Indians Planet

In Goldman Sachs famous BRIC acronym, Russia is designated to be one of the worlds largest economies by 2050 along with Brazil, India and China. Among the quartet, though, Russia is unique, first, in its geographical location straddling Europe and Asia and, second, in its status as a former world ...

Nirmal Kotecha is a self-confessed admirer of Harshad Mehta and a faithful follower of his technique.

Germany has decided that the next phase in international affairs belongs not to economics or politics, but to culture. This was driven home to me with great force last week when, along with five other international journalists known for their art/cultural writing, I was part of an intense visitors programme ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's wholesale price index rose 0.57 percent in the 12 months to April 18, above the previous week's annual rise of 0.26 percent, government data showed on Thursday.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy is perking up but will not be out of the woods until private-sector investment takes up the baton of growth from the government's capital spending binge.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Canon Inc reported a 88 percent fall in quarterly profit, hit by sluggish demand for copiers and printers, but raised its annual outlook thanks in part to a weakening yen.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil rose well above $51 a barrel on Thursday, extending the previous day's gains as traders focused on improving economic data and draining fuel stocks rather than the worsening swine flu outbreak.

DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chrysler rushed to clinch deals with Fiat SpA and a fractious group of lenders on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to avoid bankruptcy ahead of a government-imposed April 30 restructuring deadline.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will increase its capital base to $165 billion from $55 billion to help boost resources for its development programmes, the bank said in a statement on Thursday.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Millions of Indians began voting in the third round of a general election on Thursday in several states seen as key to the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party's bid to win power from the Congress-led ruling coalition. ...