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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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      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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        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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          Brexit can provide an opportunity for Wales to forge closer ties with India

          2019-10-16T13:57:05+00:00October 12th, 2019|2019, Home Page, UK Edition – 11th October 2019|

          In light of his recent visit to India, the Secretary of State for Wales weighs up how Brexit could help Wales carve its individual identity and foster a stronger relationship with India. The United Kingdom will leave the European Union at the end of October. But since the 2016 referendum, which began the process of leaving the EU, I have been asked many times what this momentous change will mean for the future of Wales. Wales has always played a [...]

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            Modi-Xi offsite holds lessons for other powers

            2020-08-20T06:59:22+00:00October 11th, 2019|2019, North America Edition – 11th October 2019, UK Edition – 11th October 2019|

            The two neighbouring powers – not inimical to each other but not quite on the same page on most issues either – have thankfully found a way of discussing their bilateral issues, warts and all.  This is a lesson that other powers could also learn from, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. You’ve heard of corporate offsites, where company bigwigs travel to exotic destinations to discuss strategies and iron out issues in an informal setting. Well, Indian Prime [...]

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              How neighbours can become good friends

              2019-10-11T15:40:35+00:00October 11th, 2019|2019, North America Edition – 11th October 2019, UK Edition – 11th October 2019|

              Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina have laid the foundation for closer trade and economic ties between the two countries. Now, it is up to the business houses in India and Bangladesh take this forward. Among its South Asian neighbours, Bangladesh is, arguably, India’s closest ally. However, New Delhi has been facing stiff competition from Beijing. In 2015, China replaced India as Bangladesh’s top trading partner. The following year, China agreed to invest $24 billion [...]

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                The Road Ahead: Opportunities and challenges for India and Israel

                2019-09-13T14:39:54+00:00September 13th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – September 2019, North America Edition – September 2019|

                An Israeli legal expert analyses triumphs and challenges within the India-Israel relationship over the past decade. Since the establishment of full diplomatic relations in 1992, the relations of India and Israel have been developed in several levels. The volume of trade between the countries has been expanded in both volume and verticals and today it includes defense and security, agriculture, IT, water technologies, medical devices and other sectors. In terms of volume, the economic relations have been developed from $200m [...]

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                  A framework for India’s trade boom in the times of a US-China clash

                  2019-09-17T08:38:22+00:00September 12th, 2019|2019, North America Edition – September 2019|

                  An expert from American Enterprise Institute lays out a framework for boosting Indian trade. A great deal of work must be done when considering whether and how trade can drive Indian growth, For instance, India cannot take much advantage of US-China trade conflict because it is not the next best competitor. If the US forces production out of China, it will go to Mexico, Vietnam,  and others - even Bangladesh for some products. There is another China-related, longer-term and much [...]

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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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                      Significant Bonds for the Twenty-First Century

                      2019-08-30T08:39:17+00:00August 23rd, 2019|2019, UK Edition – August 2019|

                      A former Foreign Secretary of India lays out the many opportunities for the UK and India to strengthen their relationship to face the challenges of today. The understanding that we are ruled by consent is a critical element in the friendly ties between us as people and the ability of our leaders to empathise with each other’s concerns, whether we are in agreement, or diverge when dealing with the issues of the day. I witnessed this during the meetings that [...]

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