A seven-year-old maths prodigy, who became the youngest Briton to gain the top grade in GCSE maths, now advises the government on the country's finances, a media report said Sunday.

Foreign investment in multi-brand retail may snowball into another tussle between the Indian government and the opposition in the next few weeks, leaving for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a nifty balancing act to reconcile the vast differences between the supporters and opponents of the move.

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has said there is a need to engage multi-stakeholders and to bring in social security and flexibility in the contract labour segment for healthy industrial growth.

Zimbabwe's bankrupt central bank is to retrench 85 percent of its bloated staff complement to help it move back into the black and function as a reliable national bank, according to Finance Minister Tendai Biti.

The commerce ministry has called an meeting of officials of the agriculture, commerce and textiles ministries Sep 1 to discuss cotton exports, an official said Saturday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stones for the NTPC-BHEL joint venture power plant manufacturing project and the Tirupati International Airport during his one-day visit to Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district Wednesday.

Guided by top designers and creative heads, DesignYatra, India's largest annual design conference, will be held here Sep 3-4 on the theme "Order of Chaos", an official said.

Tata Steel Ltd was honoured with the 'Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar' for the second consecutive year at the National Sports Awards Day here Saturday.

Inflation will come down significantly by the year-end, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said here Saturday.