"The approach is not to solve the problem using force but by providing means to reduce unemployment and improve economy," he said.
The highest water-use efficiency of more than $ 50 per cubic metre is in Oceania, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Israel, Denmark, Finland, and Great Britain while the lowest is in Central and South Asia, including India, at less than $ 10 per cubic metre.
China will reform its foreign exchange system in an orderly way and will not bend to pressure from the US to float the yuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, Zhou Xiaochuan has asserted.
India to cooperate with SCO in fight against terrorism: Natwar
'China need not worry about a truly 'resurgent India'.' 'It's not going to happen.'
The new chief minister will be one of the most closely watched politicians in the country in these media-driven times.
'The outlook for private investment, which has been such a weak link for India for so long, remains challenging.'
anata Dal-United president Sharad Yadav says leaders of all 11 parties who've formed a new front will meet after the current Parliament session to finalise a name, coordination strategy and programmes. Mayank Mishra reports
'Just see what kind of political, social and economic impact it will have when the number of unemployed goes up four times in one year suddenly.'
An aggressive Pyongyang is likely to force Seoul and Tokyo to build nuclear deterrents and thus thwart Beijing's ambitions.
Lakhs of people are suffering from rising crude oil and food grain prices throughout the world. Even as the world is on the edge of a major crisis, the income disparities are only widening with more and more wealth falling into the hands of a few elites.
India's disappointing human development status is well known. It is a virtual tailender among the newly emerging BRICS economies Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa which are expected to become the engine of global economic growth as the developed countries slow down.
Women entrepreneurs view the world through different lenses, hence, execute things differently, says Mohana Nair.
Millions of Indian children lack access to online education as they do not have smartphones, computers or an Internet connection.
The former President addressed graduates virtually sharing tips on how they could make the most of their lives and careers amid the pandemic.
Average salary has grown faster than average business income for three of the last five years. This has implications in a country like India. Most people in India are self-employed, with 51.4% of the population falling in that bracket.
'The corporate tax cuts will obviously result in lower tax payments by companies,' says Central Board of Direct Taxes member Akhilesh Ranjan who retires after 37 years in government service.
On the other hand, 16 or half of all states and Union Territories account for only 3 per cent of all exports.
First time voters say they expect political leaders to focus on "real issues".
As West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry prepare for new administrations, one is reminded of the disparity that runs through the veins of the Indian states, notes Mihir S Sharma.
Workers moving out of agriculture to the rural labour force were largely getting absorbed in construction activities
China's major economic problem has been that its heartland is an agricultural region with about one-third of the arable land per person as the rest of the world.
China's major economic problem has been that its heartland is an agricultural region with about one-third of the arable land per person as the rest of the world.
Delivering the first S B Rangnekar Memorial lecture at the Panjab University, his alma mater, in Chandigarh, Dr Singh also said a "dangerous and false binary" of choosing between freedom and development was surfacing in the country's political discourse and that it must be rejected.
'The police will give weightage to the socially strong.' 'The dominant caste is usually a powerful person, while the scheduled caste is normally powerless.' 'That is why FIRs are not registered.' 'Most of these complaints are by very poor people against very rich powerful people.'
Examples of coordinated initiatives.
This does not mean isolating parochialism but of new way of thinking about economic systems, says Rajni Bakshi.
'While they claim to cherish Bapu's ideals, they cherish Godse as fervently.'
India ranks lowest among the world's major economies for its preparedness to tackle global environmental risks and second-lowest for economic risks, while Switzerland is on the top, a report said.
Then, you might want to make plans to move to Latin America. According to the Happy Planet Index, published recently by the New Economics Foundation, Latin American countries have high scores when it comes to happiness.
Noting that terrorism is haunting the Asian and Central Asian regions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday underlined the need for "genuine" cooperation among countries on a global scale to resolutely defeat the menace.
Borrowing from BRICS bank will help India avoid other kinds of politics emanating from the West. Overall, the BRICS institutions will necessarily adopt alternative ways of doing things based on their own cultural and socio economic needs, says M K Venu.
Let's make some effort to make it come true and close the gender gap once and for all.
Annabel Mehta, Sachin Tendulkar's mother-in-law, has dedicated her life to working with the Beautiful People of the other half of Mumbai without whom the city would neither exist nor thrive. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel met the amazing lady who was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire for her service to underprivileged communities.
While it took the Congress nearly a half century to earn the hatred of other political outfits, the BJP appears set to reach there in around six years, says Arun Bhatnagar, former secretary to the GoI.
A new study suggests that mortality rates during economic recessions in developed countries decline rather than increase.
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