Key economies like India and China are rapidly becoming the biggest trading partners of the Gulf countries as compared to other regions, a new study has said.
Bringing down government stakes would augment their capital.
An industry survey has showed that economic growth for the current fiscal may slip to 4.8 per cent from 5 per cent estimated earlier.
The findings revealed the biggest threat to firms comes from within.
However, RBI would continue to nudge banks to cut lending rates
Despite the government claims of 'India Shining,' a leading survey has pointed towards low corporate investment, poor policy and high budget deficit which will constrain growth.
Makkonen never received any money from the invention of text messaging, never applied for a patent
In India we have to be careful not to copy any level of dependence on the financial sector and infatuation with the get-rich-quick syndrome, says Jaimini Bhagwati.
On being asked why he doesn't talk about his humble background like Modi, Singh said, "I don't want the country to take a pity on the basis of my humble background."
He was politely told not to bother, as it was a special flight for him.
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It's a post-truth world for multinational brands and businesses too.
The new Congress-led government under the economist-turned-politician Manmohan Singh got a shot in the arm with exports surging up by almost 20 per cent and infrastructure growth doubling to 9 per cent in April, the first month of this fiscal.
Stating that he had consistently held Singh in high respect, he expected the same from him.
Indian pharmaceutical majors Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Ranbaxy Labs have made it to the list of 105 best pharmaceutical companies in Asia.
A V Rajwade wonders if the Modi sarkar is pursuing price stability at the cost of potential social instability in both rural and urban India.
Globalisation with small government has not been a successful pairing.
Meaningful devolution of spending power to states could spread more confidence on the ground and stir precisely the sort of change Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised.
Ever pragmatic, the Americans are convinced that the future is in the Indo-Pacific.
There is a new Indo-Pacific century, and India has to decide whether it has its eyes on the prize, says Rajeev Srinivasan.
In the second and concluding part of his interview, Gurumurthy outlines the two areas he believes the government should focus on.
Modi's hopeful rhetoric has not yet turned into concrete policy reform
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar on why Indian media and entertainment quality will remain a national gripe and why we, the viewers, are not blame free.
Only Rs 16,050 crore out of the Rs 15.44 lakh crore of the old high denomination notes have not returned.
It has raised rural consumption, created new markets and shored up growth when investment falters.
Describing the BJP's election victory as an "astonishing triumph of Narendra Modi", noted economist Jagdish Bhagwati on Monday advised him to retain Raghuram Rajan as RBI Governor and to hold monthly press conferences to articulate the government's agenda.
Because of Rajan's policies, the banking system has mustered enough courage to disclose their toxic assets
'The BJP has no presence where the regional parties are strong.' 'And we should think of the Congress and support the Congress in those places where it is the dominant regional party.' 'The leaders of the other parties (have to) get together on this simple principle of one candidate against the BJP candidate.'
Fed seen holding rates steady as investor confidence shakes
They believe that the key reason behind such a high growth rate could be "a steep downward revision" of the year-ago base period.
Reports from Ludhiana, Coimbatore, Moradabad, Tirupur, Indore, Surat, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad, suggest the impact of demonetisation is worsening.
Rajeev Srinivasan on how Indians are satisfied with illusions, not reality.
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