Dr. Manmohan Singh: The economist who shaped India's economic futureDr. Manmohan Singh, India's 14th Prime Minister and an esteemed economist, passed away at 92. He played a pivotal role in the 1990s economi...
30 Dec, 2024, 12.18 PM IST
BOI issues LoC against Hungarian national for deceiving investorsThe Bureau of Immigration (BOI) has issued a look out circular (LoC) against a Hungarian national and head of a crypto-ponzi firm who is al...
19 Aug, 2023, 05.48 PM IST
French minister urges Brussels to rethink choice of American economist for key EU postThe EU executive announced Tuesday that Fiona Scott Morton, a Yale University economics professor, would serve from September as the new ch...
14 Jul, 2023, 10.02 AM IST
Cohn says banks were more responsible in ’08 than Facebook is nowFacebook has been reeling these past few months, trying to recover from a chain of scandals.
08 Aug, 2018, 10.11 AM IST
Scandals, bad debts at India banks threaten economic outlookYet some roots of the issue may lie in Modi’s 2016 decision to take high-denominated cash out of circulation in a bid to curtail India’s va...
23 Apr, 2018, 08.18 AM IST
Nobel laureate Yunus not in favour of privatisation of PSBs in IndiaThe Bangladesh-based champion of micro-finance did note, however, that ways have to be found to stop frauds in the banking sector.
08 Apr, 2018, 12.45 PM IST
Planning to put in your papers? Here's how the top bosses log offAmit Singhal, who resigned from Google and joined Uber, was recently asked to quit the cab-sharing company.
28 Feb, 2017, 02.36 PM IST
Ex-foreign minister K Natwar Singh says Manmohan Singh given undue credit for reforms, nuclear-dealNatwar Singh was closely associated with the Nehru-Gandhi family since the days of Indira Gandhi, when he was in the PMO as an IFS officer.
28 Apr, 2014, 10.01 AM IST
BCCI appoints HDFC's Deepak Parekh as special advisor for IPLIn a statement, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said, Mr Parekh will be a special invitee to the Governing Council meeting...
12 Apr, 2014, 03.21 AM IST
- IMF's Siddharth Tiwari to be appointed as chief economic advisor
The department is responsible for developing IMF policies and overseeing their implementation at the country level, said the website.
08 Nov, 2013, 06.30 AM IST
- NRI economist drawn into UK bank crisis
Shriti Vadera, who worked closely with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has come under focus in the latest scandal that has hit British ...
04 Jul, 2012, 05.14 AM IST
- Scams and subsequent witch hunts have hit decision-making: Kaushik Basu
Basu's remark is in line with what experts are saying about tardy decision-making affecting the biz & investment sentiment.
12 Nov, 2011, 05.05 AM IST
Onset of an 'economic winter'?The Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council has now pegged the 2011-12 growth to 8.5%, lower than the 9% projected in the Budget earlier...
12 Jul, 2011, 12.08 PM IST
- FDI in retail might not be enough to hold farm prices
The government's move to free up FDI in multi-brand retail, signalled by the support of an inter-ministerial group headed by chief economic...
30 May, 2011, 04.56 AM IST
- Civil and industry leaders lament governance deficit
A clutch of business leaders, former judges and other eminent citizens has come together to write an unusual open letter bemoaning the "gov...
18 Jan, 2011, 12.48 AM IST
- Cognizant revenues up by 32%, beats analyst expectations
Software services provider Cognizant reported a 32% rise in revenue for the year ended 31 December 2008, in line with analyst expectations,...
13 Feb, 2009, 08.24 PM IST
- US teams up with India Inc for IPR reforms
India holds tremendous potential for growth in knowledge-based industries like bio-technology and pharmaceutical research and development.
09 Nov, 2002, 12.09 AM IST