In a society where corruption is endemic and you want to get something done then it is all too tempting to offer a bribe, Swraj Paul said.
Trade sanctions on Russia by Europe and the US offer an opportunity for India, but the devaluation of the rouble may play spoilsport
Bunker Roy, founder of the Barefoot College at Tilonia in Rajasthan, was awarded the Clinton Global Citizen Award at a ceremony in New York on September 25.
At present, the Mactan Cebu International Airport can handle seven million passengers a year
'If we chose to do the right things, it is possible to avoid job losses at a mass scale,' ABB MD Sanjeev Sharma tells Raghu Krishnan.
Movies like Jungle Book, Conjuring 2 helped Hollywood capture its biggest share of the Indian box office this year. Can Bollywood keep up? Urvi Malvania reports.
The primary problem is that India's garment factories are too small and they typically have 150 people and about 80 machines.
Accommodative monetary policy has driven a bull market in stocks in recent years, but the Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates early next year and the U.S. Federal Reserve not long after, tempering future gains.
Gold prices are set to drop further in the domestic market, owing to the rupee's appreciation.
India's macroeconomic environment is improving, but it is still not past the point where it can ignore the developments in the global markets
Internet-based systemic wisdom connects machines and people, and will drive next-gen enterprises, said Huawei's Yatish Nagavalli.
Year after year, floods cause mayhem in Bihar but the government is not paying adequate attention to water management.
The Forbes 5th annual '30 Under 30' list features 600 women and men.
One of the smallest players in India's car market, it is banking on new-look Etios to make inroads into the personal vehicle segment
The S&P BSE Sensex ended the session at 25,342, up 3 points while the Nifty50 closed at 7,738 points.
Concluding the three-part series, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta says that the black money law is likely to fail because of the ineptness of India's investigative and enforcement agencies.
Rosneft bought a 49 per cent stake in Essar Oil's refinery port and petrol pumps, while Netherlands-based Trafigura Group Pte, one of the world's biggest commodity trading companies, and Russian investment fund United Capital Partners split another 49 per cent equity equally.
A rising number of Greeks in rural areas are swapping goods and services in cashless transactions.
'The difference between black money in India and the black money out of India is, in India, it is tax evaded money and Indian money outside India is not only tax evaded money, but money which has been taken out of India's capital resources needed for India. So it is not only tax evasion, but treason too.'
Migrants do many of the dirty and dangerous jobs in the region, from construction to the oil industry, transport and services
Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year.
'Alas, in this scheme there is nothing to stop the black money flows of the future.' 'On the contrary Modi has sown the seeds of more, through the issue of Rs 2,000 notes.' 'But have you heard one politician decrying this aspect of the scheme?' 'They must be secretly rejoicing that while Modi is taking away their past, he has not shut the door on their future,' says banker S Muralidharan.
Here's a closer look at the showcause notices issued to Lalit Modi
Double tax exemption on wages paid to women can encourage companies to hire, retain and compensate women better, argues Nitin Pai.
Fairfax Financial Holdings made three investments in a month
The best way to curb gold demand is by reducing black money in circulation.
'Modi remains the most popular politician in India; the BJP's organisational and fundraising prowess is considerable; and the Opposition, while newly collaborative, has no leader or clear economic messaging as of yet.'
'Is standing in a queue any bigger sacrifice than that of a soldier's family?'
Meet Anand Kumar, a government clerk who transformed into a real estate and hospitality baron.
The Parsi community runs India's respected corporate houses like the Tata, Wadia and Godrej groups.
Euro-zone growth could improve because of (a) reduced pace of fiscal tightening and (b) stronger exports, but weak domestic demand and a fragile banking system could increase deflation risks that could force the European Central Bank to turn further accommodative.
It took the Aditya Birla group four years to make up its mind on entering the the burgeoning e-commerce market in the country.
The S&P BSE Sensex closed at 26,190, up by 43 points and Nifty50 settled above 7,950 to end at 7,963, up by 17 points
These exist in a unique world of by-invitation-only properties -- those that are never advertised and which money alone cannot buy. One cannot simply walk in for a tour of these apartments. A buyer must first meet the developer's targeted social criteria to get invited for a walkthrough of the property.
"The poor will not suffer disproportionately due to bouts of sharp inflation, and the middle class will not see its savings eroded," Raghuram Rajan said.
But experts say downside limited, pockets of opportunities for investors
Jyoti 'Jay' Chaudhuri, general counsel and senior adviser to the state treasurer of the US state of North Carolina, was elected chairman of the board of the Council of Institutional Investors, last month.
The more one thinks about it, the more difficult it is to see how India will be able to reap the benefits of a demographic dividend, says Aakar Patel.
Even as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decide if a film backed by a streaming service qualifies for a 'regular' feature nomination, both critics and audiences hope Mudbound makes it to the Oscars, says Nikita Puri.
'We expect the new government to look into the issue of penalties imposed on technology firms involved in UID related projects.'
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