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    Modi uses soft power in G7 to disarm critics on Kashmir

    2019-09-13T14:45:48+00:00September 12th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – September 2019, North America Edition – September 2019|

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s participation in the G7 summit in Biarritz in Southwestern France at the end of August capped a month’s glorious diplomatic success for his government. At the beginning of August 5, India abrogated articles 370 and 35A that had, for nearly 70 years, granted special status to the country’s northern most state of Jammu & Kashmir. The fall out of the controversial if belated decision was expected to be vitriolic, both from within the state that [...]

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      India, Israel, and the UK: A new horizon for innovation

      2019-09-15T12:38:07+00:00September 12th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – September 2019|

      The Honorary President of the Conservative Friends of Israel reflects upon the opportunity to build bridges between Israel, the UK and India. The much-anticipated visit by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Israel in July 2017 certainly did not disappoint. During the landmark trip, a remarkable seven bilateral agreements relating to cooperation in technology, water and agriculture were signed by the two the Prime ministers of both countries. These growing ties are a celebration of democracy that the UK should [...]

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        Laying the Groundwork for an India–UK Trade Deal

        2019-09-13T11:05:58+00:00September 11th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – September 2019|

        The Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade lays out the strengths and challenges that India and Uk must be aware of in order to build a stronger bilateral relationship. The UK and India share a unique history with trade relations going back many hundreds of years. Today, I believe it is a relationship that will have much greater strategic as well as economic significance as India responds to the regional challenge of the rise of China and resurgence of [...]

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          Violence against women and girls is one of the most pervasive human rights abuse

          2019-09-13T12:47:09+00:00September 11th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – September 2019, North America Edition – September 2019|

          The head of a global human rights organisation explains the various programmes being implemented on the ground in India to address gender bias and help women and girls meet their potential. Anjali, a 15 year old girl, started attending Breakthrough’s school-based gender equity program called Taaron ki Toli (Gang of Stars) sometime in December 2017. Anjali lives in a remote village in Uttar Pradesh in India, which, until recently was called Kudamau. Kudamau literally means, “garbage dump”. Within a few [...]

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            A talent-friendly visa system is a global must

            2019-09-13T11:04:39+00:00September 10th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – September 2019|

            A UK-based entrepreneur’s idea of a so-called “unicorn visa” to attract the right technical skills has echoes across the global workplace. Rishi Khosla, the CEO and co-founder of London-headquartered fintech start-up OakNorth, recently mooted the concept of so-called “unicorn visas” to make it easier for the technology industry to continue to hire the required talent from around the world even after Britain has left the European Union (EU). Such a system, if put into action, would be nothing but a [...]

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              Indian students to gain as UK rejoins the global talent race with 2-year post-study work visa

              2019-09-17T08:41:45+00:00September 10th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – September 2019, Home Page|

              The Boris Johnson government’s decision to restore the two-year post-study work visas for international students, including those from India, will provide Indian students an opportunity to live and work in the UK for two years after they complete their degrees. And yes, it will also help the UK ease a diplomatic spat with New Delhi. After a long time, Indian students wanting to pursue higher studies in Great Britain have reason to cheer. Reversing a key plank of then Home [...]

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                India’s bank mergers a good move, but overcoming integration challenges will be key

                2020-08-20T06:59:43+00:00September 9th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – September 2019, North America Edition – September 2019|

                India’s recent bank mergers have brought the challenges within the Indian banking system to the forefront again, but the road ahead is brighter, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. The four biggest banks in the world (by assets) are Chinese. According to the S&P Global Market Intelligence 2019, China has 18 of the Top 100 banks in the world. In contrast, the largest Indian bank, the State Bank of India (SBI) ranks 54th on that list. It is [...]

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