India rewrites China FDI rulebook with 'securonomics' pivotIndia has recently revised its foreign investment policies for countries that share a land border, as detailed in Press Note 2 of 2026. Dep...
23 May, 2026, 12.02 AM IST
Why urban kids today feel harder to impress than everA nostalgic reflection on how liberalisation, smartphones and global exposure have reshaped urban Indian teens into materially driven, hard...
16 May, 2026, 11.00 PM IST
Noida workers’ unrest: A story of hidden inflation and its impactNoida factory workers protest: Years of rising costs have diminished buying power, creating widespread discontent among many. Wage growth l...
23 Apr, 2026, 02.17 PM IST
Drug regulator halves approval timelines, eases several rulesIndia's drug regulator has significantly accelerated innovation by cutting approval timelines by over 50%. Clinical trial approvals now tak...
14 Apr, 2026, 12.42 AM IST
Net FDI inflows dip, investors opting for Mexico, VietnamOfficials and experts attribute this trend to the country having to compete with Mexico, Poland, and Vietnam, a preferred part of investors...
13 Apr, 2026, 12.36 AM IST
AAI eases licensing norms for setting up commercial facilities at its airportsIn a release on Wednesday, AAI said it has re-oriented the policy for granting licence to operate commercial facilities like Food & Beverag...
09 Nov, 2022, 10.46 PM IST
How Rahul Bajaj kick-started middle-class’s dream rideAkurdi was a backward area then, but the company — which had obtained a license from the government to manufacture two and three-wheelers (...
13 Feb, 2022, 06.25 PM IST
New anti-graft law to protect honest civil servants: Arun JaitleyFM said the current Corruption Act was drafted in 1988 during the pre-liberalisation era but the fundamentals of the anti-graft law in the ...
26 Mar, 2017, 12.15 AM IST
Visa, immigration system should not create additional hurdles: GovtIndia has conveyed to Hong Kong that it is important that visa and immigration system help people-to-people exchanges after it scrapped vis...
08 Feb, 2017, 07.24 PM IST
25 years of reforms: These children of liberalisation are already stars and are inspiring the next-genThe Pentium Chip went on to become the most popular chip in the history of the semiconductors and popularised the use of PCs and laptops fo...
21 Jul, 2016, 10.49 AM IST
25 years of reforms: How HUL's Harish Manwani cleaned up competition post liberalisationManwani feels the context for doing business became easier for him as a leader compared to his predecessor, who operated during a price-con...
21 Jul, 2016, 09.48 AM IST
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asks officers not to become instrument of political slugfestArun Jaitley while delivering the annual Intelligence Bureau lecture was referring to 2004 Ishrat Jehan fake encounter case.
24 Dec, 2015, 05.50 AM IST
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for expediting amendment to anti-corruption lawArun Jaitley favoured amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act to attune it with the modern economy, saying the present law fails to d...
23 Dec, 2015, 09.16 PM IST
Morgan Stanley warns gowth may fall to pre-liberalisation eraThe economy is facing the spectre of slipping to Hindu rate of growth of pre-liberalisation era and may fall to 3.5-4% growth zone, warns a...
09 Aug, 2013, 10.01 PM IST
Economy might slip back into pre-liberalisation state: JD(U)The economy might slip back into the pre-liberalisation state if the government does not take proper steps, JD(U) said.
14 Apr, 2013, 07.39 PM IST
- Managers can't be workmen, law must change with time: HC
Managers cannot be termed workmen, the Bombay High Court has held, in a significant verdict that throws light on a vexed issue on who const...
28 Dec, 2009, 06.23 PM IST
- Survey wants faster liberalisation of external sector
Painting a rosy picture for the balance of payments, the Pre-Budget Economic Survey on Friday favoured acceleration of pace of external sec...
25 Feb, 2005, 03.20 PM IST