AS Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on a visit to France, the first stop of his three-nation tour, it’s worth bearing in mind that the country’s hexagonal geography and its multi-dimensional policies and technology skills have the potential to match India’s 21st-century aspirations. At the same time, the French are looking at India as a […]
The West Bengal government has proposed setting up a City-to-City (C2C) partnership of Howrah with Yokohama in Japan, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here Thursday. “We have proposed to set up a C2C partnership of Howrah with Yokohama. This bilateral co-operation will lead to social, economic and cultural exchanges between the two satellite cities with […]
Saudi Arabia, the largest supplier of crude oil to India, is keen to participate in the Make in India initiative of the Narendra Modi government and has asked its businesspeople to explore the opportunities in India under the scheme, the kingdom’s envoy has said. “I think it is a very good idea the initiative of […]
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The World Bank said on Tuesday it has signed a $500 million loan agreement with India to improve financial access for the country’s small-scale business enterprises in the manufacturing and services domain. “Lack of adequate finance is one of the biggest challenges facing the MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) sector. Financial institutions have limited […]
Asserting that India-US strategic partnership has moved into a new “strategic plus” phase, US Ambassador to India, Richard Verma, says the two countries are focused on finding creative, realistic ways to move forward. “I believe we are witnessing a transformative time in US-India relations,” he told a Washington think tank on Friday outlining how President […]
India will lead in the Asian region with growth at 7.8 percent in the next fiscal and at 8.2 percent in 2016-17, as China’s economy slows, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday. The bank’s Asian Development Outlook (ADO) report instead projected China’s economic growth to decelerate from 7.4 percent in current fiscal to […]
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the central government, the CBI and Essar on a PIL seeking a court-monitored probe into the politician-bureaucrat-corporate nexus exposed in email leaks that showed a company allegedly granted gifts and favours to ministers and bureaucrats for promoting its business. A bench of Justice T.S. Thakur, Justice Kurian […]
New Delhi, March 21 The 1,200 Indians who allegedly have accounts in HSBC Bank’s Geneva account and against some of whom a probe was initiated by tax authorities can’t get amnesty under the new law that the government proposes to get back ill-gotten money stashed abroad. The so-called amnesty scheme is detailed in the chapter […]
Kolkata, March 20 City-based jeweller Senco Gold and Diamonds (SGD) on Friday said it is investing Rs. 350 crore in a pan-India expansion drive to become the third largest national jewellery firm in terms of highest number of stores by early 2018. “We are planning to invest Rs.350 crore for our pan India expansion and […]