"High inflation could derail India's stable macroeconomic and interest rate environment", Standard & Poor's said in a statement.
Nine Indian Americans among Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business this year.
It is time we understood the struggle for land, water and forests as fight for livelihoods.
The pollution board said that the situation will improve further by Sunday if favourable conditions prevail.
Growth in the Asia-Pacific region will be low, the aqency said
Singh was widely regarded as an expert in the rural and agricultural landscape of the country and is credited with the conceptualisation and implementation of the NREGA (National Rural Guarantee Employment) Act.
The report blames the lack of quality control and infrastructure, low-paying jobs through campus placement and poor faculty as the major reasons behind India's unfolding B-school disaster.
In a report on the rupee's depreciation, S&P said, "Revenue for companies that export and operate overseas would rise, because they would get more rupees for the goods and services they sell."
'I used to be crazy about dates, about car numbers, phone numbers and people would ask, "How can you remember all these things?".'
The political fall-out of the US downgrade is not over. Republicans and Democrats are both trying to pin the blame on the other party, displaying their great skill in spinning news to score partisan political points.
Deven Sharma, president of Standard and Poor's, tells Devjyot Ghoshal that the market and the investor will have the final say on the way forward.
The US political system might not be as broke as some thought but the deal came a bit too late to allay apprehensions.
Prime Minister's economic advisory panel has said there was no need for any stimulas package to help the industry tide over the impact of the crisis following downgrade of the US credit rating by Standard and Poor's.
A credit agency evaluates the credit worthiness of an issuer of specific types of debt.
President Barack Obama on Monday strongly defended US credit after a historic debt downgrade by rating agency S&P and said America will always be AAA nation as its economic problems were 'eminently solvable', given the political will.
Facing criticism inside the United States for downgrading America's credit rating from AAA to AA+, the Standard and Poor's Indian-American president Deven Sharma has said that the agency's decision was made mainly because of the rising debt levels and the process of resolving things.
There is an Indian at the helm of affairs surrounding the historic downgrade of the United States' creditworthiness, as ratings agency S&P's unprecedented move was taken under the leadership of Deven Sharma.
With the downgrade there is a danger that investors who hold these financial securities may sell out. Of course, the level of selling will depend on the way the investors react to this downgrade.
Roger Federer's 6-3, 7-5 win over Argentine Juan Monaco in the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters made him only the seventh player in the Open Era to win 800 singles matches on the Tour. His career-record now stands at 802-186.
When you have set standards for yourself and then people get shocked (because of poor form)!
Minister of State for Commerce and Finance Nirmala Sitaraman, in Mumbai to address election rallies, took time out to talk about the economy, foreign investment and trade facilitation.
BJP's reversals in rural Gujarat has prompted many policy watchers to predict that the Budget would have incentives for the agriculture sector and the rural economy.
Lasith Malinga was suspended for one year after the fast bowler pleaded guilty to a breach of contract by speaking to the media without permission, Sri Lanka's cricket board said in Colombo on Tuesday.
The much-advertised hunger for success among the denizens of India's tier-II and tier-III cities has been the big story of the past decade. How relevant is it to memorize Ampere's Law, Charles's Law and the dates of the battles of Panipat in this brave new world?
A hat-trick by Lionel Messi inspired Barcelona to an 8-0 rout of Osasuna in La Liga on Saturday as the champions responded with a devastating performance after a poor week by their high standards.
The report, released on June 21, alleged that some senior leaders of the BJP "made inflammatory speeches against minority communities".
Gagan Narang, Jitu Rai and young Mehuli Ghosh failed to make the Indian shooting squad for the upcoming Asian Games, even as a few unheralded faces were picked for the quadrennial extravaganza, starting in Indonesia, from August 18.
Delhi Police ask for 45 documents for opening a restaurant, only 19 for a gun: Survey
Of the three major Budget announcements related to the banking sector, privatisation of PSBs is the most audacious, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Taxes on health, excluding medicines, could rise from 8.8 per cent currently, to around 13.6 per cent - an increase of 4.8 per cent.
India had time to plan and improve its competitiveness and infrastructure. Yet it chose not to. And for that we need to blame our government, says M R Venkatesh.
Analysts say large issue sizes and high prices were key reasons for the poor response to IPOs of other public sector insurance entities. The high share price meant small investors did not foresee any listing gain
Standard and Poor's action has left many speechless.
India's gross public debt to GDP ratio fell from 75.8 per cent to 66.2 per cent.
...helped by a Wall Street rally after the US Federal Reserve yesterday pledged to keep US interest rates low at least through mid-2013.
All the newspapers and business news channels on Monday morning told us that the world is now going to change again. But these very guys had no clue till a few days back, and were gung ho about the Indian economy, the Sensex and pretty much everything else.
This could lead to an unprecedented bloodbath in the global financial markets.
Demand has fallen significantly in the US, which accounts for around 30 per cent of crude oil consumption and meets 60 per cent of its demand through imports.
If the fiscal position of the United States deteriorates further or if the political gridlock becomes more entrenched, then that could lead to a downgrade.
Investors say stocks to drift further, but impact of rating downgrade may be short-term.
