Anand Sharma said the Rs 2,060-crore Jet-Etihad deal falls in line with new 'control' definition.
An interview with Hiroshi Watanabe, president and chief executive of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
This Budget will set a direction to increase the ease of doing business and restore confidence in the economy.
The primary concern about India is probably the time needed to finalise everything, rued Paul Hermelin, chairman and chief executive of Capgemini Group.
Interview with Advisor to Ernst and Young Global.
Salman Khurshid, the minister of external affairs, talks to Nayanima Basu on Pakistan, China, trade and various other challenges on his plate.
Indian tax laws are a source of frustration for US companies, says US Ambassador to India Nancy J Powell.
He said policy could not be rigid, while declining to say by when FDI in multi-brand retail would be allowed.
Problem of a huge trade imbalance against India even as both exports and imports declined in 2012-13 year-on-year still remains a severe challenge even to this day.
While planning significant consolidation of its vast expanse of business in the next five years, the Rs 17,000-crore (rs 170 billion) Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Ltd (Iffco) has demanded "physical support by the government" through excise and Customs exemptions and income tax holidays.
We need to first give priority to some other important issues such as affirmative action, skill development, growth of manufacturing and getting the mega projects off the ground, says Muthuraman.
While the government is banking on divestment of its stake in the country's biggest trading giant MMTC Ltd to meet its Rs 40,000-crore (Rs 400 billion) disinvestment target for 2010-11, MMTC chairman and managing director Sanjiv Batra believes it may take more time, as the government is yet to appoint independent directors on its board.
Exports to Greece from India are $360 million a year.
If the WTO talks in Bali fail, it will adversely impact India.
India will raise the issue of illegal immigration, a "major cause of concern" for the country. Nayanima Basu reports
A visibly elated Sharma said the decision gave India complete protection even if it breached the food subsidy limit under WTO rules
Narendra Modi and Barack Obama will ponder over ties twice over, says Nayanima Basu
Prime minister likely to visit Beijing, Shanghai; also President Xi's home province, Shaanxi. Nayanima Basu reports
Both sides will discuss the ongoing incidents of ceasefire violations at the border, the resolution of which will be given topmost priority
Weeks after 'breakthrough', substantial work is yet to be done
The loan will be utilised in several developmental projects that Nepal wants to undertake. Nayanima Basu reports.
Modi is practical person... If he comes in, he will revive the economy and create jobs, says Sanjay Suri.
Composite dialogue likely to be formally revived; PM visit might also be marked with grant of trade MFN status. Nayanima Basu reports
Under MRA, Japan is to recognise Indian medical degrees and treat the country's doctors and other medical personnel on par with its own.
The rules, the first ever for software applications in the country, were recently issued by the patent office and mandate each new software to be 'machine-specific' and packaged with 'new hardware' to qualify for a licence.
Nevertheless, border dispute will feature prominently on Modi's agenda but the matter won't be discussed at length. Nayanima Basu reports
Downplaying concerns of delay, Amitabh Kant, managing director of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMIC), says the project will be delivered on time.
Chief Minister of the Punjab province in Pakistan and the Pakistan prime minister's brother, Shahbaz Sharif, tells Nayanima Basu that strategic issues go hand in hand with trade normalisation. Sharif believes that cordial relations are in the interest of the people of both India and Pakistan and issues such as Kashmir will also be resolved soon.
Beijing wants assurance that its investments won't come under scrutiny
In an interview, Chief Minister of the Punjab province in Pakistan and the Pakistan prime minister's brother, Shahbaz Sharif, says that strategic issues go hand in hand with trade normalisation
Modi's visit to some developed countries such as the US, Japan, China and Australia were sprinkled with humongous investment figures. But do we have the wherewithal to absorb such big investments?
Contracts with India-based domestic assistants for officials abroad have become a headache for the Indian government.
The compulsions of domestic politics notwithstanding, India and Bangladesh script a new story in bilateral relations, say Nayanima Basu and Aditi Phadnis
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