India, Russia against 'outside influence' in internal matters: Modi

IMAGE: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit the shipbuilding plant 'Zvezda' outside Vladivostok, Russia, on Wednesday.  . Photograph: Sputnik/Mikhail......

Last count: 148,707 Indians died in road accidents in 2015

Indian roads are far more unsafe than its railways. A sense of urgency is required to tackle India's embarrassing record on road safety, says Vinayak Chatterjee. IMAGE: The total number of road......

Full text: What Modi, Obama agreed on

This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama assessed the......

Modi and Obama set out to create a model for the world

Moving ahead with their new mantra -- Chalein Saath Saath: Forward Together We Go -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to deepen cooperation in......

Standard Chartered to axe 4,000 retail bank jobs globally

Standard Chartered is closing the bulk of its global equities business and axing 4,000 retail banking jobs as Peter Sands moves to aggressively cut costs to reverse the Asia-focused bank's......

The RBI Story: 90 Years And Going Strong

Of the eight RBI governors who have held office since the 1991 economic liberalisation, Bimal Jalan had the longest stint and S Venkitaramanan, the shortest. Current Governor Shaktikanta Das will......

Standard Chartered woos Indian customers with new products

Sanjeeb Chaudhur, Standard Chartered's consumer banking business regional head for South Asia and global head of marketing, plans to introduce new products and services for the bank's retail......

Former Barclays banker Ashok Vaswani to head Kotak Mahindra Bank

Ashok Vaswani, a banker with more than three-and-half decades experience in building and scaling up businesses across consumer and corporate banking and payments, will be the next managing director......

StanChart extends $30 Million/Year Liverpool sponsorship

Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered has extended its sponsorship of Liverpool Football Club for two years, continuing one of the most lucrative deals in English sport. Standard Chartered, which is......

IOA hails Randhir's re-election as OCA secy-gen

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has hailed Randhir Singh's re-election as the secretary-general of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and described the development as a testimony of India's......