Work is underway in identifying global companies in sectors ranging from electronics, auto components and medical equipment to shift part of their existing or incremental manufacturing to India.
The world's largest coffee chain is opening the largest Starbucks in the world in the Windy City of Chicago on November 15. Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago, the company's sixth and final Reserve Roastery, housed inside Crate & Barrel's former flagship location on Michigan Avenue is 35,000 square feet large and five floors high. And we have got to say that it's a paradise for coffee lovers!
Buckingham Palace, one of the world's most iconic buildings and a focal point for British national life, is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth with a special exhibition dedicated to Queen Elizabeth's great-great-grandmother. Ahead of its public opening, the Queen was given a special preview. Take a look inside the Queen Victoria Palace Exhibition as it opens at Buckingham Palace in London, England.
They have a minimum travel time of 14 hours and 55 minutes and cover at least 12,189 kms.
The Pew Research Centre study also said that the number of babies born to Muslim women is expected to overtake those born to Christians world-wide within two decades, making Islam the world's largest religion by 2075.
The Union Carbide Corporation gave a compensation of $470 million (Rs 715 crore) after the toxic gas leak from the Union Carbide factory on the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, killed over 3,000 people and affected 1.02 lakh others.
Google has surpassed Apple to be ranked as the world's top brand in terms of value.
The world's richest people have become poorer.
Amid slowing growth and low interest rates, investors will need to focus on stock-picking, suggests John Remmert.
The agenda prepared by ministers will be discussed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other RCEP leaders in Nonthaburi, a city north of Bangkok, on November 4, the official deadline to close talks.
At 116, Gertrude Weaver is now the world's oldest person.
From new and competitively-priced iPhones to slashing prices of its older models, it had a multi-pronged strategy.
So what's up? Why are so many promoters heading for the door? It cannot be that all of them lost their appetite for a good fight at the same time.And if Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways and Subhash Chandra of Zee Entertainment do bow out, will it be seen as chickening out when the going got tough or the entrepreneurial instinct of surviving to fight another battle waned, wonders Shailesh Dobhal.
Susannah Mushatt Jones, 116, from Brooklyn took the title from Jeralean Talley.
The world's biggest malls belong to Asia with two of the toppers from China.
Have more money than you need? Checked out these exclusive abodes of ultra wealthy.
Singapore's Changi Airport has long been touted as the "best airport in the world." That status becomes even more cemented on April 17, when it will officially open a dazzling pre-security attraction known as Jewel. Here's a sneak peak at the airport's crowned Jewel.
According to data compiled by the World Bank, the UK's economy grew to $2.82 trillion and the French economy expanded to $2.78 trillion in 2018, against India's $2.73 trillion, showed the data.
While Bill Gates tops the billionaire charts, Mark Zuckerberg is this year's biggest gainer.
Images from Day 4 of the third Test between Australia and New Zealand in Sydney on Monday.
A dipstick survey covering 30 villages in Rajasthan threw up some worrisome numbers. About 250 children missed their regular vaccination schedule in March alone. These numbers are alarming, since India has around 600,000 villages according to the 2011 census. Sohini Das reports.
It is speculated that the tsunami was caused by activity around a volcanic island in the strait, Krakatoa, which is 156 km west of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.
Bezos achieved the feat after a 1 per cent pop in the shares of Amazon.com, which accounts for a vast majority of Bezos' wealth.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
Take the quiz below and see if you can name the landmark with an aerial view of the location.
According to a new study, China, India, Indonesia, USA, Russia have the largest number of smokers.
The question is whether Prime Minister Modi can convince the world's investors that India is the ultimate investment destination of 2018, says Kanika Datta.
The ninth edition of the Indian Premier League 2016 will feature eight teams and some of the world's best players. Two of those eight teams are new franchises, Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions, both inducted following the suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. So which of them will emerge triumphant this year?
The lack of a strong diversity policy on the part of companies, a limited pool of women candidates as well as socio-cultural factors contribute to their low numbers.
Jim Mattis in his resignation letter to the US president wrote that he deserved a defence secretary whose views were better aligned with his on these and other subjects.
These images prove we live in a mad, mad world.
Chinese companies show their prowess among the world's top companies.
India is ranked among the top 10 wealthiest countries in the world.
The leading run-scorer of the recently-concluded T20I series, Dhawan is on a well-earned break and, boy, is he soaking it all in!
India expects to remain unscathed this time, mainly because it is in a sweet spot as the world's third largest oil consumer, after the US and China, says Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
Chinese mobile brands are deeply entrenched in the Indian market. A move to bar them may send a bold diplomatic message. But its cost for the local industry is anybody's guess. In the event that Chinese brands face curbs, two handset makers - Samsung and Apple - squarely stand to gain.
With this, the biggest buyer of Airbus SE A320neo planes seems to be moving away from Pratt & Whitney engines, which have been experiencing glitches. CFM International will deliver the first engine by 2020.
Modi ranks 9th on the Forbes list of 74 of the World's Most Powerful People.
Revenue up 15.8% at Rs 34,261 crore over year-ago period.
India's MRP and Packaged Commodities Acts are dated and not in line with the modern world's digital price mechanisms and comparisons.
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