
Washington: India's Ambassador Nirupama Rao has asked American students to be alert to the "stifling effects" of protectionism as it is retrogressive and hinders economic growth and development in the age of globalisation. "Borders between nations are becoming increasingly porous, and in time, they will be increasingly irrelevant, as people are allowed to move freely to transact trade and commerce, and to travel without hindrance," Rao said delivering the commencement...

03:58 AM, Apr 29, 2012

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee talked about a range of issues at the HT Leadership Summit in New Delhi on Friday. ...

11:44 AM, Dec 02, 2011

Wim Elfrink Age: 59 Designation: EVP, Emerging Solutions and Chief Globalisation Officer, Cisco Education: BA Engineering and Business Administration, Netherlands Career: Digital Equipment Corp, Hewlett Packard, Rank Xerox and Olivetti before Cisco in 1997 Hobbies: Running. Has run 42 marathons After four and a half years, how does your globalisation initiative look like? I would call it an evolution. I came here as a corporate entrepreneur with the objective to...

11:52 AM, Jun 18, 2011

Shah Rukh Khan believes that the Indian movie industry is at its best times and says people should focus on globalising it instead of chasing crossover cinema. "The world is looking at India... But I have an aversion to one word - it disturbs me that all Indian filmmakers are chasing an elusive dream of crossover cinema," Shah Rukh said Friday at the India Today Conclave. "It is nothing at...

01:13 PM, Mar 18, 2011

Toronto virtually went under lockdown before the G-20 summit as protesters marched through the city streets. ...

11:35 AM, Jun 26, 2010

Can India bring back the billions of dollars our students spend abroad? ...

12:48 PM, Jul 10, 2009

Mumbai: Politicians have ruled the roost for almost half a century at the Mumbai Cricket Association, which has produced the highest number of Indian Test players, and it is likely to remain unchanged at the forthcoming MCA elections on July 15. Incumbent chief Sharad Pawar, the ICC President and a cabinet minister, will contest for the president's post after some earlier indications that he may not do so. Mr Pawar...

03:46 PM, Feb 05, 2008

Violence marred what was supposed to be a peaceful protest ahead of the G8 summit in the German town of Rostock. ...

12:59 AM, Jun 03, 2007

From hair oil for Africans to coconut gels for Indonesians, Indian FMCG companies are now looking beyond India. ...

10:14 AM, Nov 24, 2006

The WTO's impact on the Indian farmers and handloom workers is being discussed among farmers. ...

09:22 AM, Nov 11, 2006

The anti-globalisation activists at the India Social Forum (ISF) celebrated the victory of the Democrats in US. ...

04:42 PM, Nov 10, 2006