Sources said that while many companies collect personal data of similar nature by scraping open source platforms, given that this involves a Chinese firm which works with the military and security agencies, the government is
China is Watching: From Ministers to Mayors, sarpanches, and legislators to Members of Parliament, the database includes at least 1,350 politicians and lawmakers across parties.
China is Watching: Over 10,000 Indians, entities from politics to business, judiciary to media, even crime-accused, tracked by big-data firm linked to Chinese govt.
The Hinduja Group, with revenues of over $25 billion and employing 100,000-plus people, effectively utilised a “trust” structure and its opaqueness to waive over $78 million in debt to a group holding company despite the
US-China pressure notwithstanding, the final G20 communique has skipped mentioning a December 2016 deadline for its 20 member countries to ratify the Paris Agreement.
Government expenditure and consumption may be watering the green shoots, as reported earlier in this series, but that may not be enough to sustain growth.
A fillip to the economy this year will come mostly from a consumption-led demand boost driven largely by easing liquidity conditions, lower interest rates, better rural incomes following normal rains and higher disposable inc
Modi's third year begins: A fillip to the economy this year will come mostly from a consumption-led demand boost driven largely by easing liquidity conditions, lower interest rates, better rural incomes following normal rains
The most significant pointer to an uptick is a rebound in sales of light commercial vehicles such as pick-up and mini trucks used for last-mile connectivity, indicating improving economic activity. More than this, it is the m
Adi Godrej, chairman of the $4.1-billion Godrej Group, with diverse interests in fast moving consumer goods, real estate, consumer durables and furniture...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who returned from his five-day Belgium-US-Saudi Arabia official trip on the intermediate night of April 3-4, has sought the first report on The Panama Papers within 15 days of it having appeared
The two trusts that the Shahras set up in Panama are The Threewells Foundation, the public deed of which was signed on October 1, 2009, and One World Trust, which was set up on October 22, 2008.
LOKESH SHARMA, managing director of sports management major Twenty First Century Media (TCM) Private Ltd, has two companies of his own registered in the tax haven of British Virgin Islands (BVI), according to The Panama Paper
The world’s largest commercial banknote maker, De La Rue, had contracted a New Delhi businessman to help it bag tenders in India in return for a 15% commission, besides significant amounts as out-of-pocket expenses towards
Mossack Fonseca documents list K P Singh, his wife, son, daughter and their family as shareholders; Singh is labelled as a ‘politically exposed person’.
Biggest leak of over 11 million documents of Panama law firm features over 500 Indians linked to offshore firms, finds 8-month investigation by a team of The Indian Express led by Ritu Sarin, Executive Editor (News & Investig
The Aadhaar Bill, 2016 clearly specifies that the biometric information captured will be used only for Aadhaar enrolment and authentication. NANDAN NILEKANI, the first Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India
With the bad loan crisis casting a shadow on the ability of banks to lend as and when private sector investment picks up, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is deliberating on a proposal...
NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya insists that growth rate will touch the 8% mark soon, claims that India will rank even better in ease of doing business once new changes are taken into account, and says states have
J&K finance and culture minister Haseeb Drabu says the PDP has not compromised on its ideological position, explains the BJP is in a ‘transformative’ phase, says the Mufti feels ‘engagement with Pakistan is necessary’