India is currently a relatively small market for the US, in terms of total US exports.
It is a wonder how pervasive and long-lasting the damage can be from a balance-sheet crisis, says Suman Bery.
Bangladesh might overtake India this year by per capita income in nominal dollars, but it is not yet close to becoming South Asia's economic powerhouse anytime soon, T N Ninan points out.
World's 300 largest metropolitan economies account for nearly half of global economic output.
Many emerging economies have witnessed a flight of foreign portfolio capital and their currencies have slumped against the dollar.
The lowest drug prices were found in India and South Africa.
The Global Peace Index 2017, by the Institute of Economics and Peace found that the global level of peace slightly improved, by 0.28 per cent in score. A total of 93 countries improved, while 68 countries deteriorated.
'No matter how many government schemes there are for the poor, the system works more for the privileged, less for the little guy,' notes T N Ninan.
India has promised to reduce the emission intensity of its growth by 33-35 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030.
You will be part of fastest growing major global economy, India's ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringala told young American students.
The advanced economies have been experiencing their longest period of slow growth.
The lowest bid earlier had come for Madhya Pradesh at Rs 5.05/unit.
'Imagine China pursuing its aims in Jammu and Kashmir by using Pakistani and now Afghan proxies.'
'The Mumbai-Pune Olympics will be help shift the country's gaze to a region that denotes a new formula for sports, enterprise, and nation building,' argues Shashank Mani Tripathi.
The advanced economies have been experiencing their longest period of slow growth in many decades.
ADB's calculations imply almost half of India's population (47.7 per cent) was below the line in 2010. Both these estimates are based on the year 2005's purchasing power parity rates.
Is India really one of the cheapest nations to live in?
The deported Rohingyas would face persecution in Myanmar but also, possibly, elimination.
While India's human development index has improved, absolute performance levels aren't satisfactory, says T N Ninan.
'Trump's anti-trade, anti-immigrant rhetoric reminds me of Chinese history,' says A V Rajawade.
Congress campaign seeking to paint the ruling party as anti-poor and anti-farmer seems to have unnerved the BJP, feels T N Ninan.
IIM-A saw 36 per cent jump in maximum domestic salary in 2018 placements this year.
'If global growth continues to be sluggish, India instead could potentially take a bigger piece of a shrinking pie,' says Prachi Mishra, managing director, Global Macro Research, and India chief economist, Goldman Sachs.
During her nearly 17-minute speech, she did not mention Pakistan.
'As for tricky relations with China, India needs less of summitry type event management and more anticipatory analysis and management of events,' says Ambassador Jaimini Bhagwati.
Swamy said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should convene a conference of "insiders" to draw up a new policy especially after the recent Lakhvi episode.
The World Bank's latest review of its purchasing power parity (PPP) baseline will reignite the poverty debate.
Qatar is the world's richest country in terms of per capita income.
It is often said that the India-Indonesia relationship is overshadowed by mutual neglect.
Shiv Nadar University is pulling out all stops to attract teaching talent from the US, but will it be enough?
'Gloom is nowhere in sight, with healthy foreign exchange reserves, a strong rupee, healthy tax collections, corruption and crony capitalism under check,' argues Gopal Krishna Agrawal.
These figures are based on purchasing power parity of 2005.
In a recent article, Rajan has ridiculed critics of the exchange rate policy.
India's credit and banking are neither too big nor too small.
Instead the Chinese IT firms focussed more on the local markets where they are well entrenched.
If we are to realise the full potential of biologics' ability to improve people's health, it is essential to encourage public policy and support R&D.
Richard Clarida's recent paper could be key for policymakers in deciding whether India should move to an 'inflation targeting policy regime', says Vivek Dehejia.
India's per capita GDP of $5,238 in 2013 was 65 per cent lower than Iran, 54 per cent lower than Maldives, 44 per cent lower than Sri Lanka and 27 per cent lower than Bhutan, according to the Human Development Report 2015
'For such prices you could get a place inside New York City and inside London.' 'Rs 7 crore is a million dollars and will bring you a handsome place in any city in the world.' 'The truly strange thing is that the conversion of the rupee's actual value makes India's real estate even more expensive,' says Aakar Patel.
India has one thing that China has - the potential to be of interest as a huge market in its own right.
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