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.
The economist said it was wrong to portray India's governmental experience as a complete failure.
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.
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.
Let's take a look at some of the busiest airport hubs in the world.
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.
There are vast differences between Indian states and union territories when it comes to GDP, growth and population.
To say that Nirmalya Kumar has enjoyed a groundbreaking career is to say the very least.
The Austrian capital is famous not only for its grand architecture, music and art, but also for its open spaces and excellent public transport, points out Uttaran Das Gupta.
Renting an office space in prime locations in major cities, such as London or Hong Kong, isn't cheap.
The minister said he was able to build consensus on VAT when he was the Finance Minister during the UPA-I term.
Latest report from the Economist Intelligence Unit has ranked worst cities in the world to live in.
Let's take a look at 12 biggest banks in the world, according to recent figures released by The Banker.
RBI had reduced the key policy rate, the repo, in consecutive policy meets, in January and in March, by 25 basis points each.
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.
There is no shortage of uranium on the planet.
Let's take a look at some of the most polluted cities in the world's biggest economies.
Chidambaram had gone the whole hog to contain the fiscal deficit by compressing expenditure and making extra efforts to improve revenue collection.
Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Viral Acharya is the eighth economist to quit since the Modi government took office.
Let's take a look at 30 best countries to be born in.
Nuclear power forms a big part of energy production in some countries.
The finance minister should worry more about long-term problems than short-term imbalances.
It's not just India that saw a drop in stock market fortunes in 2011.
Mr Chidambaram is known for his ability to think up new taxes to collect more revenue, and a tax for the super-rich could be one of those ideas he might introduce in the coming Budget.
Transparency International has studied most open companies in the world.
Nearly one billion women around the world could enter the global economy during the coming decade.
The country's growth cannot be sustained without a revitalised state that performs more limited functions, but performs them well.
Whatever the claims about the new GDP numbers being technically superior to earlier estimates, their public credibility depends on their passing some reality checks, argues T N Ninan.
'But the world would be much poorer without economics' contribution to understanding how societies function and without economists' suggestions as to how politicians might improve them. 'And economists themselves could do wonders by simply incorporating the country-specific factors in their econometric models rather than just applying them in toto," say Soumya Kanti Ghosh and Samir K Jha.
Many users continue to use rather predictable passwords to protect themselves online.
With America just a day away from electing a new president -- Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton -- nine polls show that Clinton is in charge of the race with just hours to go.
How many hours of work does it take to buy a half a litre of beer at a retail outlet?
Though Narendra Modi doesn't know it, he is a victim of this deep-rooted infection.
Global growth in wine consumption is being driven by demand in the United States, Russian and China.
Only few cities have excellent infrastructure, schools, healthcare, etc.
For his distinguished academic accomplishments, Arvind Panagariya was among the Indian Americans awarded with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India this Republic Day. Arthur J Pais spoke to the economist about his amazing life story --from improverished childhood in Jaipur to the hallowed portals of Columbia University in New York.
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