He was a storyteller who made me feel the pulse of history, the stakes of human ambition, and the thrill of a well-told tale. Prem Panicker recalls his debt to Frederick Forsyth, who passed away on Monday.
The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has urged the Centre to provide immediate relief measures as the tariffs imposed by the United States have started hitting the industry. US tariffs of 50 per cent on Indian goods came into effect on August 27.
A slowdown in India's growth rate, the bank said, has also affected the growth rate of South Asia. As a result, South Asia has fallen to second place after East Asia and the Pacific.
IndiaCo, a Pune-based equity investment firm, on Wednesday, said that it has received approval for $800,000 programme from the World Bank to improve its incubation and innovation centre and support upcoming companies in India and abroad.\n\n\n\n
The World Bank on Wednesday cut India's economic growth projection to 6% for the current fiscal from 6.9% estimated earlier and blamed the slow down on corruption scandals and a host of policy issues including uncertainty in tax policies.
Besides him, Brajendra Navnit who served in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has been appointed as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Geneva, Switzerland. Topno is a 1996 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Gujarat cadre.
The World Bank on Tuesday said that India could achieve eight per cent economic growth, provided the government stepped up reforms, including measures to contain fiscal deficit and wasteful subsidies.
During that period, the World Bank Group's private sector arm, IFC, committed $1.2 billion in India.
'In this age of competition, we will not survive long if we do not provide quality service to our consumers'
Spiralling prices of wheat, maize, sugar and oils apart from food items such as vegetables turning costlier, are pushing food inflation higher, according to World Bank.
Optimistic of India sustaining 8.0 per cent GDP growth, World Bank on Friday indicated that it will step up assistance to the country next fiscal from close to $2.0 billion this fiscal.
The World Bank has praised India for its rapid economic growth but was critical of the country's labour laws, caste system, gender inequality and imperfections in capital market that were widening inequality.
The World Bank group has been publishing annually 'Doing Business Report' since 2004.
Three days after the World Bank decided to ban it for eight years, Satyam Computer Services today hit back and demanded an apology from the bank for "certain inappropriate statements" made by its representatives.
The average Indian fraudster isn't an outsider exploiting security loopholes. He's usually a man between 26 and 45 years of age, working in operations or procurement, with more than six years at the organisation.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, which is implementing the project, said that it was in talks with the World Bank for funding the project.
There is lack of scientific basis in computing the poverty line, says govt.
Showcasing India as an attractive investment destination, Modi said the country has political and economic stability as well as transparency and predictability in policy decisions.
Novak Djokovic, who claimed his fourth US Open and last major title in 2023, said he has "earned the right" to pick his schedule.'
The crisis may not be as visible this time, but the stakes are just as high, points out Rajeswari Sengupta.
Implementation of the VAT regime, strongly favoured by the Kelkar committee on tax reforms, has been hanging fire since April this year.
Purchasing power parity revision set to alter poverty estimation; fall won't be so steep once the global poverty line is revised too.
The Kalyani Priyadarshan starrer is the kind of incentive superhero origin story that can alter the way such films are made in Malayalam cinema, feels Arjun Menon.
The World Bank on Wednesday lowered its economic growth forecast for China this year to 6.5 per cent, down from 7.5 per cent at the end of last November, after huge falls in exports and shrinking private sector investment.
India will need to grow at an average 7.8 per cent to become a high-income country by 2047, a World Bank report said on Friday. To achieve this goal India would require reforms in financial sector as well as in land and labour market, the World Bank said in its India Country Memorandum titled 'Becoming a High-Income Economy in a generation'.
'Things may get much worse before they get better,' predicts Ajay Chhibber.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's sudden resignation after only a year in office has thrown Japan into political turmoil, raising doubts about how the country will handle economic and regional challenges, observes Dr Rajaram Panda.
Among Sensex firms, Eternal, Infosys, Asian Paints, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finserv and Titan were the major gainers. However, Tata Steel, Tech Mahindra, Adani Ports and Bharat Electronics were among the laggards.
Since February 2025, the RBI has reduced the policy rate by 100 basis points. In its previous policy review in June, it had trimmed the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.5 per cent.
The World Bank and The International Monetary Fund concluded their annual spring meeting here by increasing the voting rights of India, China and Brazil, among others, thus giving them more say in the institutions' functioning.
Home Minister Amit Shah stated in the Rajya Sabha that the terrorists responsible for the Pahalgam attack were killed in Operation Mahadev. He also criticized the Congress party's stance on national security.
Former Team India hockey stars Rupinder Pal Singh, Gurwinder Singh Chandi and Jugraj Singh are now engaged in a different 'field work' - they are part of the relief and rescue operations in flood-affected Punjab.
Zhao Xintong received a 20-month ban in January 2023 after a match-fixing scandal that rocked the sport, the repercussions of which meant he was classed as an amateur at the World Snooker Championship.
Businesses are testing new markets, tapping into domestic demand, and pushing the government for relief.
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