As much as 73% of total income of national political parties is unaccounted for, says Association for Democratic Rights.
According to the global financial services major, FII flows in May were mixed, with investors being more selective.
Wood Mackenzie projected India's real GDP level to overtake Japan and reach over $6 trillion by 2035.
Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar discussed the way forward for L Sarita Devi with Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday and urged the entire country to support the woman boxer who is facing a possible life ban from the International Boxing Association for refusing her bronze medal at the Incheon Asian Games.
"India Inc's optimism continues to surge with the index scaling to a three-year high," research firm Dun and Bradstreet said while releasing its Composite Business Optimism Index for the first quarter of calender year 2011.
India has halved incidence of poverty from 1990s
India's working population relies heavily on cash deposits and a second home to generate post -retirement income, according to an HSBC report.
Large manufacturers are investing in small companies to get a peek into their R&D. Alnoor Peermohamed and Anita Babu report.
According to the annual HSBC 'Value of Education Learning for Life' report, India has the world's highest proportion of parents (88 per cent) who are willing to send their children abroad for higher studies, ahead of Turkey (83 per cent), Malaysia and China (82 per cent each).
'Unfortunately, terrorists in one country are regarded as heroes in another,' Ujjwal Nikam told a global seminar on terrorism organised by the United Nations Security Council in New York.
Dealers anticipated a sharp rise in jewellery demand this wedding season, but then came demonetisation.
Operating margins (Ebitda) for the Indian television sector have fallen from 25 per cent to 13 per cent over the past four years, says a report released by Media Partners Asia.
India's economic confidence improved last month in view of falling food prices and growth in exports.
India has the highest proportion of CODs at 60% of total orders, compared to 50% in China, 28% in Indonesia, and 24% in Brazil
The central bank is widely expected to increase the repo rate by 25 basis points on Tuesday to 7.75 per cent to fight inflation even as it continues to unwind its rupee defense steps, a Reuters poll showed.
Industry body CII on Sunday said sourcing of infrastructure equipment, nuclear hardware and military aircraft from the US by India could create over seven lakh jobs in America in the next ten years.
Rising skills gap, falling exports, low productivity, rising debt and low foreign investment is jeopardising the target set for the textile and apparels sector
Kolkata-based Kirti solar Ltd has decided to be a cog in the wheel of solar power generation in our country. In a conversation with rediff.com, Dhiraj Bhagchandka, managing director of the company, speaks about his company and how it plans to bring light to Indian villages.
In 2015, India's domestic aviation market clocked 81 million flights.
In a sign that Internet snooping by enforcement authorities may be declining, India made an average of about 13 requests a day to Google to access personal web details of users during July-December last year.
India's per capita GDP of $5,238 in 2013 was 65 per cent lower than Iran, 54 per cent lower than Maldives, 44 per cent lower than Sri Lanka and 27 per cent lower than Bhutan, according to the Human Development Report 2015
The domestic currency hovered in a range of 60.59-60.85 per dollar during the late morning deals.
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle will lift off from Sriharikota on July 10 taking five foreign satellites into orbit, including three earth observation spacecraft whose imagery will be utilised by a Beijing-based company as well as an experimental nano-satellite that will deploy a large, light-weight sail in order to hasten its descent back to earth.
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The Paris-based global drug giant announced last week that it would have the vaccine available by the first half of next year.
India is the largest user base for Facebook outside the US with over 100 million users.
Risk-averse investors can hold up to 10 per cent of their portfolio in gold, while aggressive ones can keep five per cent.
According to HSBC, the volatility in Indian markets since May can be attributed to the initial talk about tapering of bond purchase by the US Federal Reserve but the catalyst for recent volatility in Indian equities was when policymakers decided to tighten liquidity to stem capital outflows.
"Mobility partnership is a new instrument and we intend to sign more agreements with European nations," G Gurucharan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, told reporters.
The rout of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance in the crucial assembly polls in Bihar is the "most significant domestic setback" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, global media commented on Sunday, saying it shows that his vote-winning abilities were on the wane.
A controversy -- described as climategate -- has broken out regarding the authenticity of the data provided by the prestigious East Anglia University of the United Kingdom that formed the basis of the United Nations report on climate change.
India leads global remittances in the year 2013 with a whopping $70 billion in its kitty, of which USD 65 billion were earned from the country's flagship software services exports, the World Bank reported.
India and the US on Sunday agreed to enhance their engagement on intellectual property rights, a vexed issue between the two countries.
Maintaining that India wants good relations with Pakistan, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said resumption of stalled talks with Islamabad was possible if there was an improvement in the situation.
Moody's assigns a 'Baa3' rating on India, with a stable outlook.
India is among the worst-ranked countries when it comes to taxation and inflation burden on economy, as also in terms of the negative impact of crime, terrorism and health hazards on business environment, a WEF report said.
Initiatives such as 'Smart City' project cannot be successful unless children are provided with a safe and secure environment, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said as he described the statistics on sexual abuse of children in the country as discouraging.
India has now moved up 1 position to 29th.
New Delhi has always maintained that its IPR regime is fully compliant with all international laws.
The enrollment of first-time graduate students from India has registered a 16-per cent decline.
Vodafone's Kisan Mitra will provide a spectrum of services for India's small farmers, simple mobile service interventions that can increase a farmer's income by Rs 8,000 per year.
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