Gender diversity is missing in large areas of the financial services industry. There is no easy way out.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that external factors like policies adopted by the United States, trade tensions and skyrocketing crude oil prices are impacting economies like India, despite \"strong fundamentals\".

Japan moved to the third spot, with a 10.2 per cent share in 2017, down from 23.1 per cent in 2000. PPP compares how many goods and services an exchange-rate-adjusted unit of money can purchase in different countries.

The just released GDP numbers for the first quarter of FY19 - showing 8.2 per cent growth- have come as a relief for the government.

The problem is that two big objectives that the Prime Minister had touted in his late evening speech - about catching black money and weeding out fake notes - have been less than successful to say the least.

The report says there is a potential to unlock over USD 50 billion in online commerce in India by driving awareness, usage, and transactions among the current and next set of internet users and shoppers.

The Sagarmala project has made huge progress in the last three years, but funding is a big constraint.

Less than a year after taking charge, K.J. Alphons, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism, launched a revamped Incredible India campaign. Alphons, who is candid about the issues facing India's tourism sector and wants to reduce the role of the government to just promoting tourism, speaks about efforts to make tourism hip again in a conversation with Business Today's Manu Kaushik and Joe C. Mathew. Edited excerpts:

Rupee last week dropped to a record low of 70.32 to a US dollar as political turmoil in Turkey and concerns about China's economic health continued to support safe-haven assets and weighed on emerging market currencies.

The highest ever growth rate since Independence was recorded at 10.2 per cent in 1988-89 when Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister.

The currency fell 42 paise to hit a fresh all time low of 70.32 intra day. Earlier, it opened 35 paise lower to 70.25 level compared to the US dollar.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the only self-made women -- with the total wealth of Rs 24,790 crore - who could make it to the top 100. On the third spot is Indu Jain of Bennett Coleman and Co Group, whose total wealth is estimated to be around Rs 26,240 crore.

Only 40 per cent of India's 390 million internet users transact online. The remaining 60 per cent do their research online but complete the transaction offline.

Whatever be the source of tax - whether an MNC, a local homegrown company or an individual, the pivot for any successful tax compliance and collection is ensuring a sound set of data and an insight into the taxpayers' journey.

Greg Moran, the CEO and co-founder of India's largest self-drive car rental platform Zoomcar talks about partnership with Mahindra, and why the government had to water down its 2030 vision for electric vehicles.

The consumer confidence survey was for the June round, and conducted in six metros - Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi and had 5268 responses.

Green shoots emerge for residential real estate, but it isn't out of the woods.

The investment climate looks gloomy, but there are rays of hope.

Apple sits on a cash pile of roughly $285 billion which is more than enough to buy India's two most valued companies - Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries and Tata's crown jewel TCS.

From human development indicators like health and education to economic parameters like tax-to-GDP ratio, currency performance, and current account deficit, Pakistan's track record is dismal on all fronts.