Business & Politics
India-Israel Defence Ties
June 2, 2016
Ties between India and Israel are looking up. India is Israel’s biggest arms exporter and Israel India’s fourth largest arms supplier. Given Israel’s technological expertise and India’s immense market, the partnership is more of a necessity and not merely an option. If it...
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Europe India Foundation for Excellence
June 2, 2016
As Modi government completed two years in office, one of his pet schemes, Skill India, was in focus here in Paris as UNESCO hosted a Global Skill Development Meet, attended by delegations from various countries around the world. The meet was organised by the Europe India Foundati...
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India’s equalisation levy on Google and Facebook
June 1, 2016
Facebook, Google and other transitional online firms are now liable to pay an equalisation levy for all the digital services they provide in India. Will it solve the tax inconsistency related to the e-commerce or aggravate the complexity for mid-scale enterprises in India? Althou...
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India becomes a $2 trillion dollars economy
June 1, 2016
The acceleration of growth in the 4th quarter – January-March, at 7.9% has powered the Indian economy that has crossed the symbolic mark of a 2 trillion dollars economy, at INR exchange rate of around 67 dollars. On the whole, in 2015-2016, India grew at 7.6%, boosted by th...
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India-EU FTA: Moving or Standing still?
May 31, 2016
It seems both the sides have started talking to each other and communicating to each other on the process. Indications are coming that India is ready to work with the European Union (EU) to sort out “issues of concern’’ related to the proposed bilateral free trade agreement...
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A joint initiative against “conflict diamonds”
May 28, 2016
The European Union and India offered coordinated proposal to chair Kimberley Process (KP), a joint initiative of the governments, industry and civil societies to stem flow of “conflict diamonds” - the rough diamonds used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate g...
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Italian marines – Indian fishermen 2012 death ca...
May 27, 2016
India’s Supreme Court cleared the decks for the Italian marine Sergeant Major Salvatore Girone – who along with Chief Master Sergeant Massimiliano Latorre, is accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala’s coast in South India in February 2012 – to l...
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After the death of a Congolese student in South De...
May 26, 2016
The death of a Congolese post-graduate student in an altercation on Friday in New Delhi has sparked a major diplomatic controversy. African envoys protested and decided not to attend part of the Africa Day there. India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has assured that ...
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Reusable space vehicle made in India
May 24, 2016
After the much-talked about Mars mission (Mangalyaan), India’s interplanetary space research takes another step with the maiden launch of a reusable space shuttle. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) grabs global attention as it successfully flight tested the coun...
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Innovative Indian Startups
May 24, 2016
As India focuses on relaxing the business environment for the industry through initiatives such as Startup India Campaign, here are a few innovative startups that can’t wait to exploit the opportunities. GreenSole: Bringing Soul in Damaged Soles Only an innovative mind can cons...
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