Category: Business
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India’s Space Odyssey: New frontiers in business & diplomacy
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Indian Prime Minister Modi’s space diplomacy means business and strategic opportunities for allies; a conundrum for foes, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. In 2014, within months of coming to power in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked out the next frontier for Indian diplomacy – outer space.…
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Only a brave punter will bet against Modi in 2019
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A western foreign diplomat’s rumoured punt against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading his party to victory in 2019 is brave, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. A very senior Western diplomat serving in Delhi is widely rumoured to have placed a wager against a big Indian industrialist…
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Wrexit: Is the UK wrecking its own destiny?
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A bad Brexit deal, or none at all, can have severe consequences for the UK as an A-list economic power, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. According to hardcore Brexiteers like the swash-buckling Boris Johnson, Brexit was supposed to herald a new bright era for Britain – unshackled…
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UK-India tech jugaad can open up many possibilities
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Distractions of Brexit aside, the exchange of ideas like frugal innovation and joint projects can start clicking into place as part of the UK-India Tech Partnership, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. As you will know by now, I am a passionate votary of closer UK-India ties across…
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Ease of Doing Business: Modi government’s hard work paying off
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India’s dramatic jump of 23 places on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index will encourage foreign investors who are otherwise facing turbulent times globally, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. The hard work put in by the Narendra Modi government over the last four-and-a-half years is…
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Trump’s ‘Tariff King’ jibe more bark than bite, we hope
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The US President’s high stakes game of global poker threatens to derail some of the hard work done on India-US relations, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. It was only last week that US President Donald Trump praised India in glowing terms, calling it a free society of a billion-plus people…
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Demonetisation has shaken up the shadow economy
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The efficacy of the Indian government’s move to demonetise bank notes in November 2016 must also be judged by its positive impact on the global supply chain, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. It’s a tale of two reports, each of which tells a different story. But…
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Tackling the Dragon in India’s cyber rooms
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Despite his long-held belief in India’s systematic economic liberalisation and opening to global competition, India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa raises concerns about China’s current free-run in the country’s buoyant social media space. I recently read a very disturbing piece in ‘The Times’ (London) about Russia allegedly “targeting British teenagers as part of…
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India can lead the way in data security
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Given the recent furore over data privacy, new Indian data protection laws should set the standards for the rest of the world, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. Even as Indian politicians engage in a no-holds-barred fight over security of personal data in the custody of the government…
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Team Commonwealth
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India and the UK are increasingly aligned on the Commonwealth’s potential to provide an impetus to trade and investment, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. Tennis legend Billie Jean King famously said: “Create your legacy, then pass on the baton”. As the 25thCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)…