Aditya Birla Group to invest $500 million in Vodafone Idea as revival signal strengthensAditya Birla Group is injecting ₹4,730 crore into Vodafone Idea (Vi) through a preferential allotment, bolstering the telecom operator's fi...
17 May, 2026, 05.00 AM IST
Planing 500 delegations, outreach to 1,600 industry chambers to boost FTA utilisation: Piyush GoyalIndia is launching ambitious plans to boost its use of free trade agreements. The commerce ministry will send 500 delegations abroad and tr...
12 May, 2026, 09.01 PM IST
France wants to change how billions in aid are distributedFrance, during its G7 presidency, will advocate for a significant overhaul of the Development Assistance Committee metrics that govern glob...
29 Apr, 2026, 03.58 PM IST
High minimum wages in India slows down formal job creation: FEDThe Foundation for Economic Development (FED), in its report released on Thursday, said workers should be allowed to freely negotiate their...
23 Apr, 2026, 07.41 PM IST
Sports startups cash in on India’s everyday athlete economy boomA surge in sports participation is fueling a boom in platforms for everyday athletes. Startups are making it easier to book courts and find...
23 Apr, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
UK economy limped into the end of last year before Iran warBritain's economy saw minimal growth of 0.1% in late 2025, with the third quarter also registering the same figure. This sluggish performan...
31 Mar, 2026, 12.11 PM IST
India's per capita income doubles since 2014-15As per the National Statistical Office (NSO), the annual per capita (net national income) at current prices is estimated at Rs 1,72,000 in ...
05 Mar, 2023, 02.58 PM IST
India, 6th largest economy, has long way to go as per capita income still low: Rajiv KumarThe country, Kumar said, will have to develop capacity for intervening in the global stage in a meaningful manner as it is going to soon su...
12 Jul, 2018, 07.46 PM IST
Our service chiefs may earn more than US generalsThe Indian Army chief and his counterparts in the IAF and the Navy will draw more salary than the US generals once the 7th Central Pay Comm...
11 Jul, 2018, 02.00 PM IST
'India moves up one notch to 126 in GDP per capita terms'According to IMF data, India's GDP per capita rank has improved. The data ranks over 200 nations in terms of per capita GDP based on purcha...
19 Nov, 2017, 03.27 PM IST
India’s wealth rose 211% in last 15 yearsSome of the major western countries have seen a marginal increase in their wealth over the last decade and a half. Japan saw its wealth inc...
29 Oct, 2015, 10.26 AM IST
India's government expenditure on health among the lowest in the worldWhen it comes to government expenditure on health, India's is among the lowest in the world at merely 30.5 per cent of total health expendi...
25 May, 2015, 11.15 AM IST
Defence spending less than US, UK per capita: ChinaChina today said the allocation to the world's largest armed forces was required to maintain the country's territorial integrity.
12 Feb, 2015, 07.52 PM IST
India's per capita income will overtake US, UK by July '48: Hans RoslingHans Rosling, professor of global health in Sweden, who presented his findings about how income per person in India & China will overtake U...
10 Nov, 2009, 12.34 AM IST
- Tony Blair takes on an expansive new role
Having resigned the prime ministership of the UK, what is Tony Blair up to nowadays? The answer to that appears to be a roving global ambas...
24 Mar, 2008, 02.06 PM IST
- Capita bags $1.5 bn Prudential contract
Capita Group, UK’s leading business process outsourcing (BPO) firm, has bagged a £722-million ($1.5 billion), outsourcing agreement with li...
29 Nov, 2007, 02.40 AM IST
- Indians pay high power tariffs
Electricity tariff for household consumers in India is comparable with many developed nations but charges paid by industrial users are much...
20 Aug, 2007, 02.10 PM IST