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    Dynamic business location with the highest quality of life

    2019-10-30T13:35:41+00:00October 24th, 2019|2019, Home Page, North America Edition – 25th October 2019, UK Edition – 25th October 2019|

    With a strong focus on nurturing research and innovation, Austria offers a lucrative business environment and generous tax regulations for foreign investors. Whoever thinks of Empress Sisi, Sacher cake, skiing or the Vienna Opera Ball first in connection with Austria is not wrong at all, but it is important to not overlook one important factor: Austria is actually an extremely innovative and profitable business location. In addition to highly qualified and motivated employees, Austria always boasts the highest density of [...]

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      India’s clean energy reforms make it a role model for other developing nations

      2019-10-25T20:33:35+00:00October 24th, 2019|2019, North America Edition – 25th October 2019, UK Edition – 25th October 2019|

      An industry expert elaborates on some of the strategies that need to be implemented for the rapid growth of clean energy in India as it sets out to achieve an ambitious goal of 175GW renewable energy capacity by 2022. Today, we are seeing an increasing recognition of the magnitude of a threat that climate change poses across the world. Policymakers, business leaders and civil society are working in unison to ensure less carbon economies. Even as we pursue quicker and [...]

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        Merkel-Modi chemistry to be at play once again

        2019-10-25T20:28:50+00:00October 24th, 2019|2019, North America Edition – 25th October 2019, UK Edition – 25th October 2019|

        German Chancellor Angela Merkel shares a well-documented connect with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expected to further boost Indo-German economic relations at a biennial summit in India in November 2019. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had specifically made time for a brief stopover in Berlin at the request of German Chancellor Angela Merkel during his UK visit last year for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). In the diplomatic world, such symbolic gestures reflect the depth of relations between [...]

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          How India and Japan can help Bhutan

          2019-10-25T20:40:27+00:00October 24th, 2019|2019, North America Edition – 25th October 2019, UK Edition – 25th October 2019|

          As China and Bhutan inch closer to signing an agreement for the Dokham boundary dispute, an international relations expert charts out the various steps that Bhutan could take to ensure continued support from India and further improve Indo-Japanese relations. Bhutan is the world’s No. 1 pro-India country. But as the Doklam boundary dispute between India and China continues, Bhutan’s traditional foreign policy alignment with India has wavered. In October 2019, media reports indicated that Bhutan would negotiate with China and [...]

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            Dutch king’s five-day state visit furthers India-Netherlands bilateral ties

            2019-10-25T20:40:51+00:00October 24th, 2019|2019, North America Edition – 25th October 2019, UK Edition – 25th October 2019|

            Partnerships announced during King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima’s recent visit to India indicate that technology and climate change are a strong focus within the India-Netherlands relationship. On the face of it, the five-day state visit of the King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of Netherlands to India in mid-October may appear to be a routine diplomatic excursion but the context of it in the global landscape makes it interesting. It is only the second time that the King has paid a [...]

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              Breaking bread between neighbours helps bring down barriers

              2019-10-25T15:04:58+00:00October 24th, 2019|2019, North America Edition – 25th October 2019, UK Edition – 25th October 2019|

              Interview Drawing from her vast knowledge of  Indian cuisine, celebrated British chef Asma Khan dives into how a shared love for food can blur the boundaries of race and gender. How would you define the soft power of Indian cuisine in the world? The beauty of food is that you can enjoy and appreciate it without having to understand the language or the intricacies of a culture. It is the first contact many non-Indians have with Indian heritage. Indian food [...]

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                A refreshed outlook with clear trade priorities – a necessity

                2019-10-25T15:06:16+00:00October 24th, 2019|2019, UK Edition – 25th October 2019|

                A global emerging markets expert takes stock of the challenges encountered by investors during trade between the UK and India and the efforts made on both sides to pave way for stronger ties in the future. Ahead of her visit to India in November 2016, Prime Minister of the UK, Theresa May is understood to have said that India is the UK’s most important and closest friend and a leading power in the world, which is on the path of [...]

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                  Pathway to create sustainable impact at scale

                  2019-11-08T08:03:16+00:00October 23rd, 2019|2019, North America Edition – 25th October 2019, UK Edition – 25th October 2019|

                  The CEO of a prominent social enterprise lists the several avenues they have created to empower women from low-income households and the strategy that drives these initiatives. Highlights: The foundation has created the Grameen Mittra model to overcome barriers faced by low-income people at different stages of their adoption journey. These are typically young women from the rural community who are recruited, trained and enabled to work as a micro-franchisee. They also created the Grameen Impact Venture (GIV), a social [...]

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                    India achieves a diplomatic win with the Nizam of Hyderabad funds

                    2019-10-25T20:41:32+00:00October 23rd, 2019|2019, North America Edition – 25th October 2019, UK Edition – 25th October 2019|

                    A landmark High Court ruling in England over the Nizam of Hyderabad’s funds in a London bank account marked an important win for India over Pakistan in a decades-long legal battle. A long-drawn legal dispute between India and Pakistan over funds belonging to the Nizam of Hyderabad at the time of Partition in 1947 and deposited in a London bank account recently reached its climax in the High Court in England. The Nizam’s descendants, Prince Mukarram Jah – the titular eighth Nizam of Hyderabad – and [...]

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                      India leaps again in Ease of Doing Business

                      2019-10-25T20:41:19+00:00October 16th, 2019|2019, North America Edition – 25th October 2019, UK Edition – 25th October 2019|

                      While India’s remarkable 14 rank jump in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings has put it in a spotlight, there are still some parameters that need to be worked on to cement its position as a highly sought-after investment destination. India jumped 14 places in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings to no. 63 among 190 countries. That’s a 79-place improvement since 2015, when Indian Prime Minister set a target of breaking into the top 50 [...]

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