Countries with abundant resources are faring worse in terms of development than those with less.
Consolidation is the prime mood of the Indian equity market at the moment.
Lower crude prices mean less government outlay for India,
These tips will help you excel in the competitive exam.
Sahara India needs to pay back $5.3 billion, raised from millions of small investors through the sale of bonds ruled by the Supreme Court to be illegal, before founder Subrata Roy can be released.
There is no clarity on the stand taken by the PM on many issues plaguing the aviation sector
Mr Modi must now work to win over the governor as a friend and learn to influence people credibly.
The challenge will be to force the officials of his government to own this vision.
Says India stands to gain by setting up a level playing field instead of creating trade barriers
Maharashtra and West Bengal lead the way in bank fraud.
While going back to the old bill is only a face saver, there is little in the bill that will excite industry or the markets, says Shishir Asthana.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced her United States presidential bid, emerging as one of the top contenders for the Democratic Party nomination as she once again seeks to become America's first woman president.
It could be a matter of concern that foreign shareholders of the NSE are registered in tax havens such as Mauritius and Cyprus.
Being conservative is good, but not quite in a crisis.
Indian govt must tighten food safety norms to prevent controversies like the latest one on Maggi noodles.
'Given his stint in Beijing, as India's longest serving ambassador there and that too through some challenging and interesting times, Jaishankar ought to have been appointed as foreign secretary in 2013 itself,' says Sanjaya Baru.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has managed to pull off what was unimaginable a year back -- adopting a much-needed centre-left approach, says Devanik Saha.
'It will take a long time for the effects of demonetisation to wear away, and I am not even sure that a year lost, can at all be even recovered.'
'If you want to live a happy life, you have to help the downtrodden. You have to understand that you have been given a position which is a confluence of your own capability and the grace of God. You must use that position to exemplify to others what has to be followed.'
Around half of private hospitals and most of government hospitals in the country will have to close down in the next five years because of an acute shortage of nurses.
It would be a miracle indeed if we grow at 7/8 per cent a year over the current and next few years, says A V Rajwade
If error margins and confidence intervals are accounted for, even apparently decisive polls are not "sure things" and that brings us to bookies, who don't believe in any "sure things", says Devangshu Datta
The inability of the economy to create new jobs faster than jobs are lost to automation leads to unemployment.
At the end, however, Allen finds too much of what he calls positive thinking can boomerang.
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The rupee resumed lower at 61.15 per dollar as against the last closing level of 60.77 per dollar yesterday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market and dropped further to 61.44 per dollar before quoting at 61.40 per dollar at 1045 hours.
India's enemies be warned: The Rafale deal will bring a sea change in India's defence preparedness.
Devanik Saha wonders if saffronisation of India is on the rise
AAdhar cannot be successful unless there is proper coordination at the helm.
As his personal wealth started booming, Mallya went on a buying spree.
The government may claim planted trees compensate for forests lost, but that does not mean complex flora and fauna destroyed have been restored, points out Himadri Ghosh.
Despite Uber facing a ban across many states, including Karnataka and Maharashtra, for Lingaraju, a driver employed by the company in Bengaluru, it is business as usual.
How bridge keeps corporate India sharp and quick-witted.
Air that people breathe in Indian cities is among the worst in the world.
John Elliott, the author of Implosion: India's Tryst with Reality, on his Riding the Elephant blog, says the sacking of Cyrus Mistry as chairman of Tata and Sons was in line with Ratan Tata's personal style of dealing with executives
The financial crisis has challenged the intellectual assumptions on which previous regulatory approaches were largely built, and in particular the theory of rational and self-correcting markets.
Whatever society may tell you childlessness is not a bad thing. And here are some reasons why.
Based on the evidence at hand, Modi's goal of scripting a broader, lasting upturn appears some way off, says Rajesh Kumar Singh.
In the long run, the decision could bring clearer rules to a sector that has failed to provide India with enough power because it has been so hamstrung by confusion and scandals over concessions allegedly handed to government cronies.
Vadra launched Skylight Hospitality four months after the DLF shares got listed, amid complaints of inadequate disclosure from investor associations and former business partner Kimsuk Krishna Sinha.
A Delhi court on Thursday warned former Army Chief General V K Singh for making defamatory remarks against ex-Lt Governor of Delhi Tejinder Singh, who had filed a criminal defamation case against him and four others, saying it would lead to cancellation of his bail granted earlier.
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