Tag Archives: Economy

• India on brink of “quantum leap”, Modi tells investors 11 January 2015 | Rupam Jain Nair and Aman Shah This post has no comments yet

  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised on Sunday to pursue predictable policies and ensure stable taxes, in a speech that sought to address concerns for foreign investors in Asia's third-largest economy. ...

• Apple counts down to launch of smartwatch, bigger iPhone 9 September 2014 | Supantha Mukherjee This post has no comments yet

  Apple Inc is expected to unveil its first new device in four years, the iWatch, in a gala event on Tuesday that may also mark its long-awaited entry into mobile payments and deliver a larger iPhone. ...

• Legality the major impediment to growth of Tibetan entrepreneurs in India 29 July 2014 | Tsewang Rigzin This post has no comments yet

  If Tibetan entrepreneurship improves, this can solve the major problems of unemployment and migration from settlements. And in the long run, we will be in a better position to safeguard our cultural heritage. ...

• India threatens to derail WTO deal, prompts angry US rebuke 26 July 2014 | Frank Jack Daniel and Tom Miles This post has no comments yet

  India threatened on Friday to block a worldwide reform of custom rules, which some estimates say could add $1 trillion to the global economy and create 21 million jobs, prompting a US warning. ...

• China president Xi heading to South America for BRICS summit 7 July 2014 This post has no comments yet

  China's President Xi Jinping will visit South American nations next week including Brazil, where he will meet India's new prime minister for the first time. ...

• India cracking down on foreign-funded charities 19 June 2014 | Katy Daigle This post has no comments yet

  India is cracking down on foreign-funded charities after receiving an internal report alleging they are costing the country up to 3 percent of its GDP by rallying communities against polluting industries. ...

• Global oil prices rise on escalating Iraq violence 12 June 2014 | Lin Noueihed This post has no comments yet

  Brent crude oil climbed towards $112 a barrel on Thursday on worries that escalating violence in Iraq could disrupt oil supplies from the major OPEC exporter. ...

• Creating a cohesive and self-reliant exile Tibetan community 25 February 2014 | Tsewang Rigzin This post has no comments yet

  Possibilities for application of SHG-based micro-credit for generating micro and small enterprises in Tibetan refugee settlements ...

• China promises economic reforms at key meeting 12 November 2013 This post has no comments yet

  China's Communist Party promised to deepen economic reforms to give the market a "decisive" role in allocating resources, state media reported Tuesday at the end of a closely-watched meeting. ...

• Indian rupee falls to record low, nears 70 per dollar 28 August 2013 | Rachel O'Brien This post has one comment

  India's rupee crashed nearly four percent to a new record low Wednesday as worries about a US-led military strike against Syria and surging crude oil prices fanned fears of a financial crisis. ...