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EU’s Chips Act offers unique opportunities to enhance ties with India

EU’s Chips Act offers unique opportunities to enhance ties with India

December 10, 2022

The adoption of the European Union’s Chips Act Position Paper by the Council of Europe about a week ago is a “watershed moment” in EU’s quest to become a dominant player in the global semiconductor ecosystem. The Council of the European Union consists of the Heads...

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Breakthrough agenda at COP27 to accelerate decarbonisation

Breakthrough agenda at COP27 to accelerate decarbonisation

November 12, 2022

Governments of representing over half of global GDP have reached agreement on a 12-month action plan to help make clean technologies cheaper and more accessible everywhere. They launched a package of 25 new collaborative actions to be delivered by COP28 to speed up the decarbonis...

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Italian flour producers target Indian market

Italian flour producers target Indian market

May 7, 2022

With the aim to promote exports of wheat flour to India and to raise awareness about the versatility, high quality and safety of flour from Italy and more broadly from Europe, ITALMOPA, the Italian Association of Millers, has launched a strategic campaign ‘Pure Flour from Europ...

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Repair, not replace: Key to tackling climate change

Repair, not replace: Key to tackling climate change

March 29, 2022

Thirungia region in Germany is offering residents up to 100 Euros for not throwing away their smartphones, but repair them and continue to use them. Similar repair bonus is also available for other consumer electronic items like laptops and domestic appliances. The scheme is soon...

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EU greenwashing nuclear power: Short sighted & counterproductive

EU greenwashing nuclear power: Short sighted & counterproductive

February 21, 2022

After nearly half a century of being home to the world’s most high profile anti-nuclear movement, it is fashionable to be nuclear in Europe again. From Heads of States to the bureaucrats sitting in Brussels, everyone seems to have new-found love for nuclear power. Last week, Fr...

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FTA with EU, potential minefield for beleaguered India

FTA with EU, potential minefield for beleaguered India

May 10, 2021

The latest EU-India Summit, held over internet on Saturday, had a very unique feature. While in the past the Summit has involved Indian Prime Minister, the head of European Council, the head of government of the country that holds the presidency of the EU at the moment of the sum...

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Can India feel ripples of British Supreme Court ruling on Uber

Can India feel ripples of British Supreme Court ruling on Uber

February 21, 2021

Ride hailing app Uber faces an existential challenge in the United Kingdom following a landmark order by the Supreme Court which upheld the orders of lower courts that its drivers were its employees, not independent contractors as the company calls them. The court said as the wor...

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Brexit agreement remains cliffhanger

Brexit agreement remains cliffhanger

December 12, 2020

When Boris Johnson left for Brussels on Thursday for a dinner meeting with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, both knew that they would have a lot more than just the dinner to chew over as it was the ‘last chance’ to break the deadlock over Brexit ...

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EU India Virtual Summit 2020: Beating around the bush

EU India Virtual Summit 2020: Beating around the bush

July 19, 2020

Last week has seen yet another EU-India Summit come and go. As in the past two decades, the meet was noticeable only for the absence of any real meat on the table.

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EU-India Virtual Summit a turning point in bilateral ties

EU-India Virtual Summit a turning point in bilateral ties

July 16, 2020

Sunil Prasad, secretary general of the Europe India Chamber of Commerce (EICC), the apex trade body promoting Indian businesses in EU, has been a keen observer of the development of relationship between the two sides. In an interview, Prasad says that even though there was no pro...

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EU-India virtual summit: Building on mutual strength

EU-India virtual summit: Building on mutual strength

July 13, 2020

Though it may be a virtual summit, Secretary General of Europe India Chamber of Commerce Sunil Prasad says he has high expectations of some real results from EU-India virtual summit meeting scheduled for Wednesday.

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India can help bridge digital divide: Prabhu

India can help bridge digital divide: Prabhu

August 25, 2019

India’s sherpa to G7, Suresh Prabhu, says that India has made unparalleled progress in empowering the masses digitally and India can help other countries bridge their digital divides.

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