed to be nurtured since Independence, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
After 5 yrs, firm's offer to set up private satellites for digital push has seen some interest from Isro
FIXES BY THE GOVERNMENT: Energy price fixed, tax issues linger.
Investors expect more investment-friendly policies opening up more sectors for foreign direct investment
More than 80 executives participated in the survey that was done from April to June this year.
Amazon committed a fresh investment of $3 billion, in addition to the $2 billion it announced in 2014.
Narendra Modi is one of the least affluent ministers in the Union Cabinet.
If he doesn't, two things are guaranteed: Failure for him, and continued slide for his nation despite its talented people, strong nationalism, the gift of geography and a formidable army, points out Shekhar Gupta.
The key proposals from the IT industry that were not addressed included removal of dual levies on software products
A company claims to run ads on Facebook where students are encouraged to provide their details to get help from career counsellors.
Financial shares were the top losers.
Important for Chinese President Xi Jinping will be Zhao's discussions on the issues of Tibet and the Dalai Lama and his assessment of the likely results of India's coming national elections, notes former senior RA&W officer and China expert Jayadeva Ranade.
Parekh ensures that he never forgets the importance of correctness.
They can carry huge amounts of data, have a lot of bandwidth, but operate at short ranges, between 200 metres and 2-3 km reports Surajeet Das Gupta
Modi's minimum government, maximum governance will go a long way?
'Vajpayee was predictable in his ways.' 'Modi is a schemer, possessed of a shrewdness that can be rewarding in the chaotic world of politics.' 'His political journey gives reason to believe that 2019 will be another milestone in his private project,' notes Vikram Johri.
'The idea is to align the HR policies and work culture with changing times'.
Prime Minister Modi told President Xi that he has made efforts to improve ties with Islamabad but these efforts have been "derailed".
Trade union leaders claimed that the strike would be even bigger than the one last year as the number of striking workers is expected to swell to 18 crore
Delhi Police claims that the FIR reveals serious cognizable corruption & cheating offences, so matter is within its jurisdiction.
Srei Infrastructure's vice-chairman -- and former Assocham president -- Sunil Kanoria discusses the Kanoria businesses and his impression of the Modi government with Ishita Ayan Dutt and Namrata Acharya.
'The workers's dance of wilful destruction has the potential to kill all investments planned in India by any foreign entity,' argues Dr Sudhir Bisht.
The study claims that from its peak of 18 per cent of gross domestic product in 2008, the crony capitalists' wealth is now down to three per cent
Britain's vote to leave the European Union means uncertainty for markets and companies as London initiates at least two years of negotiations with the EU.
Given the relative rates of gross domestic product growth, the differential will increase.
The fiscal deficit of the Centre remains a worry, running at over 6.5 per cent of GDP in April-September 2014, mainly because of revenue shortfalls from exaggerated projections in the government's July Budget and despite the relief on subsidies from lower oil prices.
Liberalising regulations on satcom technology could attract billions of dollars in foreign investment.
Lenders can now review a borrower account within 30 days of default. Earlier, the banks had to start resolution within one day of default.
