The World Bank in its report Global Economic Prospects projected that India would remain comfortably the fastest growing large economy in 2016, at a rate more than a percentage point higher than China's.

The annual bilateral summit between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin saw a strings of oil deals, potentially worth $2-3 billion

A top Indian government official has stated that the foreign direct investment in the country has grown by 35 per cent in the last 17 months, even as it has fallen by 16 per cent across the world.

Blackstone, the US-based private equity major, is reported to have acquired Alpha One mall at Vastrapur in Ahmedabad, which was owned by Guargaon-based real estate company, Alpha G: Corp

India is expected to grow by 7-7.5 per cent in 2015-16, slower than the previous estimate of 8.1-8.5 per cent as weak exports, sluggish farm sector and private investment weighed on faster expansion, as shown by the government's mid-year review.

Bengal will be hosting a Global Business Summit in partnership with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce, from 7-9 January 2016, in Kolkata at the Milan Mela grounds on E M Bypass.

India accounts for $12.3 billion, or 40 per cent of the total of $31 billion of globalised engineering and R&D in 2015, as per a study conducted by consulting firm Zinnov.

The Modi government has prepared India's first intellectual property rights policy that suggests a series of tax sops and other incentives to promote research and development and patents, besides providing support to small and medium enterprises...