India and the United States will hold discussions on a bilateral agreement for the implementation of the nuclear deal on Monday.
Days before Narendra Modi arrives in the US to speak at the UN, meet Barack Obama, gupshup with the likes of Nadella, Pichai, Zuckerberg, and address desis in Silicon Valley, his ministers will help set the commercial and strategic tone for the prime minister's visit.
It is in coal consumption that India most diverges from the rest of the world
The annual list, released on Wednesday by Geneva-based World Economic Forum, comes at a time when the new Indian government has completed 100 days in power and has promised further steps to revive its economy and the ease of doing business in the country.
Though hunger levels are not alarming in India, it still fares badly, lagging behind Nepal and Sri Lanka on the Global Hunger Index.
The recent sanctions imposed by the US on Lashkar front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa completely expose Pakistan that has consistently maintained that JuD is a charity organisation. The ban will also limit the donations to JuD, a major chunk of which is pumped into terror funds. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
India may be weakened by the absence of captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, but the World champions cannot be taken lightly, especially with a strong batting line-up at their disposal, says Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews.
Iran on Tuesday said India had not been 'ousted' from the proposed $7-billion tri-nation pipeline, even as it set an August deadline for New Delhi to sign an agreement on the project.
India welcomes progress made by Iran vis-a-vis nuclear issues
The Indian economy is likely to slow down a little to 7.6 per cent in the fiscal year 2006 and 7.8 per cent in 2007 as consumption and investment may get affected due to higher inflation, Asian Development Bank said on Thursday.
On Monday, ISRO scientists will run a test of the Mars orbiter satellite's main engine and make a small course correction. This is crucial because the engine has been idle for nearly 10 months. T E Narasimhan reports
One of the world's largest economies, India has made enormous strides in its economic and social development in the past two decades, but can do much more to leverage its strengths in today's knowledge-based global economy, a new World Bank report ha
India, which registered highest average salary increase at 13.9 per cent in Asia in 2005, is expected to continue the trend of increased pay cheque with just 2.6 per cent of employers expecting salary freeze in the next year.
India said on Friday that its efforts to help rebuild Afghanistan are being hampered by Pakistan, which lies between the two countries and refuses to allow Indian aid to be shipped through its territory.
Israel has already lost 3,500 jobs to India in the hi-tech sector and stands to lose more with local companies preferring to outsource part of their work, the Gartner group, a leading technology research company, said.
Public general insurance companies to collaborate for speedy settlement of claims
India has been ranked at 142 among 189 countries in the latest World Bank's "Ease of Doing Business" report, a drop by two places from the last year's ranking.
Indian economy is rebounding strongly providing a golden opportunity to tackle fiscal challenges decisively but steady rise in debt of the central and state governments could constrain the growth, according to a new International Monetary Fund report
India's real gross GDP grew by 7.4 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2004 and the rupee depreciated by less than 1 per cent in the first half of the same, the US treasury department has said in a report.
The wireless subscriber growth in India will more than double to 200 million users over the next two years as growth in China slows down, opening the way for expansion in rural areas, a new study has said.
India's external debt was up by 7.2 per cent to $120.9 billion till 2004 mainly due to a 14 per cent rise in short-term capital inflows.
The LIC and some PSU general insurers are expected to maintain dominant position in the coming years even in the liberalised scenario, ICRA said in a research report.
Israel wants to provide India with high-resolution pictures of Kashmir from its photoreconnaissance Ofeq-5 satellites.
Oil accounts for about a third of India's total imports and higher dollar prices combined with a rupee near all-time lows have increased its cost.
India's information technology services export is only 2 per cent of the worldwide IT spending despite the global focus on the country's offshoring capabilities, merchant banker Goldman Sachs said in its latest report.
If you are not already lost in the zeros this wealth stands at Rs 257 lakh crore or Rs 257 trillion, according to a report unveiled by Karvy Private Wealth for the year 2014.
In April, the World Bank had projected India's GDP would grow at 6.1 per cent in the current financial year and at 6.7 per cent the following year.
An International Institute of Strategic Studies report said the US and Britain top the list of arms sellers.
India is likely to benefit from the exodus of high tech jobs from North America as over 6 million jobs are expected to shift overseas in a decade.
In spite of a recent devastating money/monsoon.htm drought, India's economy has fared well and should enjoy solid growth this year and next, the IMF said.
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 183 million hungry people while China comes next with 119 million, the Rajya Sabha was informed.
Brokers like Vasudevan are struggling to keep themselves in tune with this super-informed, new-generation retail investor.
India is home to the largest number of hungry people in the world, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.
'When Dhoni walked in, India needed 105 to win with 32 overs to play. The situation called for calm, nerveless, ice-cold execution without necessitating any adrenalin-fueled impestuosities -- the sort of situation that is the Indian captain's spiritual home.'
The West has always preferred a timid, half intelligent and a dependent India rather than a decisively independent and self-reliant one. A pliable Indian leadership suits the West best, says Tarun Vijay.
Delhi's inability to open up a new canvas with Pakistan and Sharif is symptomatic of its sluggish thinking. Jyoti Malhotra analyses
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