Mukesh Ambani, who took over the reins of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) after the sudden demise of his legendary industrialist father Dhirubhai Ambani, completes 20 years at the helm during which the company saw a 17-fold jump in revenues, 20-times surge in profit and has become a global conglomerate.
India on Friday said it was concerned over the developments around Taiwan and called for avoiding "unilateral actions" to change the status quo in the region, days after China held its biggest-ever military drills around the self-ruled island following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to it.
In the list of 180 countries mapped, India stands at 136, down from last year's 133, colour-coded again in red to show the situation as "difficult".
India's first indigenously developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer will be launched in a few months and made available to the people in an affordable price range of Rs 200-400, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Thursday.
While India has scored well on parameters like workforce and employment, it has fared poorly for health and wellness of its labour force, WEF said.
Private wealth in India will more than double to $4.5 trillion by 2017.
The index, released on Monday, rated 84 countries on the basis of three leading indicators -- prevalence of child malnutrition, rate of child mortality, and the proportion of people who are calorie deficient.
About $400 billion of investment may be required in the Indian power sector in the next five years to provide improved grid infrastructure.
Like its predecessors, the 2014 report (released two days ago) allows one to compare India's performance with other countries.
According to a survey by How Global is the Business of Retail? by realty consultant firm CB Richard Ellis, India which was ranked 44th in 2008, has moved up to the 39th position with 22 per cent of retailers having presence in the country.
According to ManpowerGroup's survey of more than 37,000 employers in 42 countries and territories, employers in Japan report the greatest talent shortages globally (81 per cent), followed by Peru (67 per cent) and India (64 per cent).
India's scores low due to poor quality of its political, regulatory, and business environment.
High inflation, unemployment, high interest rates and falling GDP per capita are wrecking havoc in economies across the world.
The country has registered 96 million trees.
For the second consecutive year, India has been ranked at the bottom of 25 countries in terms of protection and enforcement of intellectual property practices, a US Chamber of Commerce report said on Tuesday.
The study claims that from its peak of 18 per cent of gross domestic product in 2008, the crony capitalists' wealth is now down to three per cent
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to announce a host of initiatives for the health sector on Independence Day with the highlights being the 'Heal in India' and 'Heal by India' projects and a roadmap to eliminate sickle cell disease by 2047, official sources said.
India is ranked at a dismal 85th position in the world's 500 fastest supercomputers' list.
India has been ranked 98th in the Forbes list of world's best countries for doing business that has cited poverty, corruption and discrimination against girls among the challenges facing the country.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on India on the Global Hunger Index.
A new poll finds that cyberbullying in India is pretty high.
India also comes seventh among the biggest losers of happiness in the last one year.
Let's take a look at countries that are manufacturing most cars in the world.
India's score is a result of an average of 13 studies including World Bank's Country Performance and Institutional Assessment, World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey and Global Insight Country Risk Ratings, among others.
The world over, shoplifters are giving the retail industry a gigantic headache. A $119-billion headache!
Strange as it may sound, with as many as one-third of its population still living in poverty, the country is also home to the second largest number of affluent people with a whopping three million households which have over $1 lakh of investible funds.
India has dropped a place in the latest global ranking of most competitive nations by World Economic Forum.
The reasons include the quality of secondary education, cost of starting a business and lack of government effectiveness. The increase in capital and education costs contributes directly to the value of physical and human capital and thus directly increases economic output. Poor governance and excessive bureaucracy impose costs on business and thus restrain growth, said the report, which was released last week.
These are typically the nations with the biggest industries, biggest production capabilities and the biggest populations.
Sindhu looked in complete control as she prevailed 21-15, 21-11 over world No. 36 Tan in a 29-minute match.
According to Thomson Financial, India's IPO volumes totalled $7 billion from 74 issues so far this year, surpassing the previous year's (the whole year) IPO volumes. India now ranks the ninth largest IPO market in the world, capturing 3 per cent of the global market share, up from a mere 1.3 per cent share in the year-ago period.
India is home to the eighth largest group of super rich people in the world, as there are as many as 14,800 multi-millionaires in the country.
Although the knowledge economy has created enormous opportunities in the country, too many women are still prevented from reaching their full potential by a combination of cultural restrictions, gender discrimination, and lack of resources.
About a third of the world's population has access to Internet.
In 2004, the patent office in India received around 20,000 patent filings, which included resident and non-resident patent applications, according to a report released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation.
India remains very far behind China not just in terms of the old-style physical infrastructure of roads and power output, the difference is very stark when it comes to the information and communications technology sector.
The Knight Frank Global House Price Index rose by 0.9 per cent in the year to March 2012. Knight Frank is a global residential and commercial property consultancy.
'Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the decisions taken by my government in the national interest,' President Droupadi Murmu said in her address to both Houses of Parliament.
India holds last place among the BRIC countries on the index, behind Russia (51), China (60) and Brazil (82).
India has been ranked in the bottom half among 134 countries in terms of gender equality, in WEF's latest ranking that assessed the distribution of resources and opportunities among males and females.
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