Mahendra Singh Dhoni checked in at Eden Gardens in Jharkhand jersey, motivating his state team in his usual 'captain cool' manner.
In its latest report, "Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2002-2009", Congressional Research Service (CRS) said that Saudi Arabia was the leading developing world arms purchaser from 2002-2009, making arms transfer agreements totalling $39.9 billion during these years.
Theoretically, 4G promises download speeds of up to 100 Mbps, compared with the speed of 21 Mbps that 3G supports.
India ranked 52 in 2011 index against its position at 53rd among 125 nations a year ago.
Pakistan is far ahead of India in improving access to water, sanitation and in eroding inequalities for its citizens, according to a US university study.
A last-minute strike by Sunil Chhetri helped India break a 64-year-old jinx as they pipped Myanmar by a solitary goal to begin their AFC Asian Cup qualifiers campaign on a promising note, in Yangon, Myanmar on Tuesday.
Lowly India, ranked 147 in the world, pulled off a 2-1 victory over 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar in a friendly at the Al Sadd Stadium on Sunday.
The country ranked 100th out of 119 countries on the global hunger index, slipping three positions from last year.
India was the most targeted country in Asia and second in the world.
India ranks number one among all countries in respect of both the inflow and outflow of expatriate executives, according to a survey of global firms conducted by leading financial journal The Economist.
They may be facing tremendous pressure to deliver at home, but India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes his team is not weighed down by the tag of 'favourites' for the upcoming World Cup.
India scores a pitiable rank at 127 in terms of per capita income.
The rating agency expects the Reserve Bank of India to continue its accommodative monetary stance.
India ranks as the 22nd riskiest sovereign country, seen as most likely to default on debt and unable to honour its debt obligations.
The Global Peace Index 2017, by the Institute of Economics and Peace found that the global level of peace slightly improved, by 0.28 per cent in score. A total of 93 countries improved, while 68 countries deteriorated.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has blamed his side's famed batting line-up for the shocking loss to New Zealand in their opening match of the ICC World T20, saying they erred in "shot selection".
India is ranked as the fifth most attractive destination for future real estate investments, according to a latest report of FCCI and Ernst and Young.
How the Indian players rated in the three Test series against New Zealand.
Pakistan's hopes of an automatic World Cup qualification got tougher after plummeted to their lowest-ever rating of 86 following their five-match ODI series loss against England.
To compete with the best in the business, Indian football needs a good club structure, which it does not have at the moment, feels national team skipper Bhaichung Bhutia.
As a jurisdiction for investment, India seems to be cutting quite a sorry figure of late.
Iceland leads the world as the most eco-friendly nation while India is ranked at a dismal 123.
186,267 Indian students were studying in the US in 2016-2017.
Budget forces last minute change in finance minister's plans.
Indian national football team slumped to its worst-ever FIFA rankings, 171, in the 209-nation chart.
IndiGo continues to fly high as the top airline in India while crisis-hit SpiceJet has some good news.
India may be on the road to becoming an economic superpower, but it is one of the least charitable nations in the world, according to the World Giving Index published by the Charities Aid foundation
'The Make in India target of getting manufacturing to account for 25% of GDP by 2022 is quite impossible to achieve.' 'As for the role of technology in the average Indian's life, it is still quite basic -- mobile phones and Mars successes notwithstanding,' says T N Ninan.
In 2009, India did not even feature in the top 10 list of countries searching for FIFA world cup online, notes search giant Google.
Among the 100 countries surveyed by Newsweek magazine, India is way behind Singapore (rank 20), Malaysia (37) and Sri Lanka at 66, with a score of 55 on different parameters.
India needs to work on economic parameters to outpace China.
Subramanian said the government is also taking various other steps to improve ease of doing business in the country.
India's ranking in the Competitive Industrial Performance (CIP) index of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) has slipped by three notches, even as the country's rapid export growth made South Asia the fastest growing region in exports of manufactured goods.
India ranks 45th in the Legatum Prosperity Index, well ahead of China which is at the 75th position.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that it will take years for Facebook to fix the problem.
Aakanksha Sarda, the topper amongst girls at the IIT JEE, shares her success mantras.
India's per capita income grew by 10.5 per cent to Rs 44,345 in 2009-10 against Rs 40,141 in the year-ago period, according to government data.
India ranks low in the index at 84 with a score of 3.81.
India has slipped a notch to 133 in the Doing Business Index, indicating business environment in the country has become tougher during the year as compared to other nations.
Tata remains India's powerful brand with its value ring over $15 billion for the first time.
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