Americans help fuel the increase in executive tourism to India
Canadian Press
18 July 2008
NEW DELHI Keith Lotman went to New Delhi on a two-week business trip. But a quick day of sightseeing in India's capital city left him enthralled and ready to see more of the country.
"I have...
IMF revises India`s GDP forecast to 8% in 2008
New Delhi, July 17: Amid various disappointing indicators, India has received some solace with the International Monetary Fund marginally revising its projections for economic growth to 8 per cent in 2008 from its earlier estimates of 7.9 per...
Indian think tank sees 2008/09 growth at 9.5 pct
Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:22pm IST
MUMBAI, July 17 (Reuters) - India's economy is expected to grow a robust 9.5 percent in the fiscal year 2008/09, boosted by the industry and services sectors, think tank Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE)...
India sea bridge an engineering marvel
By Prachi Pinglay
BBC News, Mumbai
The sea link is an engineering feat
It is the first bridge to be built over the sea in India and it promises to change the skyline of its financial capital, the western city of Mumbai.
The cable-stayed...
I suppose none of you realized it. But the song is in Bengali and the lyrics are from Rabindranath Tagore's poem 'Stream of life' from Gitanjali. Watch the end credits.
Pardon me if I mistook the first post to be an article although the presentation does make it seem like one. My objection was towards the terminology especially Hindu lenders which clearly suggests the bias and hatred of the author. This itself raises a question mark over the abstract of the...
I seriously doubt if this is indeed a genuine article published in any daily. However, it is totally devoid of any economic sense. Unlike China India's economic growth is fueled by its service industry which needs educated & competent individuals. The manufacturing in India picked up recently in...
The report mixed up Indian and army together. It was stated till last year that 5 million Indians are HIV+ which after proper screening done in new survey was found to be 2.3 million. If only somebody wasn't born yesterday then he should know that total strength of Indian army is 1.2 million so...
This is an open thread & any member who deems it necessary can make a post. He doesn't need any invitation from you. This is a thread not your personal party where admission is exclusive to invitation only.
If MODS feel inappropriate they can delete the comments. I felt this thread is...
What a joke of a thread!!!
No proper link to the opening thread and still is being discussed with great fervor by some posters.
Mods!!! Kindly lock, seal & dispose this thread to trash can. Threads such as these simply bring down the quality of discussion on a forum where a poster posts...
This is what I said about sensational Journalism. Its like listening to a cricket commentary on radio. Every four/six is cheered & every wicket is mourned without taking into account the current status of match.
But the point is when you drop it creates a state of uneasiness with investors...
Global Economic measurement is not done by how well you are doing but how well you can sustain. Drop is not considered good since somebody looses money.
Typical sensational journalism. Not that I refute anything that has been said but it has become a norm for most of the journalist to paint a beautiful vista on every little achievement & portray doomsday scenario at slightest stumble.
First of all, the global economy is reeling under the...