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    India matters for America; America Matters for India

    2020-03-06T13:00:29+00:00August 18th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, The Americas, Year|

    A new publication and web resource on India-US relations delves into a new era of multi-dimensional bilateral ties. “The relationship between India and America has overcome the ‘hesitations of history’.” This was a statement made by the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, at his joint address to the US Congress in 2016. The “hesitation” refers to the phase where in a bipolar Cold War era India decided to adopt a foreign policy of non-alignment and India’s weak economy pre-1991 wasn’t [...]

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      India emerges as hub for small cars, bikes and even heavy duty trucks

      2018-08-01T13:10:04+00:00August 18th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, Cover Feature/Auto, Year|

      Country’s robust automobile manufacturing base is now churning out cars and bikes for diverse geographies from Latin America, Africa to East Asia and Australia. In fiscal 2016, India exported more cars across the world than China. On the one hand, it does not mean much. In the overall list of top car exporters, India still ranks a poor 20th. Even among emerging economies in Asia, it is behind Thailand. Yet, overtaking China has its own importance. It is the world’s [...]

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        Ideas flow rapidly in the UAE

        2018-05-30T13:10:21+00:00August 18th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, Middle East, Year|

        The region is a magnet for fintech growth, writes an entrepreneur behind a Dubai start-up. The UAE is known for tall buildings, large projects on sea, oil economy, trading and real-estate projects. The landscape is transformed with e-commerce start-up SOUQ.com taken-over by Amazon for over $650 million. The UAE is a very small country with 10 million people and seven emirates, diversity is huge with people from over 160 countries. So ideas flow rapidly. Given the context of the vision [...]

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          Indian women’s cricket team makes a global mark

          2018-08-01T13:09:38+00:00August 18th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, Other Highlights, Year|

          We have built a strong foundation for women cricketers in India, says Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj. The captain of the Indian women’s cricket team, which narrowly lost in the World Cup at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London in July, believes her team’s performance has created a strong foundation for the future of women’s cricket in India. Mithali Raj, who has now also been named as the captain of the Women's World Cup 2017 tournament team by the International Cricket Council (ICC), said her team will take [...]

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            Indian companies firm on UK & Europe

            2018-08-01T13:09:44+00:00August 18th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, UK/EU, Year|

            From steel, energy and healthcare to food packaging, Indian firms make a mark across the UK and Europe. Tata Steel completes sale of UK mills The UK’s Liberty House Grouphas completed the purchase of two pipe mills from Tata Steel UK in north-east England. Liberty, which is part of the GFG Alliance, had signed a provisional agreement to acquire the units at Hartlepool last month and appointed top steel pipe specialist, James Annal, to head the new pipe and tube [...]

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              The US market remains Indian priority

              2018-08-01T13:09:53+00:00August 18th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, The Americas, Year|

              Acquisitions and plans for greenfield operations make up India’s recent impact in the US. TVS Group firm plans overseas plant The TVS Group’s flagship firm Sundaram-Clayton Ltd (SCL), a leading Indian manufacturer and supplier of aluminium cast products to global automotive OEMs, has unveiled plans for a new overseas plant. The company is to also invest $61.5 million (Rs 400 crore) over three years to expand its facilities in India. This will increase its capacity from 60,000 MT to 70,000 [...]

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                A touch of Indian chic hospitality for the world

                2018-08-01T13:16:26+00:00August 17th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, Sector Focus/Hospitality, Year|

                India’s Bird Group, which operates the Roseate Hotels and Resorts luxury chain, has ambitions to expand across Europe and the Middle East after its most recent acquisition of a boutique hotel in the UK. Ankur Bhatia, executive director of the group and director, Bird Hospitality Services, tells ‘India Global Business’ about his vision for the industry and what sets his chain apart in the world of hospitality. How does your latest acquisition in the UK fit in with your global vision? [...]

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                  India transmits its pay as you save energy efficiency model

                  2018-05-30T12:49:28+00:00August 17th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, Guest Columns, Year|

                  The Government of India’s Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has been making its global mark across the UK, Canada and South-East Asia with its unique business model. Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), under the administration of Ministry of Power, government of India, is working towards mainstreaming energy efficiency and is implementing the world’s largest energy efficiency portfolio (worth £5.6bn over a period of three years). As of now, EESL has explored opportunities and commenced establishment of operations in the UK, [...]

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                    What makes UAE a hub for Indian start-ups?

                    2018-05-30T13:09:35+00:00August 17th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, Middle East, Year|

                    A serial entrepreneur explores what makes the Middle East an attractive proposition for Indian start-ups. The UAE is a hub for expats and global businesses; located strategically this place provides immense business opportunities for people all over the world thus making it a hub for Indian start-ups also. Recently Dubai also hosted the first Indian Start-up Summit, where it gave tech start-ups an immense opportunity to interact with each other and gave both the ecosystems a tremendous mentoring for Indian [...]

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                      Is pure electric the right solution for future mobility in India?

                      2018-05-30T11:47:40+00:00August 17th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, Cover Feature/Auto, Year|

                      An industry expert weighs up this question against data that reflects that nearly 40 to 50  per cent of the $40-billion turnover of the auto component industry comes from the internal combustion (IC) engine powertrain industry. A rapidly changing powertrain technology landscape, stricter regulations, shifting customer preferences, increasing demand for connectivity and digitisation have become important factors for shaping the future of mobility. The Niti Aayog recently unveiled the vision document for the Indian automotive industry ‘India Leaps Ahead – [...]

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