News – Biz@India
Suez wins the contract for the Colaba wastewater t...
October 10, 2016
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has given French giant Suez the contract to design and build the Colaba wastewater treatment facility, an upscale district of the economic capital of India, which faces enormous sanitation infrastructure needs with its growing po...
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Security Watch India concludes 8th annual conferen...
October 10, 2016
Security Watch India, a non-partisan, not-for-profit organisation addressed the issues and challenges faced by the security sector in India in a two day conference in New Delhi. The event saw discussions with government officials and presented awards for innovations in the sector...
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RBI Governor announces repo rate cut in India
October 7, 2016
In a surprising announcement, current RBI Governor Urjit Patel informed the country about RBI’s decision of slashing the repo rates. The announcement for a rate cut came as the first policy statement made by Urjit Patel since he took the position of the Governor of the R...
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India conducts ‘surgical strikes’ across the L...
September 30, 2016
After the attack on the Indian army base of Uri in Kashmir, on September 18, where 19 Indian soldiers were killed, New Delhi announced that it conducted ‘surgical strikes' on Thursday morning against rebel camps along the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan, in the...
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India ratifies the Paris Climate Agreement on Octo...
September 27, 2016
Though India was earlier reluctant to ratify the Paris Climate Agreement any time soon, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 25, 2016, announced that the country will ratify the accord on October 2 this year.
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India reconsiders its stance over Indus Waters Tre...
September 26, 2016
After 18 Indian army men lost their lives in the terrorist attack in Uri, the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, on September 18, 2016, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to take concrete actions against Pakistan through the re-evaluation of Indus Waters Treaty betwe...
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Sushma Swaraj’s speech at the UN General Assembl...
September 26, 2016
While India's Minister for External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, gears up to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the rising mercury of the Indo-Pak tension over Kashmir and the latest Uri attack is anticipated to see a riveting finale as far as India's point of v...
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India and France signed the deal for 36 Rafale fig...
September 23, 2016
French Defense Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, was on Friday in New Delhi to sign with its Indian counterpart, Manohar Parrikar, the long due deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets, for a price of 7.8 billion Euros.
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Prospects galore for Indian tourism at WTM London ...
September 21, 2016
As the tourism stakeholders of the global travel industry gear up to meet, inspire and enhance travel business at the upcoming World Travel Market (WTM 2016) in London, India remains a key focus market for the organisers as well as the global participants in the event.
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Airport processes given boost by IATA in India
September 13, 2016
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Bangalore International Airport Limited entered into a first of its kind Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last week to promote cooperation in various sectors of operations in the airport.
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