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.
The finance minister should worry more about long-term problems than short-term imbalances.
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 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.
It's not just India that saw a drop in stock market fortunes in 2011.
Transparency International has studied most open companies in the world.
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.
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.
Many users continue to use rather predictable passwords to protect themselves online.
How many hours of work does it take to buy a half a litre of beer at a retail outlet?
Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Viral Acharya is the eighth economist to quit since the Modi government took office.
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.
Global growth in wine consumption is being driven by demand in the United States, Russian and China.
Though Narendra Modi doesn't know it, he is a victim of this deep-rooted infection.
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.
While all real estate is local, not all property buyers are.
It was a 'turbulent year' for global oil markets.
Passwords are most insecure, says a study
Number of people travelling between Asia and North America, and between Asia and Europe grew by nine per cent from 2010 to 2011.
There is no doubt that competition is increasing the world over, but there are cities that are more competitive than others.
The rising prices of fossil fuels and the unreliability of alternative sources like solar and wind power means that the charms of nuclear power may still returns, thanks to improvements in safety and technology, says Dr K S Parthasarathy.
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.
Let's take a look at GDP per person in 2011 and 2060 around the world, including India.
Organizations operating in multiple geographies, legal environments and cultures face a complex set of challenges and risks as they develop their business.
Uttar Pradesh's GDP per head is close to that of Kenya.
In the G20 countries, the Internet economy will grow at more than 10 per cent annually for the next five years.
'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.
The deal did not include the FT Group's 50 per cent stake in The Economist magazine.
Until recently, average incomes in advanced countries were increasing at much faster rates than in the rest of the world.
Debroy is expected to have a role and responsibility similar to the erstwhile chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council
The passage of the Bankruptcy Code could set the stage for other important legislation that may see India undergo more economic change than all governments combined since the reforms implemented by P V Narasimha Rao in 1991-93, says Ben Merton.
According to the first-ever index of security of nuclear materials, India is among the last just above Iran, Pakistan and North Korea.
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India's GDP would more than treble in dollar terms by 2021, be as big as a stagnant Japan's, and therefore poised to become the third largest economy in the world -- a decade ahead of the Goldman schedule.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday alleged that the hike in petrol prices was yet another act of "midnight deceit" by the UPA and insisted that the common man would not spare the dispensation led by the "economist" Prime Minister for its arrogance.
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