With over 600 million people in India or 53 per cent of Indian households defecating in the open, absence of toilet or latrine is one of the important contributors to malnutrition, a World Bank report has said.
PM Modi addressed a crowded UNESCO gathering, speaking of the importance of culture.
Foreign banks set the template in consumer banking in its infancy, but have almost vacated this booming space.
'It was unfair to expect him to continue to keep on supplying vaccines without being given a firm commitment or a financial grant of any sort.'
The men's and women's team won the air rifle event.
Recently, The World Bank has come up with the latest figures on the wealthiest countries in the world.
Multiple World champion and Olympic bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom is among the 19 boxers selected for the senior women core group of probables for this year's Commonwealth and Asian Games.
'I was in China and when they learnt I had made Disco Dancer, they started singing Jimmy Jimmy, Aaja Aaja.'
The game plan is to pressure India and China to come back and commit to further emissions cuts by next year's UN meeting. Neither China nor India has 2030 targets anywhere near in line with a 1.5 degree centigrade pathway, and so will be on the target list of nations under pressure to return next year with more ambition, predicts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Ten billionaires including Mukesh Ambani, Sunil Mittal are in the world's richest list.
It doesn't make sense to view the womb through the prism of religion, community and tradition, warns Shyam G Menon.
Infosys chief Vishal Sikka also said that demonetisation has shown to the world that Indians are ready to adopt new technology disruptions.
Russell Domingo coached South Africa to the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup in 2014 and the 50-overs World Cup in 2015.
India must remain an integral part of the global economy if it has to grow at 9-10 per cent over the next three decades, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday. Speaking at the 15th India Digital Summit, Kant said India needs to become a major global exporting nation, without that it will not be possible to become richer and create wealth for its people over the next three decades.
Like ants declining to question the rules of the anthill, they feel innately justified in their approach, notes Shyam G Menon.
'NRI interest has gone up in the past three-four years.'
The host for the 2010 Games will be named on November 13 in Jamaica.
Mumbai is the only Indian city in the top 30 cities in the world for multi-millionaires.
'Inequality has been growing in the world. The virus has only amplified it.'
A growing China is good for everybody as creation of wealth "ultimately trickles across the world", Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein has said.
Messi's love for Barcelona, who he joined when he was just 13, is deep.
'Waiting for a market correction and optimising entry time in the markets will be akin to missing the woods for the trees.'
Yogini and wellness expert Shweta Singh tells you how to begin your yoga journey.
'I am not the kind of person who will stand up and complain. I have no complaints against anyone. If I've been away from the entertainment industry, it's because I am not into selling myself.'
'We can go somewhere between 35 per cent and 40 per cent.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made his debut among the world's most powerful people, ranked 15th on the Forbes list topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin who pipped his US counterpart Barack Obama for a second year in a row.
The Gujarati's intolerance for diversity can be seen in India's hard nationalism which is showing itself in Kashmir and the North East, observes Aakar Patel.
The haul of 64 medals at the Commonwealth Games, in July-August, which included 15 gold, should act as the ideal springboard for the Indian contingent to better its medal tally at Guangzhou, China, four years ago.
College is where the manicured view of the world provided by one's family, encounters new trends. It is the dawn of exploration. Wishing for a sanitised bubble on campus appears hypocritical. The correct strategy, one would assume, is to weed out the violence while retaining the right to political debate, argues Shyam G Menon.
Do you have parents who have turned 60? You may want to forward Sarbajeet K Sen's suggestions to them.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
India jumps to fourth from thirteen in the list of countries having households with more than $100 mn private wealth.
'If you are ready to stomach the loss, you may invest 3-5 per cent of your portfolio in crypto assets.' 'Of this, 80-90 per cent should be in Bitcoin.'
Instead of being a facilitator, each political formation has only tried to be an ATM for freebies, feels Veena Sandhu
Postpone the purchase of big-ticket consumer durable items, recreational spending on holidays, and other such expenses unless your financial position is very secure, advises Sarbajeet K Sen.
They have one of the most exciting squads around, full of proven matchwinners to take the burden off Ronaldo.
Tony Abbott's views come at a time when the influential G-20 grouping, that includes India, is making stringent efforts to crack down on illicit money flow in the financial system.
The concept of 'fairness by rulers' is deeply ingrained in Indians and any weakening of this dents the legitimacy of the ruler, warns military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Maradona's inheritance process is likely to be a messy affair between his large family, with eight children from six different partners
Soft oil prices are expected to persist in 2015 and will be accompanied by significant real income shifts from oil-exporting to oil-importing countries.
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