India is a huge market, and Indians can be excellent entrepreneurs. Why then do we not see start-ups of the kind that matches with Silicon Valley, New York, Tel Aviv, Berlin or Singapore?   The current regime in New Delhi is unswerving about its business-friendliness and has made it clear ...

News:  Numerous articles have written about the economy and other aspects of India’s prospects for the future, since the Modi Government’s one year in power. A relevant approach to analyze this could be, using a conceptual model and look at some recent data and key developments that have taken place in the past year, that ...

News: Telecom Minister said, “A committee on internet governance was formed under Chairmanship of Finance Minister and has decided India should support a multi-stakeholder approach in matter of Internet governance”. The members of the committee include Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Prasad. The committee thinks that government should ...

News: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today announced a budget of Rs 4 to 5 crore for e-training of policemen to make them efficient in the IT sector. While distributing awards to the trainers and trainees, she congratulated all new Sub-inspectors for completing the training successfully and announced an award of ...

News: Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to South Asia rose to $41 billion in 2014, primarily the inflows surged by 22 per cent to about $34 billion owing to good performance by India. The top five recipients in South Asia of FDI inflows were India, followed by Iran, Pakistan and Bangladesh ...

News: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders, Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Wipro Chairman Azim Premji will be among 400 corporate leaders who will attend the launch of the government’s ambitious ‘Digital India’ initiative on July 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ...

News: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday has approved a slew of projects. The proposals that were cleared include : 1) Rs 81,459 crore revised estimate for East-West freight corridor The Cabinet gave its approval for the revised cost estimate of Rs 81,459 crore for the Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor ...

Notes: Reacting to a report in Mail Today, Irani said she had held a meeting with representatives of IGNOU and the Army and had directed officials in the HRD ministry to expedite the award of degrees.  The Army and IAF signed an MoU with IGNOU for bachelor’s degrees for their ...

News:  India continues to be the most favoured destination despite global investors reducing their exposure to emerging market equities, said Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoF-ML). India topped the global emerging market investors’ country preference chart followed by China and Poland in the second and third place, respectively as Asia Pacific ...

News: Surprise inspections, by the divisional railway manager of the Delhi division of Northern Railways, hefty fines and strict vigil have ensured that New Delhi railway station looks clean and tidy and meets commuters’ expectations. The Delhi division is now planning to launch a massive Swachh drive at the station ...