Category: India
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Rishi Sunak will deliver progress, but don’t expect miracles overnight in India-UK relations
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It was only a few days ago that the world was looking at the UK in absolute bewilderment. And understandably so. A country known and respected for stability and prudence plunged itself into the most unprecedented political and economic crisis. From the maverick reign of Boris Johnson to the kamikaze…
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Rishi Sunak has unleashed a spirit of aspiration
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As Rishi Sunak makes history as the first British Indian Prime Minister of the UK, India Global Forum (IGF) Founder Professor Manoj Ladwa reflects upon the significance of this inspirational achievement and the spirit of aspiration it has unleashed this Diwali. On a cold winter evening in November 2015, 13…
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The real work on India-UK relations starts now
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The recent virtual summit between Indian PM Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Boris Johnson underlined ambition and enthusiasm like never before. Ties are at an ‘inflection point’ but much hard work lies ahead if we are not to fritter away this opportunity, writes India Inc Founder and CEO Manoj…
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A job to India is not a job lost in the US
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The Biden administration’s report to the US Congress dubbing Modi’s Make in India initiative a challenge for bilateral Indo-US relations is completely uninformed and incorrect. It is, instead, a call for global partnership that US companies are well poised to benefit from, writes India Inc Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa.…
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Vaccine diplomacy proves self-reliant India is good for the world
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The proactive steps taken by the Modi government to launch the world’s largest vaccination programme domestically, even while supplying Covid-19 vaccines and medical supplies to 150 countries via its Vaccine Maitri initiative, is helping to save millions of lives across every continent, writes India Inc Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa.…
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India's radical and much needed civil service reforms
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Mission Karmayogi, the Modi government’s much needed initiative to radically reform India’s gargantuan bureaucracy could well become a global benchmark and help in the drive to make India much more globally competitive, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. The Indian government has launched what is, arguably, the biggest…
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Does the race to the White House really matter for India Inc
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The broad bipartisan support for closer strategic and economic ties with India means that on the face of it Trump or Biden will be equally good (or bad) for India. However, with wider geo-political issues at stake and the huge influence that Indian American voters could have on the outcome…
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Getting fit for a post-Covid World India's huge privatisation programme
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Prime Minister Modi has repeatedly asserted that government has ‘no business being in business’. But critics doubted the rhetoric. This week Modi announced the biggest and most ambitious privatisation programme of state assets ever and in doing sends a strong signal that the Indian state is getting leaner and fitter…
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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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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…