The issue is that due to the government not making its stance clear on the FDI in e-commerce novel financial instruments are being used instead of coming in directly.
India is definitely on a better wicket than what it was last year, when macro indicators from fiscal deficit to inflation to current account deficit were highly negative driving down the rupee to record lows on worries of Fed tapering of asset purchases.<br />
Welcoming the Competition Appellate Tribunal's decision to uphold a CCI order against NSE, rival stock exchange MCX-SX today said dominant entities have a special responsibility not to distort competition.
Employees who took online breaks also reported greater levels of satisfaction at work, perhaps because of the freedom to be able to occasionally check in on their personal life.<br />
But even after the new law, there could be wiggle room available for Ponzies
Plans by the government to allow more foreign investment in India's still-small insurance sector has hit snags in parliament, testing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign promise to push through reforms to revive the economy.
Sales of BMW branded cars rose 8.3 percent to 458,000 cars, a record high, thanks to a jump in sales in China and Europe and the rollout of new models such as the 4-series coupe and the 2-series compact.<br />
Author Chetan Bhagat's new novel, a love story, is due for release this October and the book is available for pre-orders on the e-commerce website Flipkart.
Unexplained rash? Check your iPad and other devices which may contain the source of it.
A quick look at the Forbes list of the world's highest-paid sportspersons
With the government using social media like never before, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg that direct communication with people is critical for governance.
5-a-side football tournament is to be held in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata. Umbro is the world's leading football brand with presence in over 90 countries worldwide.
It can be explained by the fact that top executives have longer working hours, and that work and leisure are much more integrated than it is for employees.
Apple Inc, Facebook Inc and other prominent Silicon Valley technology companies flew the flag for gay rights at the San Francisco Pride Festival on Sunday as they sought to boost morale among employees and reflect a corporate culture of diversity.
A growing number of Indians belonging to upper middle class families are opting for foreign holidays this summer, drawn by online travel portals, social media references and wooed by aggressive marketing by tour operators, says an Assocham survey.
In recent years, races in other exotic locations in Asia have ranged from the Great Wall Marathon in China to paddy fields in Vietnam to the stark landscapes of northern India.
Since the product targeted the underprivileged section of the society, the cost of production was low and could be sold by the industry profitably at Rs 50-60 a kg, Professor Mishra said.<br />
The lesson here is that beyond a point choice confuses rather than helping people. When people are given a limited choice they are more likely to make a choice
Cash depositing machines in large numbers will help ease pressure. By end of February, there will be 1,000 machines at SBI branches.
The big accounting firm KPMG has agreed to pay $8.2 million to settle US regulators' charges of compromising its independence by providing non-audit services to companies whose books it audited.
US stocks dropped on Friday following a selloff in emerging market assets, growth concerns in China and expectations that the Federal Reserve will further cut stimulus.
The Economic Offence Wing of the Mumbai police today grilled actor Boman Irani's son Danesh in connection with the Rs 425-crore QNet case.
With intra-Kashmir trade suspended for a week, Pakistan on Friday said it is keen on resolving the impasse which it described as the "first test" of the arrangement on contacts and movement of goods between the two sides of the region.
Consumers who exhaust their quota have to buy LPG at the market price of Rs 1,258 per cylinder.
The National Green Tribunal on Friday directed that South Korean major Posco will not cut any trees in a village in Odisha for developing its Rs 51,000 crore steel project till the state government gives the final forest clearance.
The I-T Department had started an investigation on January 15 to establish if capital gains tax was due from Cairn Energy's transfer of shares of Indian assets that were held in a subsidiary set up in the tax haven of Jersey to newly incorporated Cairn India in 2006.<br /><br />
India is expected to grow at a lacklustre pace of 5.4 percent in fiscal year 2014/2015, as a result of the weak investment cycle gripping the country, which goes to elections this year.<br /><br />
Multilateral funding agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $100 million loan for vocational and educational training to youths in Meghalaya.
Stakeholders in Goa mining industry barring the mine-owners have urged a visiting Supreme Court appointed expert panel in Panaji to cap the annual iron ore extraction from the state between 45-50 million metric tonnes.