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ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar. (Photo: File)

India's economy turning around, GDP to clock 7 pc in H2: Kochhar

ICICI Bank chief said the full fiscal GDP growth for 2017-18 should also be in excess of 6.5 per cent.

22 Jan 2018 1:08 PM

PM Modi will be accompanied by six union ministers -- Arun Jaitley, Suresh Prabhu, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, MJ Akbar and Jitendra Singh. (Photo: AP)

Modi to start WEF annual meet with ‘desi’ cuisines, live yoga sessions in Davos

PM Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to attend Davos meeting in about 20 years since HD Deve Gowda in 1997.

21 Jan 2018 2:19 PM

Genuine reform or slogan-based economics?

The low levels of education in the rural areas make people less suitable for skilled jobs and employability.

21 Jan 2018 12:09 AM

China figures among ‘leading countries’, while Brazil and South Africa are in 'nascent' ones.

India gets 30th rank in manufacturing index

Among BRICS nations, Russia is ranked 35th, Brazil 41st and South Africa at 45th place.

15 Jan 2018 1:22 AM

The countries ranked better than India include Singapore, Thailand, the UK, Italy, France, Malaysia, Mexico, Romania, Israel, the Netherlands, Denmark, the Philippines and Spain. (Photo: Representational | AP)

World Economic Forum ranks India 30th on a global manufacturing index

India has been placed in the ‘Legacy’ group along with Hungary, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, Thailand and Turkey, among others.

14 Jan 2018 6:02 PM

Prime Minister Modi will be on a two-day visit to Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting between January 22 and 23. (Photo: File/PTI)

Modi 3rd among world leaders, ahead of Trump, Putin: survey

The top ranking in the survey went to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, followed by French President Emmanuel Macron.

12 Jan 2018 1:04 PM

Shah Rukh Khan was last seen in 'Jab Harry Met Sejal.'

SRK to receive award at WEF summit; Elton John, Cate Blanchett also to be honoured

Announcing the names of the three awardees, the WEF said "each of them in their own way has taken action to uphold human dignity".

12 Jan 2018 9:42 AM

The move will allow foreign airlines to bid for a stake in Air India, which the government is planning to divest.

Govt eases FDI rules, foreign airlines can buy 49 per cent AI stake

30 per cent local sourcing norms will be eased for 5 yrs to help MNCs.

11 Jan 2018 1:51 AM

US President Donald Trump will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos later this month, opening up a distinct possibility of a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI/File)

Trump may meet Modi at World Economic Forum, Davos: Report

This would be the first time since 1997 that an Indian prime minister will attend the Davos summit.

10 Jan 2018 10:37 AM

The move is part of a bid to eradicate the gender pay gap by 2022 in the Nordic nation where 38 per cent of parliamentarians are female - above the global average - including Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir. (Photo: AFP)

Iceland holds the torch for gender equality, illegalises paying men more

‘Iceland is ranked as world's most gender equal country by the World Economic Forum.’

05 Jan 2018 12:47 PM

In essence, Blockchain is a type of distributed ledger in which transactions are sequentially grouped into blocks.

Prized platform: Blockchain moves beyond the roadblocks

This hot new technology powers businesses to make their finances more secure — and it will see wide usage in 2018.

02 Jan 2018 7:21 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: PTI)

In a new era, China’s new journey

Chinese businesses have invested over $50 billion and created near-200,000 local jobs in the countries along the Belt and Road.

11 Dec 2017 1:20 AM

In 2016, the UK dropped from the 18th position to the 20th in the World Economic Forum's annual Global Gender Gap Report, due to a slight drop in female representation in politics and business. (Photo: Pixabay/Representational)

Women in Britain are 100 yrs behind equal pay

The pay gap between men and women in Britain stands at 14.1 percent, unchanged over the past two years.

11 Nov 2017 5:38 PM

NITI Aayog CEO Kant asserted that it is not government's business to decide what tourists should eat or drink. (Photo: ANI)

Indian states can't get into what tourists eat, drink: NITI Aayog CEO

The NITI Aayog CEO also said, "Tourism is essentially civilisational in character, one can't have garbage and say we have heritage sites."

07 Oct 2017 10:40 AM

Sanjeev Sanyal, principal economic adviser at the Finance Ministry.

Govt adviser says consolidation may lead to 10-15 state banks

The government may cut its stakes in state-run banks to 52 per cent.

06 Oct 2017 11:07 AM

Union minister of railways Piyush Goyal at the India Economic Summit 2017 in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Railways can create 10L jobs, says Piyush Goyal

The comments of the new railways minister come after a spate of rail accidents in the last few month leading to loss of lives.

06 Oct 2017 3:34 AM

Mastercard has over USD 4.5 billion worth of investment in India.

Mastercard open to acquisitions in India, to invest $800 million

India accounts for 3 per cent of the company's global revenues and 14 per cent of its employee strength.

05 Oct 2017 1:55 PM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at a 2014 World Economic Forum, WEF, event. (Photo: File/PTI)

Jaitley, who's who of India Inc, Bollywood biggies to attend WEF event

More than 650 leaders from 35 countries taking part in event organised by World Economic Forum and CII.

03 Oct 2017 7:16 PM

Real estate sector has been one of major contributors of India's economic growth.

India slips rank in WEF's most competitive economy index

Out of 137 economies, Switzerland tops list, followed by US and Singapore in second and third places.

27 Sep 2017 11:05 AM

Munchen musings

Munich is truly a quaint mix of history, culture and architecture and ideally.

13 Aug 2017 12:25 AM

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