Category: New
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A nuclear bolstering of India-US ties
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Enhanced civil nuclear cooperation with a deal for the US to set up six nuke reactors in India will help iron out wrinkles in bilateral trade relations, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. India and the US have agreed to set up six nuclear power reactors in the…
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The ‘Indian Backstop’: A Brexit insurance policy May should be investing in more
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Rather than talking down a post-Brexit UK, I have remained firm in my view that Brexit or no Brexit, we must showcase the opportunities that India provides, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. People in the Western world are well aware of the story of Roman Emperor Nero fiddling…
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India-US: Strategic on security, transactional on trade
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There is now unprecedented alignment on security between India and the US, the same needs to happen on trade, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. The unprecedented US support for India and its right to self-defence following the Pulwama terrorist attack last month, has highlighted how far the…
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Isolating Pakistan: When neither trade nor aid work
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The Pulwama attack in Jammu & Kashmir must only serve to harden international resolve to push Pakistan to renounce terror as an instrument of state policy, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, aka MBS, earlier this week announced $20 billion fresh…
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It’s Coming Home: Modi’s big anti-corruption drive is starting to pay dividends
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The Indian Prime Minister’s relentless efforts to weed out corruption and clean up how business is done in India are showing results, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. India will get into election mode in the coming weeks, if it hasn’t already got there, and Prime Minister Narendra…
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It’s dicey, but Indian companies must not turn their back on the UK
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While it is prudent for Indian companies to prepare for all Brexit eventualities, they must avoid knee-jerk reactions, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. The largest parliamentary defeat for a British Prime Minister in a long, long time… a face-saving victory in a no-confidence vote brought by Jeremy…
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Indian Budget: Modi and Goyal deliver confident, coherent message
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The Indian Budget will give foreign investors much to cheer and boost Modi’s re-election prospects, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. Budget 2019 could, in the final analysis, be the proverbial last-ball six that seals a hard-fought cricket match. In the run-up to the Narendra Modi government’s last…
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India’s new affirmative action programme
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India’s new and much fairer affirmative action programme has unnerved Modi’s opponents, just when they thought they had the wind in their sails, writes India Inc.’s Founder & CEO, Manoj Ladwa. In what is arguably its boldest move to ensure education and prosperity for every Indian, the Narendra Modi government…
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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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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…