Low-cost airline GoAir has said it was suspending some flights due to Airbus and Pratt & Whitney deferring the delivery of planes and engines, respectively. Some scheduled flights, as well as those for which ticket sales are open, would be affected, the carrier said; A CRPF commando deployed outside the bungalow of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani in South Mumbai, died after shooting himself accidentally, according to media report; India has been ranked at the 80th position among 180 countries and territories in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) prepared by Transparency International. This and more on News Blast.Also read: Adani, Patanjali and Emami to gain from restrictions on Malaysian palm oil

Mood of the Nation survey: 42% believe India can become $5 trillion economy by 2025Less than half - 42 per cent - of respondents in the Mood of the Nation survey believe that India can become a $5 trillion economy by 2025. The survey conducted by India Today and Karvy Insights surveyed 12,141 people from across the country. A majority - 58 per cent - are either not hopeful or are doubtful of the target. Out of the 58 per cent, around 34 per cent believe that India won't reach the ...

India imposes a 100% import tax on chicken products and a 30% duty on whole chickens, too high for countries such as Brazil to gain a foothold in the market

This year's analysis shows corruption is more pervasive in countries where big money can flow freely into electoral campaigns

Cash is still the primary mode to pay bribes, as per the survey

Business confidence jumps for the second consecutive quarter despite business leaders' scepticism about future economic reforms, finds the latest Business Today-C fore Business Confidence Survey.

The organisation has used the World Bank data, the world economic forum and other institutions to rank countries by perceived levels of corruption in public sector. The score runs from zero to 100, from highly corrupt to 100. Belarus, Brazil, & China shared the same ranks as India.

Bharti Airtel may have topped the chart on the transparency index, it has offered no return to Dalal Street investors in the past five years, In fact the stock has lost 7 per cent during the period.

The survey encompasses 12 key risks that pose a number of threats to the entire economic ecosystem of the country. As per the report, a majority of the respondents surveyed this year have ranked 'Strikes, Closures & Unrest' as the major risk affecting the Indian economy.

The ranking of 20 states and one union territory of Delhi was based on five pillars-labour, infrastructure, economic climate, governance and political stability, perceptions-and 51 sub-indicators.

Of the 168 countries covered in the current edition, India shares the 76th position with countries such as Brazil, Thailand, Tunisia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Has India's economic performance improved so much that the country's ranking by World Economic Forum (WEF) has jumped 16 places to 55th position?

According to the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report by TII, the CPI score for the country increased by 2 points in 2014, helping its rank move up to 85.

Six months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in, there is a sense that the Indian economy has got moving after several wasted years.

India sits on some of the world's biggest deposits of iron ore, coal and bauxite, but look at how disastrous our mineral-exploitation policies have been.

In its 2011 Corruption Perception Index, Transparency International ranked India at 95 out of 183 countries. How can widespread corruption be curbed? Here are five suggestions.

Institutional capacities to combat corruption have lagged behind as India embraced liberalisation, globalisation and technological advances at a rapid pace, says CII President and Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej.

Karnataka joins a select band of states in making access to basic services a public right.