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8th Edition of Jaipur Literature Festival Kicks off

Nobel Laureates along with some Bollywood stars make their way to the pink city to take part in one of Asia's biggest literary gathering.

Jan 21, 2015

Syriza economist: Greece cannot rebound without debt cut

Struggling Greece will never recover without a generous debt cut, despite what the country's creditors might think, the politician likely to become the next finance minister said Tuesday. Duration: 00:55

Jan 21, 2015

After World Bank, IMF Projects India to Outpace China's Growth in 2016

IMF projects the world's 10th-largest economy to post faster economic growth, overtaking China.

Jan 20, 2015

Sunanda Pushkar 'Murder':Shashi Tharoor Admits to 'Marital Trouble' During Police Interrogation

Shashi Tharoor was also questioned about his alleged extra-marital affair with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar

Jan 20, 2015

Richest 1% Wealthier than the Rest of the World Combined

The average population, classed as non-rich have $3,851 per adult and account for only 5.5% of global wealth.

Jan 19, 2015

World Bank President Jim Young Kim and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Govt Adjusts Disinvestment Plan: IOC Stake Sale Possible

The government is likely to bring IndianOil stake to the disinvestment table, as continued uncertainty over policy affecting Coal India and ONGC would prove an impediment to its plans, even as it struggles to limit itself to the 4.1% fiscal deficit.

Jan 17, 2015

RBI Mulls Allowing Banks to Purchase Infra Bonds to Improve Bond Market Liquidity

The RBI could consider allowing banks to also purchase infrastructure bonds, in a bid to increase the liquidity in the bond market.

Jan 16, 2015

Rate Cut Effect: Govt Banks to Post Higher Treasury Gains, Use it to Offset Higher Provisioning

With 28% of deposits tied to government bonds, the state-run banks can now use the treasury gains made from the RBI rate cut to offset their bad loans and shore up capital

Jan 16, 2015

Marans Exit SpiceJet, Transfer Ownership to Ajay Singh

SpiceJet's Maran Brothers have agreed to transfer ownership and control of the beleaguered budget airlines to its original founder Ajay Singh and his partners

Jan 15, 2015

World Bank Projects India's GDP to Surpass China's by 2017

The World Bank's Global Economic Prospects projects India to post 6.4% GDP growth rate in 2015, with the economy expanding by 7% in 2016.

Jan 14, 2015

Budget 2015 - Increase Infra Spending, Allow Fiscal Deficit To Widen, Adopt Fiscal Consolidation, Says Financial Experts

Investors are willing to cut the government some slack, if it invests in infrastructure projects while reforming the tax revenues.

Jan 14, 2015

Lei Jun, founder and chief executive officer of China's mobile company Xiaomi Inc, introduces the new features of Xiaomi Phone MI 4

Facebook Discusses Investment Possibility in Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi

Mark Zuckerberg and Xiaomi Inc. CEO Lei Jun discussed a potential investment by Facebook in China's top smartphone maker, ahead of its $1.1 billion fundraising last month

Jan 13, 2015

Cyprus Airways employees protest airline closure

Cyprus Airways former employees demonstrated outside the Finance Ministry against the airline's closure over the weekend. Cyprus decided to halt flights, calling the closure of debt-laden Cyprus Airways "unavoidable". Duration: 01:01

Jan 12, 2015

Ajay Singh's SpiceJet Rescue Plan Expected to be Finalised by January-end

The beleaguered airline could see a new management on board by the end of the month, if the necessary approvals are received.

Jan 10, 2015

Arun Jaitley and Raghuram Rajan at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

FM Jaitley, RBI Governor Rajan Stand United ahead of Budget 2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is expected to announce major reforms during the budget session.