Can healthcare be the new buzzword after IT in India?

    2020-08-27T14:11:18+00:00August 25th, 2020|Guest Columns - India Global Business, Insight - India Global Business|

    The healthcare sector is poised for sustained and rapid growth. It has huge competitive advantages – a vast pool of highly trained manpower, ability to absorb the latest technologies available anywhere in the world and a cost structure that is one-tenth of those prevailing in the West.

      Report card: Trump presidency a mixed bag for India

      2020-08-24T02:47:48+00:00August 21st, 2020|In Focus: Covid-19 impact, India Inc Views - India Global Business|

      The US President’s transactionalism on trade and hard line on immigration has caused some hiccups in India-US ties but robust cooperation on defence and strategic affairs has turned the two countries into natural allies in the emerging tussle with a rising totalitarian hegemon.

        How India’s agri-infra fund creates a bold future for farmers and entrepreneurs

        2020-12-08T10:12:16+00:00August 20th, 2020|The Big Story - India Global Business|

        Despite agriculture being one of the most crucial pillars of the Indian economy, the country has suffered from a chronic lack of world-class agri-infrastructure. The $13.2 billion Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) announced by PM Modi aims to change that over the next four years, building post-harvest storage and processing facilities.

          Negative list of imports to provide a leg up for Made in India defence platforms

          2020-08-20T03:37:26+00:00August 17th, 2020|The Big Story - India Global Business|

          With a list of 101 weapons systems to be barred from import between December this year and 2025 the government has opened up a $53-billion market for foreign OEMs to tie up with Indian companies as well as local supply chain partners to make these items in India.

            How the pandemic is fuelling India’s edtech platforms

            2020-12-08T11:08:28+00:00August 12th, 2020|Analysis - India Global Business, India Inc Views - India Global Business|

            India's online education segment is on fire after the coronavirus outbreak and lockdowns shuttered schools and forced a large chunk of 250 million school-going children to switch to e-learning instead. From unicorns to start-ups, the sector is ripe for an investment boom.

              A year of peace, prosperity, possibilities and opportunities

              2020-08-20T03:48:10+00:00August 7th, 2020|Analysis - India Global Business, India Inc Views - India Global Business|

              From ushering in an era of investment, development and employment, to improving education and health sectors and empowering local youth, the past year, since the end of Article 370 and Article 35A, has been a journey of transformation in Jammu and Kashmir, emerging from the shadows of an anachronistic provision.

                India to lay out the red carpet for foreign universities

                2020-08-20T05:01:21+00:00August 4th, 2020|The Big Story - India Global Business|

                The New Education Policy announced by the Modi government has allowed foreign universities to open campuses in India. This can raise the standards of higher education in the country and help it become a higher education hub in Asia. But the government will have to clarify the fine print before the first such institution opens its doors.