Modi effect: FII surges to $ 5 billion in July
The government’s reform agenda has got a nod of approval from foreign investors as they poured in more than 25 billion USD in the Indian market since January, with a …
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India fine-tunes strategy to scale up medical tourism
India is looking to double the size of its medical tourism industry to $6 billion, with the tourism ministry unveiling new guidelines to attract a larger share of global medical …
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Cabinet approves 49% FDI cap in insurance sector
In an important reform initiative by the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, the Cabinet has approved to increase FDI cap in insurance to 49 per cent from the current 26 percent. …
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Modi to World Bank: More ideas, rather than dollars
More ideas and information, rather than dollars – this was the message of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to World Bank Group President Jim Kong Kim when he met him …
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TCS: World’s second most valuable IT company
India’s Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the outsourcing giant, crossed the Rs 5 lakh crore mark in market capitalization on July 24, to become India’s most and the world’s second most …
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India’s investment rating up in Japan
Giving a new impetus to increasing Japanese investments into India, Nomura, the Tokyo-based lender, has ranked India number one with regard to investment potential in comparison to key emerging markets. …
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Delhi-Moscow flight can boost tourism, business
The resumption of a direct Air India flight between New Delhi and Moscow, after a gap of 15 years, is poised to enhance business and people-to-people contacts between the two …
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Russian pipeline
The idea of an overland pipeline bringing hydrocarbons from Russia to India has been around for a while. Mooted under UPA rule, the proposal is gaining some traction with the …
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It’s time for Latin America: Indian diplomacy on upswing
Distances never came in the way of love affairs from blossoming or diplomacy’s perennial drive to interlink dreams and destines. Invoking India’s sage poet Rabindranath Tagore and Pablo Neruda, the beloved poet of desire, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a multi-pronged Latin America charm offensive to deepen New Delhi’s engagement with this emerging growth pole of the world.
In a well-received speech in Brasilia at the BRICS’ outreach meeting with the leaders of South American countries July 16, Mr Modi offered an exhilarating brew of trade, IT, tele-medicine and capacity building to South America, which he called
“this great continent; of beauty, opportunities and warm people.”
Iraq crisis: Lessons for India
It’s just been a month and Narendra Modi led NDA government is already confronting impediments on almost all crucial fronts. With the 80 per cent India facing monsoon deficit, terrains …
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