Of the 600 young change makers who made the cut this year '1:6 are immigrants from 44 countries' -- an important ratio in the age of growing protectionism.
Wide availability of talent and cost advantage has helped India emerge as a 'skill hub' not only for back-office jobs but also global functional roles, says an international recruitment firm.
Strobe Talbott, former United States deputy secretary of state who laid the foundation for better US-India ties, on how they can be taken higher.
Strong dollar will impact financial system in India.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tops Newsweek magazine's list of 10 world leaders who have won respect across the globe. He is described as 'the leader other leaders love'.
Paul Ryan, the former Republican vice presidential nominee, was on Thursday elected and sworn in as the new Speaker of the US House of Representatives, which is similar to Indian Parliament's lower house, the Lok Sabha.
India was for the first time the leading country in the world for FDI, overtaking the US.
India emerged as one of private equity investors' favourite investment destinations in April, with the volume of transactions rising three-fold to $840 million in comparison to the same month last year, according to a study.
According to a study by the firm, the average sequential growth of ad spend in the Asia-Pacific region during the quarter was 18 per cent.
Forty years ago, the total market capitalisation of listed companies in the Indian stock market stood at a paltry seven per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). In 2012, the figure stood at 68 per cent.
India has to leverage its "swing" status, engage with all and align with none, observes Shyam Saran
The message is loud and clear. The writing is on the wall. Wake up before it is too late... says Prasanna D Zore.
The duty reduction and work towards the goal of GST has helped industry to remain competitive in the market.
This is the total of both, direct and indirect employment growth as a result of the expansion. Estimates put together by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) say this will be the extra added between now and 2012, to support the ever-increasing demand for new vehicles.
Hero MotoCorp sold 254,813 Splendors, about 4,000 more than the 250,681 Activas sold by its rival Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India.
China and India's advantages such as lower costs and greater market opportunity outweigh the higher risk compared with the more established and mature regulatory regimes of Australia, Japan and Singapore.
The seven-day Auto Expo, which drew to a close on Monday, had over 2 million enthusiasts passing through its doors to catch the buzz surrounding some of the most advanced cars showcased by global majors.
"Come to India, invest in India and let India emerge as a stronger nation," was Chavan's message to all the overseas Indians who attended the chief ministers' conclave on the concluding day of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2010. Chavan's statement was well received by all overseas Indians present at the venue.
Newly minted American engineers are going into finance because tech jobs have been offshored.
'As the growth momentum reverses benefiting from re-monetisation, it will be accompanied by a rise in inflation.'
Goalkeeper Subrata Paul's heroics were the highlight of a dramatic summit clash as defending champions India beat Syria 6-5 via the tie-breaker to win the five-nation Nehru Cup international football Tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi on Monday night. Paul conjured up a special performance, saving as many as three penalty shots, as India emerged triumphant in the penalty shoot-out following a 1-1 deadlock at the end of full-time and 30 minutes of extra-time.
India's emergence as an economic, political and military power has left the Chinese army worried, even as the two countries in the recent years have increased their economic and military cooperation, states a report released by the Pentagon. "The People's Liberation Army remains concerned with persistent disputes along China's shared border with India and the strategic ramifications of India's rising economic, political, and military power," the Pentagon said.
He argued that "as India emerges as one of world's leading economic and political power, the central question is how United States and India can work together to address the regional and global challenges that no country alone can solve."
Despite recession, India emerged as the second largest investor in the United Kingdom in 2008, after the United States, according to a new study that sees Mumbai and Bangalore as the next top centres of global investment.
A look at the world's twenty largest economies, and how much they spend on education as a percentage of GDP
The Board of Control for Cricket in India are seeking to add a third Test to their New Zealand tour itinerary to help recover revenue lost from cancelled events, a senior official said on Monday. The cash-rich BCCI reported a revenue loss of around US $25 million on Saturday from the scrapping of two one-day games against England and the tour of Pakistan in the wake of militant attacks in Mumbai in November.
State gas utility GAIL India on Tuesday won rights to retail CNG and piped cooking gas in two of the six cities auctioned and is set to win for another two cities, while its joint venture with Hindustan Petroleum beat Reliance Industries to bag another city.
Arora will resign less than two years since he joined the Japanese Internet conglomerate
Speaking on the current economic meltdown, RPG said that the global meldown would help India emerge to be a much stronger economy.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended up 129 points at 26,843 and the Nifty50 ended up 39 points at 8,220.
So long as India's response to terrorism will be characterised by a shameless appeal along religious lines with political parties trying to consolidate their vote-banks as opposed to coming together to fight the menace, we will continue to be viewed as a soft target by our adversaries and we will continue to fight terrorists in our streets.
The star cheers the team, along with his son Aryan.
The role of overseas Indians in the country's emergence as a global power will be the main theme of the seventh Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to be held in Chennai from January 7 next year. The event will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pratibha Patil will address the concluding session of the three-day meet.
The increased vigil comes after the Narcotics Control Bureau recently busted two international syndicates operating through a call centre and a software firm to smuggle Psychotropic drugs overseas. NCB seized over 90,000 regulated and banned tablets valued at over Rs one crore in the international market that were to be smuggled out.
Tillerson said the US will provide India with best technologies for its military modernisation which include offers to supply F-16 and F-18 fighter jets.
Arvind Panagariya's recent book, though remarkable, has been one-sided in some respects.
Smaller companies have outperformed firms with large capitalisation on bourses in November, with those from India emerging as the second-best performers in Asia, global financial conglomerate Citigroup says in a latest report. Indian small-caps are only next to Indonesia and have performed better than those in other Asian markets like China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
A Nano-like mission to provide good-quality, good-performance has the power to make an incredible positive impact on the Indian economy.
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