Pence, in response to a question from Chambers, who is also the USISPF chairman, said that he truly believes that the relationship between the US and India, because much of the work that the corporate sector have done, and the work of President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has never been stronger.
In the second and final part of this interview, energy and coal industry expert Sunjoy Joshi tells Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com that we need to take a comprehensive view of the entire energy sector and how piecemeal reform won't take us very far.
India's planned transition to electric vehicles will drastically affect the commodities market, says Aditya Gandhi
In the short term for next five years till 2020, the sector is likely to attract nearly $250 billion.
The aim is to reduce working expense by about 15 per cent.
'If prices of everyday consumption don't come down, employment doesn't pick up, 2020 will not be a happy year for anyone but the super rich,' notes Sherna Gandhy.
Profitability and cash reserves have halved since the global financial crisis.
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The rated oil and gas companies, Fitch said, have a significant proportion of foreign currency-denominated debt.
Garbage will be collected from 12 stations, including Amritsar, Ambala, Haridwar, Jammu, Katra, Dehradun, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai Central and Dadar
With India's imports exceeding exports, weak rupee does more harm than good. Analysts, however, say that rupee depriciation is positive for export-oriented sectors such as IT services, pharmaceuticals, textiles and automobiles
The broader NSE Nifty rose nearly 124 points to settle just below the psychological 11,000 level.
Efforts to normalise trading relations expected during the first such meet on Saturday
'Being one of the 150 million upper middle class consumers, I can vouch that the average expenses on white goods or clothing are minimal. Indians are not consumerist by nature,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
To generate ample private sector interest, there is a need to introduce market-linked tariff rates.
Investors have kept their eyes on US-China trade talks and are optimistic about a positive outcome.
US Secretary of State Micheal Pompeo and Secretary of Defence James Mattis will travel to New Delhi next month for the 2+2 dialogue.
'Nationalism built on divisiveness cannot strengthen the country, or help the economy improve its performance,' points out T N Ninan.
India seeks greater market access for its products including textiles, pharmaceuticals and bovine meat.
The price of wind power may soon compete with conventional fossil fuels, according to researchers in the United States
Kiran Bedi on Monday said that she 'failed' the test of electoral politics despite giving it all her energy and experience.
Pooling will also kick-start projects of Reliance Power, Torrent, Lanco.
The next Rail Budget to be presented early next year could contain a proposal for raising fares to pass on the burden of rising power cost to passengers.
Goa, Uttarakhand and Meghalaya will initiate schemes to enable 24x7 power to consumers.
The good news for the group has come from the port business.
The broader Nifty of National Stock Exchange scaled the 10,200 mark intra day before closing at 10,184.85, showing a sizeable gain of 38.30 points, or 0.38 per cent.
The Tamil Nadu chief minister may have opened a Pandora's Box on the religion front with the appointment of qualified non-Brahmin temple priests, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Who says feature phones have become a thing of past?
The Aditya Birla group's decision to merge two companies, each with an existing clutch of diverse businesses, flies in the face of the accumulated wisdom regarding conglomerates, says T N Ninan.
Finance Minister P T R Palanivel Thiagarajan has proclaimed his determination to set Tamil Nadu's fiscal house in order in five years, and Friday will show how he plans to go about it when he rises to present the Stalin government's maiden budget, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Hard and unpopular decisions are needed - not just another round of financial repackaging to sort out the discom mess.
Bajaj Auto was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 3.95 per cent followed by Maruti Suzuki at 2.69 per cent.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared changes in the Act. Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal earlier this week said the Bill would be tabled in Parliament soon.
Given that there are hundreds of players in the shadow banking space, it's hard to make a credible estimate of potential NPAs. That creates more scope for panic, says Devangshu Datta.
Tuesday's talks between Modi and Trump are likely to send across a clear message of growing congruence of interests between India and the US on major geopolitical developments in the region and beyond, particularly when China has been expanding its military and economic clout.
India said on Tuesday it was investigating US policies supporting solar panel makers, the latest move in an escalating row over renewable energy that has worsened already strained ties between the two countries.
The vehicle will not be available until end-2017, or later.
With their balance sheets under stress, private companies have lost interest in them.
Analysts said with more power sector companies referred to the NCLT by banks, large companies would be at an advantage.
A nearly two-fold hike in natural gas prices will incentivise investment in the hydrocarbon sector and help reduce the energy import bill, India Inc said.
'It's not as if power demand is falling. It's that generation has outpaced demand.'
