Author: Manojladwa
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The real takeaway from Trump’s India visit
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In assiduously wooing Indian investments, US President Donald Trump has signalled to the world (especially China) that the economic and strategic agendas of the US and India are more aligned than ever before, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_spacing=”” rule_style=”custom” rule_size=”” rule_color=”” backgroundcolor=”#d7d7d7″ class=”” ]Highlights: While President…
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Theatre of the absurd: India’s telecom sector
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All stakeholders are to blame for the mess India’s telecom companies find themselves in, and it’s damaging India’s efforts to project an investor friendly image abroad, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_spacing=”” rule_style=”custom” rule_size=”” rule_color=”” backgroundcolor=”#d7d7d7″ class=”” ]Highlights: India’s Department of Telecommunications’ unreasonable demand…
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Don’t cloud Modi’s progressive agenda
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The shrill debate around the Indian government’s recent decisions on Kashmir and citizenship has clouded a slew of measures that reflect a broader, more progressive social and economic narrative, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. If you read much of the media coverage on India these days, you…
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Coronavirus outbreak: India offers Global Inc. an alternative
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The coronavirus crisis should nudge the world towards some quick thinking to de-risk and diversify its bets, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. It’s official: the coronavirus outbreak in China is the world’s first “global health emergency” in this new era of major power rivalry. Besides the obvious…
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The next Brexit chapter: Trust and trade
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India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa looks back at the long and arduous journey of the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU), through some iconic ‘India Global Business’ front covers since 2016, and weighs up the UK’s very own tryst with destiny. [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_spacing=”” rule_style=”custom” rule_size=””…
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Happy New Year… um?
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Sir David Attenborough’s “moment of crisis,” and Greta Thunberg’s ongoing campaign to shake the world’s most powerful into acting faster on climate change, highlights that there are other priorities to President Trump’s conflict with Iran that must not be relegated, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. [fusion_text columns=””…
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India’s ambitious $1.4 trillion infra investment plan
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Can the new mega infrastructure investment plan be the fillip the Indian economy needed after a protracted period of sluggish growth? India Inc. Founder and CEO, Manoj Ladwa, writes that much will depend on the Indian government’s ability to execute well, and foreign investors having the confidence to muscle in.…
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My reflections on 2019: The glass is not always half empty
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In the pursuit of so-called ‘balance’, 2019 has seen far too many commentators straying towards the negative as their safest bet when explaining India’s growth story. The glass is not always half empty, argues India Inc. Founder & CEO, Manoj Ladwa. Over the past five years, I have written over…
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Amid the protests, spare a thought for the persecuted
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India’s new law on Citizenship has been introduced to offer asylum in India to persecuted minorities; it is about protecting human rights, not taking them away, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. The world must be watching with somewhat mild bemusement as protests against the new Citizenship Amendment…
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Boris Johnson’s win is good news for India-UK ties
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In contrast to Jeremy Corbyn’s open hostility, Johnson wants closer ties and has spoken of working with Modi. I cannot remember a United Kingdom (UK) election that has also been so eagerly (and perhaps, anxiously) watched in India. This is not surprising given the significant business, strategic, and diaspora interests…