Is China encircling India?

Deng Xiaoping used to say that it 'does not matter if a cat is white and black as long it catches mice.' So whether Jiang Xemin or Hu Jintao is in full control of the Communist Party's machinery......

End of The American Century

I have wondered for a long time if the American Century has come to a close, and if so, when. On the face of it, given the military and economic power that the US wields today, it is hard to......

IOC JV avoids Rajat Gupta's NSR

IOT Infrastructure & Energy Services Ltd, a joint venture of Indian Oil which is raising Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) from private equity (PE) players for expansion, has decided to ignore a bid by......

Tata Power calls off deal with Olympus

India's largest private sector power producer, Tata Power Company, has called off its plan to sell 15 per cent stake in two special purpose vehicles (SPVs) owning coal mines in Indonesia to private......

PEs sharpen focus on green energy

Last month, the Muthoot Pappachan Group (MPG), a leading non-banking finance company, decided to invest heavily in wind energy, to create 50 Mw generation capacity.This is part of its plan to......

PE investment in India up two-fold to $2.3 bn

Witnessing a strong growth, private equity investment in India rose to $2.3 billion in the April-June quarter, taking the total PE inflows so far this year to $4.29 billion, says a report.......