Athorities all across the world, including in India, are continously taking steps to stop the flow of illegal businesses.
Despite Mumbai considered the commercial capital of the country, its name has secured first position in the top ten most affordable cities of the world.
'The feeling is growing that if India slips in the realms of liberal tenets, it will be a tragedy not only for the country, but also for the world because it will lose a remarkable role model,' notes Amulya Ganguli.
Manmohan Singh, the economist credited with playing a key role in ushering in economic reforms in the 1990s, demits office of Prime Minister after 10 years, leaving a mixed legacy of achievements and failures.
Relatively unnoticed in India is that China is going through its own high-profile battle with corruption.
The inequality between the rich and the poor keeps wages and prices low.
'India is in a slowdown which most of us have not seen in our living memory.'
'It is sad for the country and it is sad for the government of the country too,' says the Nobel Laureate.
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In 2011, the Chinese spent 14 per cent of GDP on groceries.
Chidambaram questioned the Narendra Modi government whether its demonetisation decision was designed to convert black money into white.
Some companies dominate the markets they are based in.
The seventh edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival, a mega annual gathering of litterateurs kicked off in Jaipur on Friday with a keynote speech by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen.
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Water shortage is likely to lead to political tensions and instability in the future, warns Simon George, President, Cargill India.
Sleeping accounts for more than a third of the average American's day.
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Rents are a big expenditure both for citizens and expatriates.
Experts say the party is undoing what it achieved through MNREGA by targeting beneficiaries
There are many countries that have restrictive immigration policies, while some have a welcoming policy.
There are places on earth where petrol is cheaper than water.
Until we have these (kinds of) patients come down in numbers, the fear, the mortality is always going to be there
The economist said it was wrong to portray India's governmental experience as a complete failure.
Is it sustainable?' 'Or is it like an overdose of a medicine that saves your life in the short run but kills you through long-lasting side-effects?' asks Shekhar Gupta.
Argentineans pay almost double of Indians to buy the tablet.
Latest report from the Economist Intelligence Unit has ranked world's best cities to live in.
Facebook is seeking to raise $5 billion.
There are vast differences between Indian states and union territories when it comes to GDP, growth and population.
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Two Indians -- Prodyut Bora and Abhik Sen -- are among the 16 people selected for this year's World Fellows Programme by the prestigious Yale University.
To say that Nirmalya Kumar has enjoyed a groundbreaking career is to say the very least.
Renting an office space in prime locations in major cities, such as London or Hong Kong, isn't cheap.
Latest report from the Economist Intelligence Unit has ranked worst cities in the world to live in.
The minister said he was able to build consensus on VAT when he was the Finance Minister during the UPA-I term.
Let's take a look at 12 biggest banks in the world, according to recent figures released by The Banker.
India has been categorised as one of the 'flawed democracies' in the world and figures 35th in the democracy rankings unveiled in the prestigious magazine The Economist.
If Manmohan Singh was hobbled by allegations of sleaze and a stagnant economy, Modi faces the twin challenges of high unemployment and an uncertain and potentially volatile situation in Kashmir, points out Amulya Ganguli.
The results are likely to please the Indian government, which has been trying to impress on domestic and foreign investors about its efforts to improve the ease of doing business.
RBI had reduced the key policy rate, the repo, in consecutive policy meets, in January and in March, by 25 basis points each.
There is no shortage of uranium on the planet.
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