India calls for Greater French Investments in Food Processing

Union food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has exhorted the French food processing companies to significantly enhance their engagement with the Indian market.

Indian Food Exports

North East is an Undiscovered Gem of Tourism

Alphons Kannanthanam, the tourism minister of India, talks to India & You about the government’s increasing focus on promoting north-east as a destination for both domestic and international tourists.

Entretien avec l’acteur Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Le célèbre acteur qui tient le rôle titre du film Manto de Nandita Das, actuellement sur les écrans indiens et bientôt en France, parle de ce film retraçant la vie du grand écrivain indien controversé mais aussi de sa carrière d’acteur et de l’industrie du cinéma i...

Interview du Ministre du Tourisme

Chaplin’s World, Vevey

Mixed signals from Indian economy

The rupee has continued its slide, hitting new lows everyday of this week. However, the stock markets continue to reach new peaks almost everyday. Can the contra movement in these two key indices of the health of economy continue forever?

India’s caste equations

Over 70 years after independence, there is a strange race amongst India’s multitude of castes and sub-castes to be declared a backward community, in order to gain preference in jobs and education. In the world’s fastest growing economy, this is a troubling sign of the ground ...

India’s unequal development: Economy trumps ecology

As world’s fastest growing economy, India continues to enthuse global business leaders. However, business growth has come at a heavy price as India’s ecological parameters plummet to record lows, threatening the livelihood, health and lives of millions.

India’s National Register of Citizens

The final draft of National Register of Citizen, prepared in the troubled north-eastern state of Assam, has raised more issues than it solves and left over four million stranded, potentially as stateless persons. Political blame game has already begun, further clouding the fate o...

BRICS -Missing the mortar for a strong edifice

The recently concluded 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg struck all the right notes expected from a gathering of global leaders. But 15 years after it was first talked of as a bloc, has BRICS under-delivered on its promise?

Interview with Alphons Kannanthanam | Tourism Minister of India

Alphons Kannanthanam, the Tourism Minister of India, talks to Media India Group about the government’s increasing focus on promoting north-east as a destination for both domestic and international tourists. He elaborates on the initiatives being undertaken by the government to ...