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    Post-Brexit Britain should be building bridges with India, not burning them

    2018-08-23T12:18:41+00:00August 1st, 2018|2017/2018, UK Edition - August 2018|

    A very vocal advocate of closer post-Brexit India-UK ties warns against unhelpful immigration rhetoric drowning out the true potential for collaboration between the two countries. The UK Home Office announced in June that 25 countries, including China, Cambodia, Indonesia and Kuwait, will benefit from relaxed Tier-4 visa regulations for international students. Indian students coming to study in the UK however – the number of which has already halved since 2010 – will see no change. All the while, the number [...]

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      India-Korea: A renewed push

      2018-08-27T07:45:53+00:00August 1st, 2018|2017/2018, Home Page, UK Edition - August 2018|

      Notwithstanding an eight-year-old trade agreement, India and South Korea bilateral trade has been underwhelming. A fresh attempt is being made to resurrect it. On July 9, South Korean electronics giant Samsung made a big splash when it inaugurated the world’s largest mobile manufacturing facility in Noida, a satellite town of New Delhi. With Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in meeting in tow, the new 35-acre facility that takes the Korean firm’s production capacity to 120 [...]

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        Engaging the youth for a vibrant Commonwealth

        2020-09-21T08:43:03+00:00August 1st, 2018|2017/2018, Home Page, UK Edition - August 2018|

        An expert explains how the Youth Leadership Training Programme is giving the Commonwealth’s young leaders an understanding of the Commonwealth, its values and principles. “For more than 45 years our Commonwealth Youth Programme has been pioneering the empowerment of young people and the development of youth leadership. The multiple layers and interlocking threads of Commonwealth connectivity continue to be woven into the fabric of our nations, creating a stronger and more resilient Commonwealth.” These were the words of the Commonwealth [...]

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          Why UK and India need to reform their visa processes

          2018-08-27T07:47:04+00:00August 1st, 2018|2017/2018, UK Edition - August 2018|

          The President of the Indian Professionals Forum lays out the business case for better immigration policies. India and the UK have long enjoyed close commercial and cultural ties and since Britain has decided to leave the EU, it is looking at India with renewed Interest. Indians are the third-largest ethnic group in the UK with nearly 2 million people. Roughly half of them are highly skilled professionals, working in business, government, healthcare, education, technology and other sectors. They are also [...]

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            Measuring the true impact of soft power

            2018-08-23T12:12:44+00:00August 1st, 2018|2017/2018, Home Page, UK Edition - August 2018|

            The UK’s high score on a latest global ranking contrasts with India’s poor performance on the soft power scales. Soft power is a contested term, in terms of what it means, how it should be measured and how beneficial it may be for a country. That said, it does seem intuitive that cultural factors along with the general attractiveness of a country’s political system should play a role in a country’s standing, beyond simply economic and military might. But the [...]

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              India reaped a bumper harvest of jobs in 2017-18

              2018-08-09T08:27:07+00:00August 1st, 2018|2017/2018, UK Edition - August 2018|

              A new study by leading Indian economists fact-checks some figures on India’s youth entering the job market every year. The rumbling will grow in intensity as the Lok Sabha elections draw nearer. The now-united-now-fragmented Indian Opposition is looking around desperately for issues to corner Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government with. Demonetisation, which the Opposition thought was its trump card, actually delivered a landslide for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh. The Goods and Services Tax (GST), which Congress leader [...]

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                Oxford and India: Building on historic ties

                2018-08-09T08:27:16+00:00July 30th, 2018|2017/2018, UK Edition - August 2018|

                A researcher traces age-old ties between Oxford and India and Oxford's role in enhancing UK-India relations. The Oxford India Society strives to build on an extensive history of engagement between Oxford and India. Ever since 1579, when Father Thomas Stephens of the University of Oxford’s New College became the first chronicled Englishman to visit India. Since then, relations have grown leaps and bounds, highlighted by the conception of the Boden Chair in Sanskrit in 1832 and the advent of Oxford’s [...]

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                  Poland’s promise for investors from India

                  2019-09-24T10:53:46+00:00July 30th, 2018|2017/2018, UK Edition - August 2018|

                  A Polish trade expert weighs up the various factors and initiatives providing a boost to investment cooperation between Poland and India. In 2016, the Polish government deemed India as one of Poland's topmost prospective export markets. Being fully aware of India’s potential, Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) has decided to launch one of its Foreign Trade Offices in Mumbai, in the second half of 2018. This decision aims to strengthen the economic relations between two countries and allows Indian [...]

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                    Mixed bag for India-UK ties

                    2020-03-26T10:19:23+00:00July 15th, 2018|2017/2018, UK Edition - August 2018|

                    Recent initiatives, partnerships go hand in hand with visa worries. Tech Mahindra in IT pact with UK university Indian software services firm Tech Mahindra announced a new agreement with a British university to collaborate across various sectors, including smart cities. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Tech Mahindra and the University of Salford at a Manchester-India Business Summit in Manchester. Under the MoU, students from the university will be able to get involved with Tech Mahindra projects. Ashish [...]

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