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Centre-Hurriyat talks good beginning: Musharraf

Centre-Hurriyat talks good beginning: Musharraf

Rediff.com24 Jan 2004

He was quoted by the BBC as saying that the process should continue.

'The Indian mentality is to be innovative'

'The Indian mentality is to be innovative'

Rediff.com4 Oct 2005

It is part of the Indian cultural mentality to be innovative and entrepreneurial. India, in ten years, will be a significant economic power, says Vanu Bose.

Mr Shourie's largesse

Mr Shourie's largesse

Rediff.com3 Nov 2003

How we will shop in the future

How we will shop in the future

Rediff.com14 Jun 2005

India more competitive than China

India more competitive than China

Rediff.com31 Oct 2003

Aus ranked lower than India in math education

Aus ranked lower than India in math education

Rediff.com16 Jan 2007

APESMA chief executive John Vines said the lack of confidence expressed by business community about the standard of Australian education reflects workforce issues.

Vinod Khanna to lead India at WEF Jordan meeting

Vinod Khanna to lead India at WEF Jordan meeting

Rediff.com19 Jun 2003

Minister of State for External Affairs Vinod Khanna will lead the Indian delegation to the World Economic Forum extraordinary annual meeting in Jordan from June 21-23.

Income inequality: India among worst-performing countries

Income inequality: India among worst-performing countries

Rediff.com28 Oct 2014

India has performed poorly in removing gender-based disparities, ranking 114 out of 142 countries in World Economic Forum's 2014 gender gap index, scoring below average on parameters like economic participation, educational attainment and health and survival.

Keeping inflation low high priority: FM

Keeping inflation low high priority: FM

Rediff.com25 Jan 2008

FM Chidambaram has announced that keeping the inflation rate low was top priority for him.

WEF honour for NDTV scribe

WEF honour for NDTV scribe

Rediff.com6 Dec 2002

Senior Editor of New Delhi Television Vikram Chandra has been selected as one of the 100 young leaders by Geneva-based World Economic Forum for its Global Leaders for Tommorow initiative for the year 2003.\n\n\n\n

Montek favours hike in oil prices

Montek favours hike in oil prices

Rediff.com4 Dec 2007

The Planning Commission on Tuesday made a case for increasing prices of petrol and diesel arguing that it was not a good idea to check inflation by keeping prices of petroleum products low.

Global fundmen on India trip

Global fundmen on India trip

Rediff.com7 Oct 2004

Indian-American doctor files lawsuit against Modi, Adani

Indian-American doctor files lawsuit against Modi, Adani

Rediff.com1 Sep 2022

Eminent Indian-American attorney from New York Ravi Batra has termed it a "dead on arrival lawsuit".

Maharashtra signs MoUs worth Rs 1.37 lakh cr in Davos

Maharashtra signs MoUs worth Rs 1.37 lakh cr in Davos

Rediff.com18 Jan 2023

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said Memorandums of Understanding worth Rs 1.37 lakh crore have been signed at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos in Switzerland and termed it as a "big achievement". This will generate employment for one lakh people, said Shinde, who was in Davos to seek investments in Maharashtra. "The MoUs will not remain just on paper," he said, adding that foreign investors have shown trust and faith in the state government.

India ranks behind US, China and Germany for global CEOs

India ranks behind US, China and Germany for global CEOs

Rediff.com21 Jan 2020

China and India evoked the highest levels of confidence among major economies at 45 per cent and 40 per cent, respectively. The US was at 36 per cent, Canada at 27 per cent, the UK at 26 per cent, Germany at 20 per cent, France 18 per cent, and Japan having the least optimistic CEOs with only 11 per cent very confident of growing revenues in 2020.

Robot in board room? WEF survey says possible by 2025!

Robot in board room? WEF survey says possible by 2025!

Rediff.com9 Sep 2015

Robots and artificial intelligence machines may find their way to the corporate board rooms in the next ten years

Kingfisher Airlines IPO in 2006

Kingfisher Airlines IPO in 2006

Rediff.com29 Nov 2005

UB Group Chief Vijay Mallya on Tuesday said the Group would raise a total of $400 million over the next one year, which includes an IPO for its aviation business, Kingfisher Airlines.

