Standard Chartered on Friday lowered India's growth forecast for the current financial year to 4.7 per cent from earlier 5.5 per cent, citing "upside risks" to inflation and fiscal deficit.
Mark Zuckerberg said the company believes in Net neutrality "very strongly".
The ministry of railways is set to invite bids for content on demand and rail radio services, to be provided for travellers in April, says Shine Jacob.Shine Jacob in New Delhi
Anything can happen, says a young Congress leader.
Towards the close of 2013, the finance ministry approved the proposal of UK-based Tesco to invest $110 million in opening up of multi-brand retail stores in the country in partnership with Tata Group firm Trent.
The size of the hole in today's banking crisis appears to be roughly 10 per cent of GDP.
FDI in brownfield investment has resulted in acquisition of domestic drug-manufacturing firms by multinational companies.
Sachin Bansal, who had co-founded Flipkart with Binny Bansal in 2007, would exit the company
The aspirations, energy, enterprise and skills of the youth will be the force for India's economic transformation
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.
Post-elections, the pace is expected to be greater for inbound deals, which have been largely pushed back for many months now for want of better clarity on the policy stance of new government, experts said.
Experts believe volatility is here to stay for some time, at least till China stabilises and clarity regarding the US Fed's interest rate move emerges.
The defence ministry has lost sight of what it intended to achieve -- which was to nurture private defence firms that would compete on equal terms with the 9 defence PSUs and the 41 Ordnance Factory Board factories.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi involves junior ministers in the decision-making process and holds a meeting of the Council of Ministers every last Saturday of the month, but there is a group of ministers that he reaches out to more often.
The RBI governor most famous oneliners -- 'I am Raghuram Rajan and I do what I do' -- that eventually summed up the year 2015 for the central bank
PwC wants to know what will happen when a company with substantial reserves is merged into a new concern and the resultant entity is converted into a limited liability partnership.
This is the highest closing for both the indices since May 15.
Most employment surveys suffer from drawbacks such as limited data coverage, infrequent data collection, and time lag
India already allows 100 per cent ownership of greenfield pharma businesses.
From Swachh Bharat to spearheading the Make in India campaign, the PMO seems to be at the centre of all policies, writes Nivedita Mookerji.
'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.
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BSE auto index surged 2%, capital goods, healthcare and oil & gas indices also up.
Economy to grow by 7.2-7.5 per cent in second half of current fiscal, says FM.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar discusses five issues pivotal for the success of Digital India
The government is keeping its options open.
Watal panel had suggested an independent payments regulator be set up.
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Reliance, Birla Group, Airtel eye small finance banks.
Stating that the forthcoming elections will delay the reform process and hurt growth, international rating agency Moody's on Monday said it expects growth to pick up to only 5.5 per cent in FY15.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja on Tuesday told a Delhi court that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Cabinet members were "completely under confusion" created by "vested interests" about policy and procedure of Department of Telecommunication in allocating the 2G spectrum.
Can we make high speed 4G Internet available at 10 cents per GB, and make all voice calls free of cost -- that too in a large and diverse country like India? Can we make high-quality but simple breast cancer screening available to every woman, that too at the extremely affordable cost of $1 per scan? Can we make a portable, high-tech ECG machine which can provide reports immediately and that too at the cost of 8 cents a test? Can we make an eye imaging device that is portable, non-invasive and costs 3 times less that conventional devices? Can we make a robust test for mosquito-borne dengue, which can detect the disease on day 1, and that too at the cost of $2 per test? Amazingly, says Dr R A Mashelkar, the eminent scientist, all this has been achieved in India, not only by using technological innovation but also non-technological innovation.
The global brokerage firm believes that CRR cut is likely to help cut lending rates and revive growth sentiments.
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Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said universal connectivity and net neutrality "can and must" coexist.
The benchmark Sensex gained 4,642.84 points, or 16.%, while the broader NSE Nifty surged 1,572.85 points, or 18.20% during this period.
The Modi government's array of economic policy has been impressive.
Industry is displeased over the failure of the National Manufacturing Policy, which has failed to invite any sizeable investment since it was launched more than two years ago.
The Commerce Ministry earlier this week commissioned a study to assess the impact of free trade agreement with South Korea, with which India had a trade deficit of about $9 billion in 2012-13.
Jigar Shah, chief executive officer, Maybank Kim Eng Securities is not certain that the DMart listing would trigger a re-rating of the Indian retailing sector.
The apex court had observed that the allocation was arbitrary, illegal, and resulted in unfair distribution of national wealth.
In fact, no other recent Union Budget has held so much significance for the Indian economy as the one to be presented in about six weeks from now, notes A K Bhattacharya.
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
