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    Indian innovation is key to solving the globe’s vision-related disabilities

    2020-03-04T07:04:04+00:00March 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition- March 2018, Spotlight, Year|

    Poor vision, as the world’s largest unaddressed disability, requires investment to prevent its crippling impact on economic growth. Prime Minister Modi created waves at this year’s World Economic Forum, when he announced that India’s economy, already the fifth-largest in the world, would double to $5 trillion by 2025. Though met with some scepticism, Modi’s optimism is not without grounds; with infrastructure spending on the rise and global consumer brands from Unilever to Samsung benefiting from the country’s growing middle class. [...]

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      From laggard to leader, the journey has just begun for Uttar Pradesh

      2020-03-04T07:04:21+00:00March 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition- March 2018, State Focus, Year|

      The Yogi Adityanath government has set its ambitions very high. But its goal of transforming Uttar Pradesh into an industrial powerhouse shows early signs of promise. Progressing from pauper to prince is the stuff of dreams. So, when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked at a recent investor summit whether Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state with a population of 200 million, could compete with Maharashtra to try and become India’s first trillion-dollar state, there were polite smiles all around. [...]

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        Tata Group has to get the winds behind its sails

        2018-05-18T13:02:20+00:00March 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Cover Story, Global Edition- March 2018, Year|

        The Tata Group is the best-known Indian business house in the world, but it has to address several issues to maintain its position as the gold standard of the country’s industry. The Tata brand remains India’s most valuable and also the best known global calling card of Indian industry. But in 2017, it fell out of the list of the world’s 100 top brands for the first time since 2007, clocking a rank of 103, a 14 position decline compared [...]

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          Indian companies eye new investment markets

          2018-07-31T13:58:34+00:00March 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition- March 2018, Sector Focus, Year|

          From consumer goods to nuclear energy, there was a wide sector coverage of India’s investment interests across the globe. Japan’s Sumitomo eyes Indian JV Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Corporation has entered into a partnership with Gurugram-based Krishna Group to venture into the Indian real estate sector. Both corporations have formed a joint venture, Krisumi Corporation, to develop real estate projects across the country and will have a 50-50 stake in the venture. Ashok Kapur, Chairman, Krishna Group, said: "The biggest challenge facing the [...]

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            Blockchain, cryptocurrency on Indian radar

            2018-07-31T13:58:39+00:00March 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition- March 2018, Sector Focus, Year|

            There was considerable activity within India’s banking and finance sector in recent weeks. NASSCOM teams up with Blockchain Institute India’s National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) is partnering with the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) to help spur a digital economy within India. NASSCOM will work with BRI researchers backed by the Canadian government to help developers learn more about blockchain platforms in preparation for creating and launching tools within the nation. The two groups have signed a memorandum [...]

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              India-Canada: A missed opportunity

              2018-05-18T13:02:20+00:00March 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Country Focus, Global Edition- March 2018, Year|

              The recent India visit of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau failed to hit the right note for India- Canada investment potential. For two economies as culturally interlinked as India and Canada, the intensity in trade ties have always flattered to deceive. In 2017, bilateral trade between the two nations stood at $8.4 billion with India having a trade deficit of approximately $2 billion. Trade has grown since 2010, when it was just $3.21 billion, but it still does not reflect [...]

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