Global consultant report

Indian companies based in Britain are boosting the growth rates in the country with huge foreign direct investment and creating massive job opportunities. This finding comes from global consultant Grant Thornton UK. Some of the interesting findings from the ten page report points...

RSF Report

According to the World Press Freedom Index 2016, India stands low at 133th position in protecting its journalists. As global leaders work together to address the problems on climate change, journalists across the world have a climate change of their own to deal with. Thousands of...

Environment

India will raise the issue of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling against the Indian Domestic Solar Mission. This was announced by India’s Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar, on Tuesday, at a press conference on the eve of his departure...

Ecology and Paris agreement

India on Tuesday urged the developed world to declare its enhanced action plan for the second period of Kyoto Protocol, after the Paris Climate Change Agreement. Addressing a press conference on the eve of his departure for New York for the signing of Paris Climate Change Agreeme...

India’s port capacity and strategy

Anchored for very long port development in India has began to look promising after its Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a comprehensive plan to increase India’s port handling capacity to 3,000 million tonnes (mt) by 2025, from the present 1,400 mt. With this India envisag...

Puttingal Temple tragedy

India on Sunday woke up to the heartbreaking news of the horrific fire tragedy in at Puttingal Temple, Paravur in Kerala, Gods’ own country in Southern India, that left over a hundred dead and several others injured. A majority of these 100 spectators were blown to bits due to ...

MRO

With an estimate of 1,200 airplanes in its vault from the current 400 in the next 20 years, India’s aviation sector is poised to grow. However, this growth could be futile if India does not develop the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) sector to match the pace. On Septembe...

Lead

Eine Passage zur

  Schon seit einigen Jahren ist der weite Kontinent Afrikas als Syno- nym für eine große Artenvielfalt, für exotische Lokale, Safaris, Spaß und vieles mehr bekannt, was Touristen aus aller Welt wahrlich fasziniert. Ungefähr 6.000 Kilometer östlich von Af- rika liegt In...

Indian Tea

Dr A Jayathilak

Focus on Quality   Despite being a major exporter of spices globally, India continues to grapple with quality on account of issues such as contamination, hygiene and pesticide residues, says Dr A Jayathilak.   What are the initiatives taken by the Spices Board to streng...

Leena Nair

Targets USD 10 billion by 2020   Despite obstacles such as aquaculture diseases and numerous trade barriers, export of marine products from India has witnessed a steady rise in the past decade. Though exports to Gulf countries were minuscule, Leena Nair sees immense scope an...