World Bank's Deepak Mishra appointed as ICRIER director, chief executiveMishra has held various positions at the World Bank, including co-director of the World Development Report 2016 (Digital Dividends), Countr...
13 Mar, 2021, 09.23 PM IST
Govt has decided India's past Covid crisis by reducing fiscal support in Budget: Yamini Aiyer“With the push on capital expenditure and infrastructure, it seems like the government has determined for itself that India is entering a p...
09 Feb, 2021, 10.45 AM IST
Isher Judge Ahluwalia, noted economist and Padma Bhushan awardee, passes awayShe was married to Montek Singh Ahluwalia, a former Deputy Chairperson of the Planning Commission. She would have turned 75 on October 1. T...
26 Sep, 2020, 07.39 PM IST
Increase in AI by Indian firms can result in 2.5% increase in India’s GDP: ReportThe economic effects of AI also include indirect effects on productivity, the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relatio...
27 Jul, 2020, 06.03 PM IST
Economists raise doubts over timing of economic revival in post-COVID-19 eraRathin Roy, director of National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, an autonomous research body, said declining consumption and invest...
19 Jun, 2020, 04.34 PM IST
Spectrum, skill development key to readiness of 5G devices: ExpertsEven though India has high tech designs and better software, experts feel that there are a very few system designers, especially independen...
17 Oct, 2019, 11.18 AM IST
Internet shutdown cost Indian economy $3 billion from 2012-17: StudyThe study observed impact of Internet shutdown across various devices and ecosystem linked to them.
25 Apr, 2018, 10.38 PM IST
70-80 per cent jobs in India can be potentially outsourced: StudyFreelancing platforms state that around 70-80 per cent of jobs in the country could be potentially outsourced given the right infrastructur...
27 Dec, 2017, 05.43 PM IST
20 million mobile app developers required by 2020: IAMAI PresidentHe said that 20 million is a rough estimate and IAMAI is refining the number which will be released soon.
14 Jul, 2015, 10.30 PM IST
Finance Commission recommended funds to promote growth in states: ReportDays after the 14th Finance Commission recommended higher devolution of funds to states, India Development Report 2015 has put onus on stat...
03 Mar, 2015, 02.41 AM IST
Indian application market likely to touch Rs 3,800 crore mark by 2016Rajat Kathuria said application stores such as Google's pay higher revenue share to the developers as compared to the Indian mobile operato...
27 Apr, 2014, 04.27 PM IST
2014 election is of middle class, says PepsiCo India CEO Shiv ShivakumarBatting for the middle class, PepsiCo India Chairman & CEO Shiv Shivakumar today said this election belongs to them and they would define p...
25 Apr, 2014, 07.54 PM IST
IMF bullish on India's growth storySounding bullish about India, IMF expects country's economic growth to move up to 5.5 per cent in the current fiscal and 6.25 per cent in t...
17 Apr, 2014, 06.11 PM IST
ICRIER, Global Commission launch India climate study projectThe Global Commission is chaired by former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón and comprises leaders from government, finance and business ...
14 Apr, 2014, 04.50 PM IST
- States can grow 1% for every 10% new Internet connections
Consequently, for every 10 per cent increase in Internet and broadband penetration, India could potentially add USD 17 billion to the Gross...
19 Jan, 2012, 09.35 PM IST
- IBM accused of mainframe monopoly
The report, sponsored by Open-Mainframe, says IBM has a 50% share of the high-end computer market in India, while HP has 33% and Sun Micros...
15 Mar, 2010, 12.29 PM IST
- 'Dominance of global IT cos in high-end mkt hurting Indian growth'
The dominance of foreign technology giants like IBM in the Indian high-end 'mainframe' server market is detrimental to the growth of the co...
11 Mar, 2010, 07.20 PM IST