India’s central role in Indo-Pacific security architecture, reaffirmed by US

    2021-01-14T09:03:57+00:00January 13th, 2021|In Focus: Covid-19 impact, India Inc Views - India Global Business|

    The ‘United States Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific’ document talks of building up India’s capabilities and posit it as a counterweight to China. Though authored by the Trump administration, the strong strategic convergence between New and Washington is expected to ensure that the Biden administration doesn’t make too many changes to it.

      Can India play its ‘Taiwan card’ to bring China around?

      2020-12-29T11:22:58+00:00December 29th, 2020|Analysis - India Global Business, India Inc Views - India Global Business|

      Though India does not have formal diplomatic relations with the island democracy that Beijing considers a breakaway province, it has slowly been increasing bilateral engagements in the economic, cultural and educational spheres. This can, with some deft diplomacy, become a bargaining chip at future negotiations.

        Chinese dams on Brahmaputra in Tibet pose serious security threat to India

        2020-12-07T04:22:58+00:00December 6th, 2020|Analysis - India Global Business, India Inc Views - India Global Business|

        China is building dams, hydro-electric projects and underground tunnels along the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra to serve its mainland and provide water to its parched regions in Xinjiang. Unless India can counter this quickly, it will give Beijing another ace to trump New Delhi with.

          India sends a subtle message to China through the 2+2 dialogue

          2020-10-29T13:51:10+00:00October 29th, 2020|In Focus: Covid-19 impact, India Inc Views - India Global Business|

          The third meeting of the Indian and US Defence and Foreign Ministers in New Delhi recently concluded the last foundational agreement to bring the defence forces of the two countries closer and sent a strong message to Beijing on its expansionist ambitions.

            The world wants a piece of the Indian innovation pie

            2020-09-23T13:29:48+00:00September 18th, 2020|2019, North America Edition – 15 November 2019|

            India’s tech start-ups have placed the country at the cutting edge of emerging technologies and are attracting billions of dollars of investments from tech giants and investors such as Google, Amazon, Softbank and Alibaba. A proactive government, a helpful policy environment and the second largest internet user base are fuelling this boom. Highlights: India has the world’s third largest start-up eco-system after the US and China. Global tech giants such as Google are setting up incubators in India to provide [...]

              India-Japan-Australia supply chain plan to check China’s dominance

              2020-09-16T13:30:04+00:00September 16th, 2020|Analysis - India Global Business, India Inc Views - India Global Business|

              In an initiative to attract companies leaving China and to provide the world with an alternative to over-dependence on one country, New Delhi, Tokyo and Canberra are considering a deal that could change the paradigm of global trade for decades to come.