India is one of the top three nations globally, where the company's chief executives believe the government is business friendly and are taking adequate steps to reduce regulatory burden on firms, a report says.
D & B Chief Operating Officer Kaushal Sampat said the firm, which started computing this index eight years ago, surveyed 350 small and big companies representing different sectors before arriving at the index figure. The index, which reflects the perception
Rain/thundershowers likely at many places in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and coastal Orissa.
Sanjay Jha, NowPublic's South Asia Bureau Chief, won the award for television programme 'India's Promise', along with PBS Nightly Business Report colleagues Steve Washington, Darren Gersh and Dana Greenspon. "It is a tremendous honour to be the first Indian recipient
At a meeting held earlier on Thursday, the company's board has approved the buyback plan for purchasing shares worth up to Rs 1,100 crore (Rs 11 billion) that would come through internal resources. About a year ago, the company had
Mutual Funds continued to be net buyers to the tune of Rs 3,179 crore (Rs 31.79 billion) in the secondary market compared to a net buyer position of Rs 64 crore (Rs 640 million) in May, a study by fund
However, selling pressure at higher levels forced the index slip into the negative zone. The index dropped to a low of 13,764 - down 283 points from the day's high. The Sensex recovered some ground and finally settled with a
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aim to halve world poverty by 2015. South Asian countries should include disaster-risk management in national strategic plans, the study 'Rethinking Disasters' released on Thursday by Oxfam said. Two to six per cent of South
Corporate India is likely to witness a surge in private equity deals by the last quarter of current fiscal as inflation is likely to cool down and bulls are expected to be back in the stock market, as per PE
We are hopeful that India will continue to maintain high economic growth and the economy could grow by at least 8.5 per cent during 2008-09," Commerce Secretary Gopal K Pillai said in Colombo. Pillai said the demand for infrastructure funding
According to the new rules, the visa holders can enter the country several times during the six months from the date of issuance and stay for a maximum of 14 days on every visit. There will be two types of