World Bank report warns of heatwaves beyond endurance in India

Severe heatwaves, responsible for thousands of deaths across India over the last few decades, are increasing with alarming frequency and soon the country could become one of the first places in the......

Pak out of FATF grey list after 4 years, big relief to cash-strapped country

After four years, Pakistan has been taken off from the infamous grey list of Financial Action Task Force, the global watchdog on terror financing and money laundering, in the wake of Islamabad's......

Pak may exit FATF's grey list on Friday after 4 years

After four years, Pakistan on Friday may exit the grey list of the global watchdog on terror financing and money laundering Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a development that will allow it to......

'Those who politicise...': Jaishankar's jibe at Pak, China

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that no rhetoric, however sanctimonious, can ever cover up blood stains and asserted that nations who defend proclaimed terrorists in the......

Inflation warrior Urjit Patel at the helm of RBI

The first task before him is to get used to the idea of working with the Monetary Policy Committee Urjit Patel who took over as the 24th Governor of Reserve Bank will have a tough task in......

Key changes the new Plan Panel must look into

The new institution can play the lead role in bringing together central, state and local government and departments, as well as private sector and civil society stakeholders. Image: Parliament......

US may get a leash on Indian financial institutions

The three-year-old US law seeks to improve tax compliance involving foreign financial assets and offshore accounts. Imagine this: Having moved to the US on a work visa, you have become a taxpayer......

'Talks on India-EU FTA progressing very well'

Notwithstanding the differences resulting in delay in inking of India-European Union free trade agreement, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said on Thursday the negotiations are......