Reports (not denied by India) that the USA had 'for the first time provided real-time details to their Indian counterparts on the Chinese positions and force strength in advance of a PLA incursion' into Tawang at the LAC in December 2022, helping India thwart China's expansionist designs, show how operationally effective the USA-India friendship has become on the ground. A engaging excerpt from Sreeram Chaulia's must-read new book, Friends: India's Closest Strategic Partners.
'Narasimha Rao asked me why China was doing so well in attracting foreign investments and I gave my frank opinion.' 'I told him that giving thrust to exports had to be a national effort.' 'But in India, the system was very centralised in the Government of India and the state governments had no role to play.'
The India-United States relationship is set to expand under the Donald Trump administration, but there could be some unease on issues like imports, tariffs and immigration, strategic affairs experts said after the Republican leader won the fiercely contested presidential election.
IT firm Nucleaus Software Exports on Tuesday said it has featured in the Deloitte Technology's ranking of the Fast 500 companies in Asia Pacific. \n
The United States-China Summit meeting concluded at a sprawling mansion in Woodside, California with Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping agreeing to work towards ensuring that the differences between the two countries remain manageable and the relations do not derail.
Moody's has a 'Baa3' rating for India, with a positive outlook.
'IT companies do not have a large presence there either in terms of market and team. So, the impact of the war will be minimal. But West Asia is an emerging economy.'
Indian cities have slipped to the bottom of the investment destinations list.
Rutuja Bhosale won the singles rubber while the duo of Prarthana Thombare and Ankita Raina prevailed in the doubles contest as the Indian women's team defeated Chinese Taipei 2-1 in a Billie Jean King Cup Asia-Oceania Group-1 tie in Changsha, China, on Thursday.
33 per cent of all road accidents and 35 per cent of fatal accidents took place on national highways and expressways.
'This resilience should be viewed as reflecting the strength of the structural story.'
Overall, with an above world average traffic growth rate of 5.5 per cent, Asia-Pacific will account for 36 per cent of all new passenger aircraft demand
These funds have lowered the entry barrier for investors who can now invest with just Rs 5,000, points out Sanjay Kumar Singh.
The report estimates that direct commercial real estate transactional market will exceed $1 trillion per annum by 2030, compared with nearly $450 billion in 2012.
The report estimates that direct commercial real estate transactional market will exceed $1 trillion per annum by 2030, compared with nearly $450 billion in 2012.
The top four countries account for 60.3% of the total worldwide HNWI population.
Like puddles all around in the rainy season, we now have smartphones with five-inch screens for almost everyone.
The bank has won the 'Best Retail Bank in India' award for the fifth year in a row.
The trigger that led Japan and the Philippines to ink the deal was because of the deteriorating security situation in the South China Sea. China's coast guard increased the frequency and intensity of incursions into Philippine waters, provoking the Philippines to take countermeasures to deter China, explains Dr Rajaram Panda.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu will visit India to hold the inaugural '2+2' ministerial dialogue between the two countries on December 6, the Russian embassy has said.
Difficulties in containing the virus, an anaemic policy response, and underlying vulnerabilities, especially across the financial sector, are leading us to expect growth to fall by 5 per cent this fiscal year before rebounding in 2021, S&P said in a report.
India's Generation X and Y are most willing to take risks as compared to their counterparts in emerging Asia, says a recent survey. Read on to find out more.
Morgan Stanley on Thursday became the latest brokerage to question the valuations of Indian equities and downgraded them from 'overweight' (OW) to 'equalweight' (EW) and recommended taking some money off the table. "We move tactically EW on India equities after strong relative gains - we expect a structural multi-year earnings recovery, but at 24 times forward price-to-earnings (P/E) we look for some consolidation ahead of US Fed tapering, an RBI hike in February and higher energy costs," Morgan Stanley equity strategists, led by Daniel Blake and Jonathan Garner, said in a note on Asia Pacific markets. The brokerage has upgraded Indonesia to OW, while maintaining an EW stance on China and UW on Taiwan.
When SAP, the Germany headquartered software solutions provider, reported a stellar fourth quarter numbers on Thursday, Asia-Pacific and Japan was the cherry on the icing with a growth of 22 per cent.
Goldman includes Bajaj Auto Ltd and Tata Steel Ltd in its Asia-Pacific growth recovery group of stocks.
APEC is an important forum that brings together the dynamic economies of the Pacific Rim and Singapore is an important partner on a range of regional and global issues.
'While on the one hand, terrorism continues to be a serious threat to global peace and security, on the other hand, areas such as cyber, maritime and space, are emerging as new theatres of conflict'
India can become a $6.7 trillion economy by 2031, from $3.4 trillion currently, if the country clocks an average growth of 6.7 per cent for 7 years, an S&P Global report said on Thursday. India had clocked a 7.2 per cent GDP growth in 2022-23 fiscal. But a global slowdown and lagged effect of a policy rate hike by RBI could slow down growth to 6 per cent in the current fiscal, S&P Global said in a report titled 'Look Forward: India's Money'.
The pipeline will enable Moscow to enter markets in Asia- Pacific region and reduce dependency on European customers.
According to a report by global deal tracking firm mergermarket, M&A activity in the Asia-Pacific region as a whole dropped to $72.9 billion, a decline of 26.1 per cent by value from first quarter of 2012 ($98.6 billion).
Gender is the main focus of the diversity efforts of companies in India, said a survey by HR consulting firm Mercer. According to Mercer's Asia Pacific Diversity & Inclusion, over 90 per cent of the participants surveyed list gender as the main focus of their diversity efforts in India.
India will next take on Chinese Taipei on Thursday.
Kalanithi Maran's Sun Network and Subhash Chandra's Zee Entertainment, the two homegrown media companies, have maintained their number one and two positions, respectively, in the Asia-Pacific pay broadcaster ranks for the second year in a row.
India is key part of efforts of US President Barack Obama's administration to rebalance its Asia-Pacific posture to the broader security and prosperity of the 21st century, a top Pentagon official said adding India-US relationship is global in scope.
After being at the helm of Google India and Google Asia Pacific for over seven years, Shailesh Rao is now been roped in by micro-blogging service provider, Twitter.
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's on Monday cautioned that it could lower the sovereign ratings of countries like India, Japan and Malaysia, which 'are still to come out of the economic meltdown of 2008'.
The 14th Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering and Annual Technical Assistance Forum concluded in Kochi on Friday with a resolve to strengthen efforts in this direction.
Overall financial wealth of high net worth individuals fell across all regions in 2011.
