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RBS to cut almost 450 investment banking jobs in UK
March 16th, 2016
Bank announces layoffs, adding that two-thirds of lost roles will move offshore to its operation in India Royal Bank of Scotland is cutting 448 investment banking jobs in the UK, moving two-thirds of them to India. The bank, 73% of ...
India Becomes Fastest Growing Economy
February 8th, 2016
Industrial reforms have lead to accelerated annualised growth of 7.3% for the last quarter of 2015 – surpassing China. India is forecast to become the fastest growing large economy in the world, surpassing that of China. Figures to be ...
SFO in court for Alstom bribery case
October 9th, 2014
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has enlisted Three Raymond Buildings’ Simon Farrell QC and Rachel Scott for its court case against French train giant Alstom, which it accused of paying around $8m (£5m) in bribes to officials over a ...
Defeating India’s disastrous food price inflation with trade
September 16th, 2014
Indian economic data in July on industrial growth and inflation was disappointing. Industrial sector growth slowed to 3.4 per cent in June 2014 with the manufacturing sector, the largest component, growing at an anaemic 1.8 per cent. But the ...
China and India’s growing strategic weight
September 15th, 2014
The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India this week, so early in the term of India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, underlines the growing strategic weight of the relationship between the two countries. Modi’s prime ministership, with ...
Indian police arrests bank chief over bribery
August 4th, 2014
Indian police have arrested the chairman of state-run Syndicate bank, Sudhir Kumar Jain, and several others over allegations of bribery. Mr Jain has been accused of taking bribes to raise credit limits of firms. The Central Bureau of Investigation ...
Gold, silver extend losses on weak global cues
July 16th, 2014
Gold dropped for the second day with prices falling further by Rs 120 to Rs 28,330 per ten gram in the national capital today, tracking a weak trend overseas amid slackened demand. Silver also lost Rs 350 to Rs ...
India To Revamp Colonial Era Train Networks, Courting Foreign Investment
June 30th, 2014
India’s new Prime Minister plans to overhaul the country’s massive state-run railway system. Originally built under British colonial rule, the train system is one of the largest in the world, and serves roughly 25 million passengers every day — ...
