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    India and China: From neighbours to frenemies

    2018-09-06T09:58:04+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

    Of all the foreign policy challenges facing the Modi government, the one on how to deal with China is, arguably, the most difficult and vexed problem. China’s rise to the top league of the world’s leading nations has been accompanied by increasing muscle flexing towards it neighbours, with many of which it has unresolved border problems. Most analysts accept that India is not really in the same league as China -- not yet, at any rate. They also admit that [...]

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      The future of Indian IT

      2018-05-18T13:04:36+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, Sector Focus, Year, Yearend 2016|

      Bright sunny days over, Indian IT industry braces for big churn

      With revenues of $ 160 billion employing a workforce of nearly 4 million, the Indian information and technology (IT) sector is without exception the first industry that showcased India’s prowess at low cost problem solving to the wide world. Kick-started largely thanks to the Y2K scare that gripped the world in late 1990’s, India firmly established itself at the forefront of outsourcing game.

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      Brexit: Opportunities and challenges

      2018-05-18T13:04:37+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, India-UK, Year, Yearend 2016|

      The year 2016 will undoubtedly go down in history as having changed the political landscape of the world, not least as a result of Britain’s vote in June’s referendum to leave the European Union (EU). As the immediate aftermath of the seismic shockwaves on the financial markets subside, we look back at what made Brexit the most-used word of the year.

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        Driving into the world

        2018-09-06T10:13:15+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, Sector Focus, Year, Yearend 2016|

        The automobile industry continued to make a mark in global sweepstakes during 2016 and looks set to drive through further barriers in the New Year. While unveiling the new version of its compact sports utility vehicle EcoSport at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show earlier this month, Michigan-based Ford announced it would be exported to its home country – US – in 2018 from its factory in Chennai. In itself this may not be a big deal. Over 650,000 units [...]

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          Building bonds with the CLMV region

          2020-03-12T14:25:47+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, South Asia, Year, Yearend 2016|

          India’s bilateral trade with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam has grown exponentially from $460 million in 2000 to almost $12 billion in 2014. Till recently, they were considered the poor cousins of ASEAN’s more prosperous members, but the four countries – Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam – known by the acronym CLMV have emerged as the new cynosure of investors’ eyes –both for their economic potential as well as for their strategic value. Recognising these advantages, Prime Minister Narendra Modi [...]

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            Making Donald Trump a friend of India

            2020-03-12T14:26:04+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, India-US, Year, Yearend 2016|

            India will do well to take the initiative in correcting the anomalous situation of Indo-US B2B relations and take some immediate steps to project itself as a willing and receptive partner for a Trump presidency, writes a foreign policy expert. Donald Trump, the first billionaire, to have been elected POTUS, defied all pollsters’ forecasts and cleavages in the Republican party by striking a chord with US voters anxious about their future in a rapidly changing world. He is now defying [...]

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              Jury is still out on Trump

              2020-03-12T14:25:31+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, India-US, Year, Yearend 2016|

              India will adopt a wait and watch policy on the new US President-elect until there is greater clarity on issues of importance. The world is still trying to come with a Donald Trump presidency in the US. Pick up any newspaper or switch on any current affairs channel anywhere in the world and the hot topic is what the chief executive-elect of the world’s most powerful country means for (depending on which city you are in) the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the [...]

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                Romancing the Bear

                2018-09-06T10:25:36+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

                India-Russia ties have been rooted in history but 2016 marked a shift in gears to give the relationship a solid 21st century dimension. President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India in October marked a boost for the Make in India programme with the signing of a slew of deals for the co-production of military helicopters. India also signed up to the purchase of Russian missiles and frigates. Some highlights of the joint statement issued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Putin [...]

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                  WOOING INDIA INC.

                  2018-09-06T09:58:35+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

                  Indian companies are collectively the third largest foreign investor in the UK and the largest employer in its manufacturing sector. Then, Indian IT companies employ about 100,000 US citizens in that country. No wonder countries across the world are inviting Indian companies to invest in them and are laying out the red carpet for them. Indians have seen senior government functionaries from the Prime Minister downwards hard selling India as a an ideal destination for FDI from the West, China, [...]

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                    Acting East with ASEAN

                    2018-09-06T11:42:41+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, South Asia, Year, Yearend 2016|

                    India’s proactive Act East policy hinges heavily on the ASEAN free trade group and it is the many emerging economies in this collective that offer growth opportunities for Indian companies. The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) comprises of the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. India’s focus on a strengthened and multi-faceted relationship with ASEAN was reinvigorated at the 12th ASEAN India Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, in November 2014, when Prime Minister [...]

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