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    Green bonds lead the way for India-UK ties

    2018-08-01T12:05:43+00:00December 20th, 2017|2017/2018, December 2017, INDIA-UK, Year|

    A series of green bond listings on the London Stock Exchange to raise funds for Indian infrastructure projects dominated the bilateral relationship in recent months. India, UK to ink pact in urban transport sector India and the UK will sign a pact soon for cooperation in policy planning, technology transfer and institutional organisation in the urban transport sector. India’s Transport Minister, Nitin Gadkari, met UK’s Transport Secretary Chris Grayling in London recently and discussed a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) [...]

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      Indian aviation is growing at enviable numbers

      2018-08-01T11:56:15+00:00December 19th, 2017|2017/2018, December 2017, INDIA-UK, Year|

      Vinay Dube is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jet Airways, India’s leading private full-service international airlines. The aviation industry veteran took time out for ‘India Global Business’ during a recent London visit to explain what made Jet launch its fourth direct flight on the London-India circuit, future growth ambitions and plans to acquire as many as 150 new aircraft over the next five years. What prompted Jet to launch its fourth direct flight in the UK? In October, we [...]

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        British Indians punch above their weight

        2018-08-01T12:13:10+00:00December 19th, 2017|2017/2018, December 2017, INDIA-UK, Year|

        The UK’s first-ever ‘Race Disparity Audit’ commissioned by PM Theresa May threw up some interesting facts about the Indian diaspora this year. When Prime Minister Theresa May assumed office in July 2016, she expressed her personal passion and commitment for making Britain a great meritocracy, a place where advantage is based on merit not privilege; where it is talent and hard work that matter, not where someone was born, who their parents are or what their accent sounds like. It [...]

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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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            India is a major Brexit trade priority

            2018-06-11T09:33:24+00:00April 11th, 2017|2017/2018, April 2017, COMMONWEALTH, December 2017, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, UK/Europe, Year|

            A London-based policy expert weighs up the challenges and opportunities thrown up by Brexit to strike a stronger India-UK dynamic. Talk of Brexit is never far from the headlines in the UK press. Theresa May triggering Article 50 signaled the start of the process. This presents significant challenges and opportunities for Commonwealth countries, with India being a prime example. New research from my organisation, the Royal Commonwealth Society, reveals an overwhelming majority of British businesses want to see the Government [...]

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