Gujarat easiest place to do business in India: World Bank

Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2015, 21:32

The move would also help in improving India's overall ranking in the global Doing Business Study. India has been placed at 142nd position among 182 nations.

Gujarat is best Indian state for business: World Bank

Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2015, 18:01

Gujarat was ranked on the top Monday, among states, on the ease of doing business index prepared by the World Bank, while Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand were placed at the second and third positions, respectively.

India ranks low on inclusive growth, development ranking: WEF

Last Updated: Monday, September 7, 2015, 11:43

India has been ranked very low globally on most of the parameters for inclusive growth and development even as it fares much better internationally when it come to business and political ethics.

India ranks low on inclusive growth, development ranking: WEF

Last Updated: Monday, September 7, 2015, 11:43

India has been ranked very low globally on most of the parameters for inclusive growth and development even as it fares much better internationally when it come to business and political ethics.

China's AIIB to offer loans with fewer strings attached: Sources

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 08:42

China's new international development bank will offer loans with fewer strings attached than the World Bank, sources said, as Beijing seeks to change the unwritten rules of global development finance.

IMF, World Bank to hold 2018 annual meetings in Bali

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 1, 2015, 18:58

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank said Tuesday they would hold their 2018 annual meetings on the Indonesian island of Bali.

Ex-NOTW editor Rebekah Brooks may rejoin Murdoch empire: FT

Last Updated: Saturday, August 29, 2015, 16:03

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is believed to be in talks with former 'News of the World' editor Rebekah Brooks for her return as chief of its UK division four years after she had quit amid the phone-hacking scandal, a newspaper reported.

China jitters, globalization bode ill for Fed's inflation goal

Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2015, 10:53

The recent market swoons follow a series of other shocks - crashing oil prices, weakness in Europe, the constant deflation threat in Japan - that have held down inflation globally.

India can replace China as driver of global growth: FM Jaitley

Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015, 16:44

Seeing an opportunity in the recent turmoil in global equity and currency markets, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday said India, with 8-9 percent growth rate, can replace China as the driver of world economy.

$354-bn forex reserves too small to fight a crisis: Kaushik Basu

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 23:02

World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu Wednesday said the USD 354 billion of forex war-chest is not sufficient to fight a crisis and advocated accumulation of more currency assets as the right strategy.

London is passé! Luanda is the costliest city in the world

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 16:39

According to Mercer's annual Cost of Living survey, with a pair of jeans costing in excess of USD 240 and a basic fast-food meal at USD 18.95, Luanda in Angola is the costliest city in the world.

New launch: Meet LG Electronics' world's first 4K OLED TV

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 19:40

LG Electronics on Tuesday launched the world's first 4K OLED TV in India which offers 33 million color sub-pixels with a starting price of Rs 3,84,900.