Diplomacy

Make in India Lion finds willing partner in the German Eagle

- by India Writes Network

India’s Prime Minister Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have firmed up a roadmap for a new accelerated phase in India-Germany strategic partnership across the spectrum.
The joint statement at the end of the talks in Berlin underlined that the common objective was to “encourage greater synergies between German engineering, experience in sustainable development, innovation and skills, and the new opportunities available in India and through ‘Make in India’, ‘Clean India’, ‘Digital India’ and other initiatives towards achieving economic growth and sustainable development”.
The visit saw Mr Modi pitch hard for German cooperation in reviving Indian manufacturing and stressing that India’s need for technology, skill upgradation, investment and innovation were a solid business opportunity for German firms to make lucrative investments. Both sides vowed to foster stronger ties between business and industry on both sides in order to support India’s ‘Make in India’ initiative by utilizing the momentum generated by India’s participation in the Hannover Messe.
The talks held in Berlin covered a wide range of issues, and collaborations across manufacturing, green energy, urban development, river cleaning and rejuvenation, railways upgradation, education, R&D, and scientific and technical cooperation, were sought to make the Strategic Partnership enter a “new and intensive” phase.

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Modi in Germany: India is a changed place, can’t be stopped

- by Manish Chand

The colours of India are splashed all over the Hannover Messe. And the lions are on the prowl, roaring the promise of a rising India, a roar that has acquired a powerful resonance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of a changed India where businesses thrive and the spirit of enterprise and innovation prevails.
The message that India is a changed place and can’t be stopped — like the lion, the symbol of Make in India which is ubiquitous in this German city — rang clear and loud as Mr Modi jointly inaugurated the India Pavilion at the world’s greatest show of industry and technology, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on April 12. There was much singing and chanting, with folk dancers donning colourful Rajasthani attire enlivening the industry show.
“The symbol of lion for Make in India has been chosen very carefully. We know that our biggest need today is to create jobs for our 65% population which is young. Hence, Make in India is the need,” the prime minister said, with Chancellor Merkel cheering on.
“Hence, the lion. Because a lion can’t be stopped. We are confident that our journey to make India a global manufacturing hub cannot be stopped that too by our own rules and regulations. We must, and we will make corrections wherever required.”
It was a grand futuristic vision of a resurgent India determined to remake its destiny that Mr Modi unveiled in Hannover. Cohering India’s ‘Act East’ with ‘Link West’ policy, the prime minister underscored that India has the potential of becoming the middle ground for East and West as a manufacturing hub that serves both our vast domestic market and becomes a base for global exports and general well-being”.
If Modi continues to tread on the reform path and backs his lion’s roar with all-too-visible actions on the ground, India will indeed be a changed place. And then world will be watching closely, and hoping to partake of India’s ongoing resurgence.

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China accused of decade long spying in Asia

- by India Writes Network

A recent report released by FireEye, a US based network security company, gave the shocking news that hackers, most likely from China, have been spying on governments and businesses in Southeast Asia and India for over a decade. It stated that this cyber espionage operations dated back to 2005, and were focused on government and commercial activities, which hold key political, economic and military information.

“Such a sustained, planned development effort coupled with the (hacking) group’s regional targets and mission, lead us to believe that this activity is state-sponsored – most likely the Chinese government,” the agency said.

According to Bryce Boland, Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific at FireEye and co-author of the report said that the hacking activities are still going on, after it noted that the servers used by attackers continued to be operational as FireEye traced attacks against its

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