News – Biz@India
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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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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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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A study by New Delhi based Centre for Science and ...
May 23, 2016
If you are visiting India avoid bread. It could be laced with toxic chemicals which are serious health hazards. According to a study by New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment, Indian bread manufacturers use potassium bromate and potassium iodate for treating flour whi...
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Assembly election results in India
May 20, 2016
As BJP overpowers Congress in Assam, the erstwhile government of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu receive faithful reactions from the assembly election results. Do we see an ominous future for the All India National Congress? The recent assembly election results in Assam, Kerala, Pondi...
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The latest push for Science and Technology incubat...
May 20, 2016
India will soon launch a hub and spoke model to set up science cities and science centres to encourage science and technology (S&T) incubators and create an enabling environment. This was announced by Minister of state for science & technology and earth sciences, Y.S. Cho...
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Apple’s increasing focus on India
May 19, 2016
A new push for Indian IT: Apple is all set to launch its first developer centre in Bengaluru, India by early 2017. The American multinational company Apple Inc. is increasing its focus on India and announced its plans to launch the first ever iOS application design and developmen...
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Gender pay gap in India
May 18, 2016
The gender pay gap in India is as high as 27%, according to the latest Monster Salary Index report. Not only in India, the debate over disparity in wages among male and women employees in the world is fetching interesting facts and socio-cultural factors about this long-standing ...
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Increasing labour costs
May 18, 2016
According to a study, the increasing labour costs in India will be a hindrance in India’s cost competitiveness that is forecasted to reduce from 44 pc to 30 pc by 2030. Growing labour costs will dent India’s cost competitiveness in manufacturing vis-à- vis Europe and is esti...
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Less Polluted Days Ahead?
May 17, 2016
According to a recent World Health Organisation report, New Delhi is at the 25th position among the most polluted cities crosswise the globe, while Patna, Gwalior and Raipur stand at sixth, tenth, and seventh position respectively. Delhi stands at the 25th position on the polluti...
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