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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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        The UAE can help broaden Indian FinTech horizon

        2018-05-30T13:29:20+00:00August 17th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, December 2017, India & The World, Middle East, Year|

        An Indian banker set to expand his start-up base to the UAE elaborates on the reasons behind this move. Rubique is a FinTech company based in Mumbai. We offer a lending marketplace platform which provides individuals and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country with frictionless access to a wide range financial services products including loans, credit cards and insurance products. At Rubique, we aim to solve a number of problems in the marketplace for financial products in India, [...]

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          Finance education can be enriched by Jain wisdom

          2020-03-12T08:27:15+00:00August 16th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, Other Highlights, Year|

          An academic presents his take on the culture and ethics deficit in financial education in a new book. There is huge demand for finance education globally – from the accounting, banking and finance professions to business schools, students continue to flock. However, the quality and supply of education is generally poor. One of the worst aspects of this is the lack of culture and ethics in the content of the finance syllabus – it is primarily technical, and ignores the [...]

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            Energy, opportunity, leadership: Why it’s India’s time to shine

            2018-05-30T12:48:29+00:00August 16th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, Guest Columns, Year|

            A UN climate expert believes India is on the cusp of becoming a global leader in the field of sustainability. There are three things that, for me at least, best characterise modern India. And it is because of these qualities that I’m so convinced that the country is on the cusp of becoming a global leader in climate action and sustainability. Firstly, from independence to today, India has always steered a unique course –confident in its own path. It’s also [...]

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              An organisation with Indian roots can perform at a global stage

              2018-08-01T12:14:50+00:00August 16th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, December 2017, INDIA-UK, UK/EU, Year|

              Abhishek Lodha is the Managing Director of the Lodha Group, a Mumbai-headquartered developer which made its global foray with high-profile projects in the UK. ‘India Global Business’ caught up with him to get an update on this international vision, plans for the group’s luxury London developments and the Brexit effect on the property market. What was the motivation behind the Lodha Group’s expansion to the UK? We started in London in December 2013, early 2014 and the idea was to [...]

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                GST will not impact smartphone boom in India

                2018-09-27T11:59:24+00:00August 16th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, UK/EU, Year|

                India’s historic tax reform is unlikely to impact the scale of smartphone demand in India, a latest German analysis reveals. The new Goods and Services Tax (GST) will have no impact on the smartphone demand in India, according to latest telecom research by a German research firm. GfK found that smartphone demand in India remained resilient in 2017, having levelled out slightly to 14 per cent year-on-year. “GfK expects the recently announced Goods and Services Tax (GST) will have no [...]

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                  India a bright spot for Brexit-hit UK car market

                  2018-08-01T13:16:18+00:00August 16th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, UK/EU, Year|

                  The number of Indian-built models registered by British buyers rose by almost half (48.6 per cent) to 21,135 units in the first half of this year alone. UK car production fell by -13.7 per cent in June, with 136,901 cars rolling off production lines, according to recent figures released by the UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The third consecutive month of decline, following changes in production schedules for new model introductions, resulted in a -2.9 per cent [...]

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                    India takes a global lead on counter-terrorism

                    2018-08-01T13:16:21+00:00August 16th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, UK/EU, Year|

                    Indian Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi recently concluded a visit to the UK for the India-UK Home Affairs Dialogue to collaborate on issues such as counter-terrorism. The India-UK Home Affairs Dialogue was set up during British Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to India last November. The first meeting took place in New Delhi in May and the latest meeting was co-chaired in London in July by Mehrishi with UK Permanent Secretary Philip Rutnam. India used the meetings to exchange ideas in the field on [...]

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                      Driving innovation in Formula 1

                      2018-05-30T11:12:42+00:00August 16th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, Cover Feature/Auto, Year|

                      Tata Communications is at the heart of Formula 1 with a high-tech collaboration, writes a company insider. F1 is the world’s most technologically advanced sport, and one where every millisecond matters. Whether it’s transmitting data from one of the hundreds of sensors on an F1 car back to the pits, or delivering the action in real-time via an online feed to millions of fans around the world, in this high-pressure, high-tech environment, superfast connectivity is critical. Tata Communications is at [...]

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