India to surpass China as most populous country in 2050: study
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India is projected to outpace China and become the world's most populous country by 2050, growing by 50 percent in the next 46 years to reach more than 1.6 billion people, a US research institute said.
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China has overtaken the United States as the world's top producer of carbon dioxide emissions &#151; the biggest man-made contributor to global warming &#151; based on the latest widely accepted energy consumption data, a Dutch research group says.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazil should end the year atthe top of the list of countries with the highest rate ofpirated personal computers in its market, outranking China forthe first time, according to a study released on Thursday.
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that is, in other countries such as China and India. According to an IDC study, China&#39;s IT growth is expected to be 15% annually and India&#39;s about 20%.
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China ranks 46th out of 104 economies evaluated in the Geneva-based World Economic Forum&#39;s latest World Competitiveness Report, dropping two places from last year.
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(InfoWorld) - Google's dominance may seem unassailable in North America, but it's the search giant that is playing catch-up in Asia, according to new survey results released Sunday. Despite the popularity of Google's Web sites elsewhere in the world, it failed to attract the most visitors in any of the 10 Asian countries surveyed in May by comScore Networks. Yahoo fared far better, claiming the most popular sites in Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan, while Microsoft sites were the most popular in Australia,Â China, and New Zealand. The survey also showed that China has the largest online population in Asia, with 91.5 monthly Internet users, followed by Japan with 53.7 million and South Korea with 26.3 million. New Zealand had the fewest monthly users, with 1.9 million. South Korea topped the list for highest Internet penetration, with 65 percent of its population using the Internet at least once during the month. Australia followed with 62 percent, then New Zealand with 60 percent, comScore said. China and India had the lowest Internet penetration rates, at 9 percent and 3 percent, respectively. ComScore surveyed people aged 15 years or older who accessed the Internet from a home or work computer. In other findings it reported that: -- nearly 284 million people age 15 or older accessed the Internet from a home or work computer across the Asia Pacific. -- The average person used the Internet on 13.8 days in the month and spent 20.2 hours online. That compared to the global averages of 17.1 days per month and 25.2 hours online, comScore said.
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China's top in text messaging, India dominates in mobile tech, and the Brits have more digital TVs, researchers find.
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India has the most number of billionaires in Asia with a total wealth of $191bn, according to Forbes magazine.
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By 2011 China will beat out India as the most popular offshoring destination, IDC says; other analysts disagree.
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While reproductive planning and women&#39;s equality have improved substantially over the past decade, says a United Nations report, world population will increase from 6.4 billion today to 8.9 billion by 2050, with the 50 poorest countries tripling in
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(InfoWorld) - Chinese cities are expected to unseat Bangalore, Mumbai, and Delhi in India, and Manila of the Philippines, as favored offshore delivery centers by 2011, according to IDC. The market researcher has introduced a new Global Delivery Index (GDI), which compares 35 cities in the Asia-Pacific as potential offshore delivery centers, based on criteria such as cost of labor, cost of rent, language skills, government policies, infrastructure, and staff turnover rates. Bangalore currently tops the list, followed by Manila, Delhi, and Mumbai. The Chinese cities that figure in the 2007 list include Dalian, Shanghai, and Beijing, at numbers five, six, and seven. Indian cities have inherent challenges such asÂ cost of staff and pressure on infrastructure, said Conrad Chang, a research manager at IDCâs Asia Pacific operations, in a telephone interview on Thursday. While India has focused on the U.S. and European markets, China has large opportunities in the Japanese and Korean markets, Chang added. Chinese cities will overtake Indian cities by 2011 because of massive investments made in infrastructure, English language, Internet connections, and technical skills, which are favorable towards offshoring, IDC said Tuesday. Forrester Research,Â however, takes a less optimistic view about China as an offshore destination. Nearly two years ago, the country was widely viewed as a key challenger to India as an offshore services delivery location, however Forresterâs research shows that the market has not taken off as expected, the research firm said in a recent report. China primarily attracts business from Korean and Japanese companies, but most of them have preferred to set up their own operations in China rather than outsource, because there are not many large service providers in China, said Siddharth Pai, a partner at outsourcing consultancy firm Technology Partners InternationalÂ (TPI) in Houston, on Thursday. Many U.S. and European companies, that set up offshore services operations in India, may also have an operation in China, Pai said. â But the Indian operation will typically be the larger,â he added. China has still not overcome customersâ concerns about English language skills, intellectual property (IP) protection, and attrition in the country, Forrester said. In contrast, India has a sophisticated and time-tested legal environment built around Western common law, Pai said. Even if China invests heavily in education, the population cannot get in four to five years as fluent in English as Indians, he said. â Indians have been speaking English for over a hundred years,â he added. Indiaâs demographics also favor its continuation as a key offshore services location. On account of Chinaâs one-child-per-family policy, the countryâs population is aging. The country has about half as many people under 30 than India, Pai said. The IT industry primarily employs younger staff, he added. The IDC GDI rates the potential of cities as offshore destinations, said Chang. The actual business decision by companies to offshore to these cities will depend on a host of other factors, he added. The GDI is a moving index, reviewed every six months. âThis is not about India versus China,â Chang said. IDC expects both countriesâ offshore business to grow, he added.
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NEW DELHI - The United Nations Conference on Trade &amp; Development (UNCTAD) on Wednesday placed India among the top four Asian foreign direct investment (FDI) destinations and said it will get more foreign investment flows as the global economy rebounds
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New Delhi: India, the world&#39;s largest democracy, ranks 120th in the media freedom index of 167 countries with Denmark on top and North Korea at the bottom.
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China has overtaken the US as the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, figures released today show.
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[Health India]: Washington, Nov 9 : A Population Health Research Institute study carried out by researchers at the Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Canada that enrolled more than 15,500 people in China, India and Pakistan has found that
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India's online population is growing at the fastest rate in the world, a survey by US Internet firm comScore Networks has said.
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NEW DELHI -- With its burgeoning economy and muscular military, India is becoming a valued prize in the growing rivalry between the United States and China.