Prasad also said India will be a $1 trillion opportunity for digital companies in five years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, tennis star Sania Mirza and actor Priyanka Chopra are among the probable contenders named by the Time magazine for its annual list of the most influential people in the world.
It is mind-boggling to find our prime minister putting exports on the back-burner, says Jayanta Roy.
While number of commitments inched up in 2015, its value slipped 23% to 11-year low.
The emission is nine times more than cap; Volkswagen denies the claim.
The British telecom major has disputed the tax demand over its acquisition of 67 per cent stake in Hutchison, now called Vodafone India, arguing that no tax was due as the transaction was conducted offshore.
When the high court turned down the state government's plea, Maharashtra approached the Supreme Court.
'This is part of our efforts to make it easier to do business.'
'Digital India' initiative has a huge potential, he said.
Talking corporate heads are a barometer of the business community's engagement with the economy. If they have nothing to say now there should be cause for concern.
Rediffusion took the industrial elements of the lion mascot to create a laman diya or lamp.
Percy Mistry says things at market regulator Sebi are also in bad shape.
Infrastructure for all-IP next-generation, wireless broadband infrastructure across all the 29 states in India is being laid, says Mukesh.
Congestion on Mumbai roads has become chronic.
The Make in India Week has become a platform for two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states to jostle for the number one destination in India for investor funds.
When Syed Firdaus Ashraf received messages last weekend, asking him to boycott Chinese goods, he laughed.
Akshay Kumar recently got arrested for his unbuttoning act at the Lakme Fashion India Week last month, when his wife Twinkle unbuttoned his jeans in full view of the audience.
Nearly 240 projects were under various stages of implementation.
The more one thinks about it, the more difficult it is to see how India will be able to reap the benefits of a demographic dividend, says Aakar Patel.
One of India Inc's top demands is the abolishing of the MAT.
'Possibly, our campaigns have made the right impact and raised the right questions, which is making several stakeholders uncomfortable,' Samit Aich, Greenpeace India's executive director, tells A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
We have to move from E-governance to M-governance. M-governance does not mean Modi governance. It means Mobile governance, the PM said.
Indian foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.8 billion in the week ended June 20, 2008, to $312.48 billion. The increase in reserves was basically due to a hike in foreign currency assets, which grew by $1.78 billion to $302.74 billion, according to the Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement released.
A comprehensive solution involves a complete overhaul of our education and training model.
Ambani brothers on Wednesday showered lavish praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying, India has now got a decisive and visionary leader.
In 2015, the Reserve Bank of India cut interest rates by 125 basis points to 6.75 per cent.
The polytechnic graduate is on the front line of our war to establish a vibrant manufacturing sector in India, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
McLean, testifying at the Ottawa inquiry for the second time in a month, said his team got more and more intelligence about violent Sikh separatists assaulting and intimidating moderates who spoke out against the Khalistan cause.
Recently, he had surprised many by talking of net neutrality
It has been clear for a while that India needs manufacturing - and it may be true that global manufacturing needs India as well. Time to strike while the iron is hot, say Rajat Dhawan, Anu Madgavkar and Sree Ramaswamy.
The Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement said on Saturday that the country foreign exchange reserves had crossed rose by $418 million to touch $85.415 billion in the week ended August 15.
India's foreign exchange reserves resumed their upward journey, rising by usd 623 million during the week ended August 26, 2005.
India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $278 million during the week ended September 9, 2005.
After rising continuously for the past three weeks, India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.1 billion for the week ended August 19, 2005.
The forex reserves stood at $144.375 billion, a rise of $1.738 billion, during the week under review, according to Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement released in Mumbai on Saturday.
India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $2.03 billion at $142.6 4 billion, according to Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement released in Mumbai on Saturday.
India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $23 million for the week ended July 22, 2005.
India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.2 billion during the week-ended September 23, 2005.
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