India tops global confidence index

India was ranked the highest globally in terms of consumer confidence during October-December quarter of 2015, continuing its earlier trend of being ranked the highest during first three quarters of 2015, as per the global consumer confidence index created by Nielsen.

India’s growth potential much higher than 7 per cent, says Nouriel Roubini

India has a growth potential much higher than seven per cent and can grow at around eight to nine per cent with the reforms being undertaken by the present government and their quick implementation, according to American economist Mr Nouriel Roubini.

Indian growth robust powered by domestic engine, says Nomura

Despite weak global cues, India's growth is expected to continue in the next fiscal year mainly due to robust domestic economic environment powered by rising disposable income, a normal monsoon and public infrastructure investment by the government, according to Nomura research.

Foreign firms rush to India’s online marketplace

India's online marketplace has become an attractive destination for several foreign firms with around 50,000 merchants and sellers from countries such as China, South Korea, Singapore and several others planning to enter India through online marketplace players.

21st century will be India's: Virginia Rometty, IBM

IBM's Chief Executive Ms Virginia Rometty expressed her growing confidence in India by predicting that the country will be the centre of cognitive shift or the fourth technology shift driven by artificial intelligent systems like IBM’s Watson, summarising that the 21st century will come to be known as the Indian century.

TCS rated world’s most powerful brand in IT services, as per Brand Finance’s 2016 annual report

Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS), one of the top multinational information technology (IT) firms in India, has been rated as the world’s most powerful brand in IT services by Brand Finance, a leading global brand valuation firm, which valued the TCS brand at US$ 9.4 billion in 2016, up from US$ 2.34 billion in 2010.

India ranks 4th in number of thinktanks, after US, China and UK

India's ranking among the list of nations with the most number of think tanks has increased to fourth in 2015 with 280 think tanks, according to Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (GGTTI) 2015.

RBI replaces few older FEMA norms with revised regulations to improve ease of business

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in consultation with the Government of India, has announced revisions to nine regulations originally issued under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), to consolidate the regulations, rationalise them to match the evolving business environment and changing practices in cross-border transactions, thereby improving the ease of doing business.