Disband G8 order: WEF chief

Disband G8 order: WEF chief

Rediff.com7 Feb 2004

IT sector jobs to remain stable at least till 2020: Min

IT sector jobs to remain stable at least till 2020: Min

Rediff.com11 Mar 2016

'About 1.2-2 million people will be added to the IT-ITeS workforce by 2020.'

Rahul Bajaj, World's Favourite Indian

Rahul Bajaj, World's Favourite Indian

Rediff.com12 Apr 2022

'Rahul inspired Indian industry with an ethos, an ethos of being more confident, more independent, more thorough, more competitive, more generous, more public-spirited, and more national and more international all at once,' remembers Naushad Forbes.

'Trump Will Back India On Pakistan'

'Trump Will Back India On Pakistan'

Rediff.com13 Nov 2024

'Trump will absolutely back New Delhi on its position that Pakistan must do more to crack down on terrorists that threaten India.'

'Global CEOs unsure of an economic revival in 2015'

'Global CEOs unsure of an economic revival in 2015'

Rediff.com21 Jan 2015

Thirty-eight per cent of CEOs say the US is among their top three overseas growth markets, compared with 34 per cent for China, 19 per cent for Germany, 11 per cent for the UK and 10 per cent for Brazil.

Davos diary: Search for a new venue

Davos diary: Search for a new venue

Rediff.com30 Jan 2003

The World Economic Forum's annual meeting would be held in Davos in 2004, but it is not certain if Davos would host the meeting in 2005.

Reforms will help India beat the economic gloom, says Jaitley

Reforms will help India beat the economic gloom, says Jaitley

Rediff.com22 Jan 2016

India must carry on structural reforms, the finance minister said.

Tsunami tides over BPO concerns

Tsunami tides over BPO concerns

Rediff.com1 Feb 2005

How to build a great company

How to build a great company

Rediff.com31 Jan 2005

N R Narayana Murthy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies, outlines the key ingredients to building a great company and the role of 'compassionate capitalism' in society.

G20's Delhi declaration sent a 'positive signal': China

G20's Delhi declaration sent a 'positive signal': China

Rediff.com12 Sep 2023

India on Saturday pulled off a big diplomatic win after the G20 summit held under its presidency adopted a consensus declaration overcoming major differences on the Russia-Ukraine war, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for ending the "global trust deficit".

IAS officer bags WEF award

IAS officer bags WEF award

Rediff.com3 Dec 2002

Like Elli AvrRam's bathroom selfie?

Like Elli AvrRam's bathroom selfie?

Rediff.com23 Jan 2020

Bollywood is on the move! The stars are travelling to various parts of India and the world on work and play.

Oil zooming due to stockpiling

Oil zooming due to stockpiling

Rediff.com29 Sep 2004

The current sky-high price of oil at $50 a barrel has been caused due to stockpiling by various countries, said Ged Davis, managing director, Centre for Strategic Insight, World Economic Forum, in New Delhi on Wednesday.

India's rating on global corruption index improves

India's rating on global corruption index improves

Rediff.com3 Dec 2014

China moved to 100th place, down from 80th last year, while Pakistan and Nepal were at 126th position. Bangladesh was 145th and Bhutan 30th in the ranking.

Where did Digvijay go wrong?

Where did Digvijay go wrong?

Rediff.com2 Dec 2003

Indian economy poised to grow: CII

Indian economy poised to grow: CII

Rediff.com24 Nov 2003

Confederation of Indian Industries said on Monday that the economy has shown clear signs of a turnaround over the last four quarters with sales

PM should apologise for mishandling of COVID-19: Sibal

PM should apologise for mishandling of COVID-19: Sibal

Rediff.com5 May 2021

"The Central government thought that the COVID-19 pandemic has ended and they were also applauded by the World Economic Forum. However, they didn't know that there would come a stage when there would be no testing and there would be no oxygen," said the senior Congress leader.

American dream is back, asserts Trump

American dream is back, asserts Trump

Rediff.com21 Jan 2020

Underlining that years of economic stagnation have given way to a "roaring geyser of opportunity", Trump said, "I knew that if we unleashed the potential of our people, cut taxes, slashed regulation, fixed broken trade deals and fully tapped American energy that prosperity would come thundering back ... and that is exactly what happened."