The potential KPO delivery locations, including China, the Philippines and Sri Lanka, are unlikely to challenge India's dominant position in the market, but they have enabled many vendors to pursue a multi-shore strategy, it said.
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Chambers said Internet will facilitate 3-5 times the economic impact at a much faster pace
'There are already multiple lawsuits against the IT rules.' 'So questions of compliance are like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.'
India suffered a $3 billion loss to its economy from severe rainfall and flooding in November and early December.
Noting India's strategic importance in American efforts to limit the Chinese influence, a former top diplomat on Friday said the United States should include New Delhi in its East Asia policy.
The five-day exercise will see the participation of Seychelles and Mauritius for the first time in the event where nine countries, including India, will field their warships, Navy officials said in New Delhi.
Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it has acquired 49 per cent stake in Qualcomm's broadband wireless access (BWA) business in India for USD 165 million (about Rs 922 crore).
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The 54-member ECOSOC, holding the first plenary meeting of its 2021 session in the General Assembly Hall on Monday, held elections for two seats in the Asia-Pacific States category with Afghanistan, India and China in the fray.
China and India dominate the Forbes 2012 list of 50 best publicly traded companies in Asia-Pacific.
In terms of stock selection, India continues to benefit from two phenomena - the big getting bigger and availability of quality stocks in relative abundance compared with its Asian peers.
Computer maker Dell has reported 18 per cent drop in net profit to USD 732 million in the May-July quarter of this fiscal, which saw 30 per cent dip in India revenues -- sharpest fall in the Asia Pacific region.
A survey done by Deloitte says, predictability of tax laws is poor in China, India and Indonesia.
Vijender Singh believes his bout against Australia's Kerry Hope -- for the WBO Asia Pacific super middleweight crown -- will go a long way in determining the future of pro boxing in the country.
Such businesses outperform non-family firms by 3% in first six months of CY20, says Credit Suisse report.
Worldhotels sees significant opportunities in the Asia-Pacific market.
The United States of America, say experts, is gently nudging India to contain the rise of China's assertiveness in the Asia Pacific region without antagonising the latter.
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Airlines in Asia-Pacific expected to post losses worth $1.1 billion out of a total industry loss of $8.3 billion next year.
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"We have a special focus area on our relationship with India -- a strategic partnership that continues to grow, both government-to-government and military-to-military. India is the largest democracy in South Asia. It's the most consequential military in the region," he said.
Reports claim that the country's defence spending is set to double by 2015
Ahead of his first visit to India, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has said the United States is looking for new partners and relationships in Asia Pacific region which represents both opportunities and challenges.
Dr S Rajan, India's candidate to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, was re-elected on Wednesday to the Commission for a five-year term from 2012-17 in a meeting of the State Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. In the first round, Rajan obtained 112 of the 161 valid votes cast. The election was keenly contested in the Asia-Pacific group with eight candidates in the fray for five seats.
The new Centre of Excellence at the India Software Lab will offer solutions to organisations across India, South Asia and Asia Pacific.
Asian executives are taking home fatter pay-cheques than their peers in Europe and by 2013, they will go past the earnings of American top brass as well, says global staffing consultancy Mercer.
On his maiden visit to India as the United States Defence Secretary, Leon Panetta would focus on taking the Indo-US defence ties to the next level, besides discussing the situation in the region and the 'rebalancing' of his country's posturing in the Asia Pacific region.
eBay says it has cut jobs at its centre in Bengaluru in favour of shifting them to other locations around the world.
Rising prices of international coal - both coking and thermal - used in the making of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, respectively, are expected to have an impact on margins of metals companies in July-September quarter (Q2) as steel companies may see margins getting eroded, while the base firms could stand to benefit, said brokerages.
The Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation also expects India's airlines to post a combined loss of a whopping $1.4 billion, with Air India likely to be the 'worst performer' to report a loss of almost the entire amount of $1.3 billion.
The US is leading the world once more and people across the globe admire America the most as they have developed a "new confidence" in its leadership, President Barack Obama has said.
The company's revenues also slipped four per cent to $14.42 billion in Q1 FY'13 from $15.01 billion in 2012.
Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) on Tuesday said it strongly disagrees with the findings in Sebi's order in the case of winding of six debt schemes in 2020 and has decided to challenge the direction in Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT).
US-based coffee giant Starbucks on Thursday said it is moving forward with the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Tata Coffee and hopes to make an announcement soon even as the government has notified 100 per cent FDI in single brand retail.
India and China will remain the fastest growing economies in Asia-Pacific by expanding at respective rates of 8.7 per cent and 9.5 per cent in 2011, much above the average of the region, UN agency ESCAP said.
Former Miss Commonwealth Asia Pacific Shweta Raj tells us why she wrote a guide book for aspiring models in the lockdown.
It would also be launching two more models of its super bike series by Jan.
The number of Indian companies was second only to the 65 firms from both China and Hong Kong that found a place in the list.
The worldwide business process outsourcing market is forecast to grow by 6.3 per cent globally and 17.9 per cent in the Asia-Pacific during the year 2011, says a study by market research firm Gartner.
Indians are still the most optimistic investors in Asia mainly because of its sustained domestic growth momentum, but going into 2011, they have somewhat lower expectations than they did in the previous quarters, says a survey.
