Urban development, education and energy will be at the forefront as French President Francois Hollande arrives in India Wednesday night on a two-day visit to India, his first visit to Asia since his electoral win last May.
Economy
Urban development, R&D to top Hollande business agenda
Chidambaram assures more steps to revive growth
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday said the government would take more appropriate steps to revive economic growth even as the statistical office lowered the GDP growth forecast to 5 percent, the worst in a decade.
Reviving market, creativity pep up India Art Fair
Broad trends of a gradual market revival, fresh interest in emerging
contemporary artists, diversity of works, new creative energy and
heightened viewers' awareness were discernible at the three-day India
Art Fair 2013 that ended late Sunday.
India's central bank cuts key rates
Interest rates on automobile, housing and commercial loans could come down and banks will have Rs.180 billion more to lend as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Tuesday cut key rates, but just a tad to spur growth and keep inflation in check.
India's business confidence worsened in Q3
Business confidence in India worsened during the October-December quarter, due to high interest rates and infrastructure bottlenecks, a survey by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has revealed.
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