Category: Politics
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Stop tilting at windmills, Mr Trump & Co.
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Donald Trump and his fellow travellers in Europe are doing their countries a disservice by recklessly pulling up the drawbridge on immigration, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Everyone knows that whenever their fortresses and castles came under siege, kings of old would pass the order to pull up the…
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Modi's approach to the Arab 'problem' contrasts to Trump's bluster
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As isolationist tendencies gather momentum in the West, India as a liberal democracy ready to do business can offer a template for a better world order, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. The dynamics shaping the new world order are not new. Now, as at almost any other time in…
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Trumpeting Brexit
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India will have to be careful the tide of anti-globalisation does not derail its own march to economic growth, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Two events, unrelated at some levels, but intrinsically connected to the world’s – and India’s – continuing economic prosperity are unfolding simultaneously on two sides…
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Can demonetisation deliver votes?
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Good economics has given rich political returns over the last decade. Will the trend hold in 2017? In India, conventional wisdom had it, for decades, that good economics makes for bad politics. Some politicians still think caste, religion and populism are more important factors than economic growth. It is probably…
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Trumponomics: How Will Trump’s Presidency Impact India?
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If candidate donald Trump set the cat among the pigeons in India’s policy circles, President-elect Trump still hasn’t allayed all the anxieties he stirred during his election campaign. The question many analysts are asking is: How will Trump’s presidency impact India? There are no clear answers yet, despite his avowed…
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India's bold political gamble will pay off
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PM Modi senses the country is united behind him on his bold move, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. If the Opposition is right, then the Narendra Modi government’s decision to demonetise Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes is nothing short of an economic calamity of proportions never encountered before.…
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Impact on India-US relations
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Initial reaction to the election of President Trump and its impact on India-US relations. Catch @szarabi discuss the govt’s demonetisation move and U.S. election outcome with @manojladwa & Lalit Mansingh pic.twitter.com/HZycLd9Zj3 — BTVI Live (@BTVI) November 9, 2016
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Questions Theresa May must answer
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Days before Theresa May lands in India for her visit as British Prime Minister, India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa flags up some very crucial questions she must answer. British Prime Minister Theresa May has chosen New Delhi as the first foreign capital she will visit outside Europe since taking office in July. Coming…
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Hillary will be (just) a safer bet for India
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So Donald Trump “is a big fan of India and a big fan of Hindu (sic)”; is he? At a gathering of about 5,000 American Indians at New Jersey’s Raritan Center, addressing what was probably the first country-specific ethno-religious rally by a US presidential hopeful, the Republican candidate promised a “phenomenal future”…
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Hello Mr Trump, India calling
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by Manoj Ladwa Will the real Donald Trump please stand up! First, he mimics an Indian call centre executive’s accent as a proxy for how globalisation is hurting the US; he rails against H1B visa holders decimating “women and minorities” in the US; and then, in an about turn, says:…