It further said India is facilitating external commercial borrowings by startups in order to encourage innovation and promote ease of doing business.
Last month, the US and China announced a significant deal setting limits on greenhouse gases.
PSU bank shares were the top gainers on hopes of a rate by the RBI on easing consumer inflation
For all the controversy, the concept of prominent First Children is not novel in democracies. So why is Donald Trump's daughter different and discomfiting?
Donald Trump denied it. Hillary Clinton avoided saying it. But the Climate Change crisis is frighteningly real, says Sunita Narain.
The vehicle will not be available until end-2017, or later.
Making it easier to do business is a key element of our strategy, says Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar.
'Once the military starts to draw up plans for using nuclear weapons, then nuclear weapons could be used earlier in a crisis than otherwise.'
Experts say having an open fire in the kitchen is like burning 400 cigarettes an hour.
What are the most worrisome aspects of climate change for India? Can they be solved?
Asserting that it has been a strong champion of equity, India on Thursday said developed countries should compensate developing nations for the effects their greenhouse gas emissions have had on climate.
Piyush Goyal emphasised that India is committed to pursue a green path to growth.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 12 points at 28,517 while the 50-share Nifty ended nearly unchanged at 8,660.
US companies are 'positively looking' at India.
Low fuel prices to help oil marketing and refining sectors but upstream players will stay under pressure.
This would make India the world's second-biggest nuclear energy market after China
For existing technologies, unless appropriate financing is available, deployment at scale is difficult.
'Anything that is anti-growth is demonised because growth is the biggest religion.' 'Growth is synonymous with progress. In fact, it is the opposite.' 'Exponential growth is cancer.'
The current state of the American economy is not in decline, Obama said.
Drones may have been used for non-lethal purposes but state-sponsored assassinations and semi-covert wars are fuelling their boom and not scientific missions or creative activists, says American political activist Medea Benjamin.
Fish-lover Rajesh Karkera revisits Taraporevala Aquarium V.20 after decades and comes back with mixed feelings. Is this the new-look one the city was promised?
India on Monday got the backing of Switzerland in its bid to become a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
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Scientists believe the unique geological locations where they are situated makes them worthy of veneration.
China is slowing down, Europe is barely afloat and the US is meeting a larger chunk of its own demand.
It's difficult to understand if GDP growth has actually improved.
Green rating of thermal power plants are way behind the global best.
Here's a look at the events that shaped the world last week.
Here is the full text of the joint statement issued by India and the US.
'She dwarfs every known politician of recent times with her imperious aura, iron will, tremendous drive, dauntless pursuit of goals she set before herself, ability to capture the people's imagination and unshakeable grip over her party and government,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
Technology became more personal in 2015.
'There is a trade in goods, a lot of tariff.'
A key UN climate change summit that will be attended by nearly 150 world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicks off on Monday under the shadow of the deadly Paris terror attack to try to craft a long-term deal to limit carbon emissions.
To this day, the shadows of the victims lay imprinted on the walls of these cities. Here are some interesting facts about Hiroshima and Nagasaki and how that tragedy changed the world.
India has one thing that China has - the potential to be of interest as a huge market in its own right.
The hypocrisies of high-caste Hindus have cost their followers very dear. Millions have left their dharma, their great religion which boasts of the loftiest philosophical ideas, says Tarun Vijay.
In Budget 2015, the finance minister has opted to take the slow road and has doubled the cess on coal to "balance the need to tax pollution and the price of power" in his words.
Delhi concedes one climate issue on Obama's agenda
If this Budget was not packaged and sold as a Budget for the poor and for farmers, Narendra Modi would have lost the next election.
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