British Secretary for State for media, culture and sports, Tessa Jowell said on Tuesday that Britain will consider introduction of more flights to India to help boost tourism in both the countries.
'There is no need for suspicion regarding the US-India civil nuclear agreement,' US Ambassador David C Mulford tells the Rediff Chat.
The report by the High Level Advisory Group said India stands to benefit even more when the US and China are locked in a global trade war.
India to be an affluent society by 2039? The statement may raise many an eyebrow now but India 2039, an Affluent Society in One Generation, a book edited by Harinder S Kohli and Anil Sood and published by Sage Publication India Pvt Ltd stresses on such a possibility.
Ashok Soota has cited 4 challenges that India Inc is facing. He stressed on a robust risk management strategy for Indian companies. He also stated responding to changes in market environment, resolving legal and regulatory differences and encouraging leadership and accepting cultural diversity as other challenges. Highlighting the challenges faced by the India Inc, experts said globalisation is essential to pursue growth opportunities and leverage comparative advantage.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is in India this week and is expected to meet top government functionaries, business leaders and SMBs.
The two apex chambers -- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Confederation of Indian Industry -- said it was time corporate India did some serious introspection and improved governance standards. CII president K V Kamath said there was a 'need to immediately examine the loopholes in regulation, accounting, audit and governance that allowed such lapses to occur and address them with urgency'.
The main purpose of the meeting is to assess their views on reforms that are required to attract long-term capital into the country.
Though the government has been pushing for exports of high-value manufactured goods across major markets in place of raw materials and input goods, India's top exports to China remain in the raw materials category.
The Microsoft chairman's itinerary covers meetings with key government officials in addition to key business leaders, academicians, industry associations and policy makers.
This is South Carolina's first trade and investment mission to India.
India's Textiles Minister Shankersinh Vaghela Thursday stressed the need for Asian countries to come together to enhance competitiveness and harness their advantages to withstand global competition.
President of Portugal Anibal Antonio Cavaco Silva on Wednesday said India was now recognised as a success story, a place where "the future is being shaped".
Sri Lanka on Tuesday called for further enhancement of trade ties with India and said a white paper has already been prepared identifying areas for cooperation.
India is set to give a major push to 'Brand India' in China in an attempt to strengthen its foothold in the country, even as bilateral trade rises at a blistering pace, industry officials said.
Finance minister P Chidambaram will inaugurate the 20th India Economic Summit to be held from December 5-7, 2004.
Oxford University has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Confederation of Indian Industry to set up India Business Centre.
India may become a wheat importing country with a lower than expected output forecast for this year at a time when domestic consumption has already outpaced production, a commodity expert said on Tuesday.\n\n
Britain's apex industry chamber said on Monday that the UK's economy gained £16 billion through offshoring in 2004 and in future more high-end work would move to India.
Coinciding with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit to China from June 22, CII president Anand Mahindra will lead a 30-member delegation to the country to promote bilateral trade ties.
Addressing the annual meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industries, the prime minister said, India has a responsibility and a right to participate in the management of these global challenges. Pointing out the poor response to the ongoing energy crisis, he said the world oil demand rose by just one per cent per annum over the past two years, crude prices shot up by over 90 per cent in dollar terms and 40 in Euro terms.
Sitharaman also highlighted the steps taken by the government to achieve ease of doing business by digitisation of approvals and making more stable policies to make India a favourable destination for investors.
Riding high on the buoyant economy, an overwhelming majority of the India Inc lists innovation among the top three strategic priorities as compared to their global counterparts, a survey says.
Young Indians, part of the Confederation of Indian Industry, invites you to attend a two-day social summit, Transforming India: Making it Happen.
The Centre said on Wednesday it had made a good offer for the proposed Free Trade Agreement with the Association of South East Asian Nation and is awaiting ASEAN's reactions to it.
India Inc is seeking at least quarterly interactions with senior government representatives to establish a channel of communication and help change the opinion at the highest level.
The annual ball, renamed this year as 'India soiree', showcased the food, fashion and performing arts of the country.
With India emerging as an economic super power and a leader in the IT and biotechnology sector, Japan is keen on investing in the country, a former Japanese minister said in New Delhi on Thursday.
The new jobs - created both directly and indirectly - will be across industries, including IT, skill development, content creation, retail, logistics, and manufacturing.
But use of that word -- privatisation -- is not encouraged. This seems to be a classic case of reforms through subtle signals, observes A K Bhattacharya.
The beauty of the relationship between the two countries is that they agree to disagree and perhaps that is the strongest bond between the two governments and their relationships, notes Rup Narayan Das.
The Indian establishment in New Delhi is giving Putin's visit due importance.
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