Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
A longer lasting and more intensive coronavirus outbreak, spreading widely throughout the Asia Pacific region, Europe and North America, would weaken prospects considerably. In this event, global growth could drop to 1½ per cent in 2020, half the rate projected prior to the virus outbreak.
Projections of the potential impact of the Covid-19 shock on economies around the world for the year 2020 vary widely. However, there is broad agreement that the global economy will contract given the sudden stop to large swathes of activity and the resulting income loss in the manufacturing and services …
Women, Business and the Law 2020 tracks how the law affects women at various stages in their lives, from the basics of transportation to the challenges of starting a job and getting a pension. This year’s study shows that progress is being made, with all regions improving their average scores. …
US President Barack Obama today sought "consistency" and "simplicity" in regulatory and tax environment in India besides redressal of issues relating to intellectual property rights to significantly increase trade and business between the world's two largest democracies. In an address to India-US CEO Forum in presence of Prime Minister Narendra …
The October 2012 World Economic Outlook (WEO) assesses the prospects for the global recovery in light of such risks as the ongoing euro area crisis and the "fiscal cliff" facing U.S. policymakers. Reducing the risks to the medium-term outlook implies reducing public debt in the major advanced economies, and Chapter …
The April 2012 edition of the World Economic Outlook assesses the prospects for the global economy, which has gradually strengthened after a major setback during 2011. The threat of a sharp global slowdown eased with improved activity in the United States and better policies in the euro area. Weak recovery …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday explored the possibility of a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) to maximise the trade potential between the two countries, sources said. Sources said the proposal regarding the CECA between India and the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus …
The World Economic Outlook (WEO) presents the analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups (classified by region, stage of development, etc.), and in many individual countries. It focuses on major economic policy issues as well as on the analysis of economic developments and …
Sandeep Dikshit NEW DELHI: The BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) grouping will become BRICS with the inclusion of South Africa, according to sources in the government. The third BRIC summit in China next year will see South African President Jacob Zuma present as an observer. Membership of the soon-to-be …
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's world investment report released on Thursday emphasises that the world is moving towards a lowcarbon economy. The FDI flows in three key low-carbon industries in 2009 amounted to a whopping $90 billion. These projects are concentrated primarily in environmental technology.
The performance of the Indian economy in 2009/10 greatly exceeded expectations. The farm sector which was expected to contract showed resilience, growing by 0.2 per cent despite the weak South West monsoon. The non farm sector also did well. It is the assessment of the Council that the Indian economy …
Ronojoy Banerjee New Delhi: After the EU, Canada is now pitching for inclusion of environment-related issues in the trade and investment agreement with India. New Delhi has stoutly resisted the move. In a recent interview with FE the Canadian finance minister Jim Flaherty said that following the Copenhagen summit for …
It is a neighbour, a secular Muslim nation and a G-20 power Few people in India are aware that India and Indonesia are geographically contiguous, sharing a settled maritime boundary. The last island in the Andaman and Nicobar chain is only 80 kilometres from the first island of the Indonesian …
BY BIRAJ PATNAIK There is a growing chorus of voices against the slew of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that India is lining up. In recent months, for instance, organizations of farmers, fish-workers, groups working on patent issues and trade and development NGOs have been protesting against the proposed FTA between …
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: China's official media have now waded into the controversy surrounding Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh's remarks in Beijing, praising him for speaking out against restrictions on Chinese companies but criticising his comments on Chinese dams on the Brahmaputra river. The state-run English-language China …
Ranabir Ray Choudhury The BRIC grouping comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China issued its first joint statement as a group last year at Yekaterinburg. The IBSA Forum, comprising India, South Africa and Brazil, held its first summit in 2003. The latest summits of the two groupings were held in Brasilia …
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai March 15, 2010, 0:23 IST Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's current visit to India would give birth to a slew of Indo-Russian business collaborations. But, two major joint venture (JV) projects planned by Russian companies in India's rich mineral sector still remain just on paper, …
