Tag: Narendra Modi
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The race is on. Let’s make India and the UK a ‘Winning Partnership’
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The UK’s ‘transactional’ relationship with India has less value than it once did. We need a transformational relationship fit for the age of radical ideas, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Timing is everything. As Prime Minister Theresa May and her team opened Brexit negotiations in Brussels, the London launch…
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Will Modi’s charm melt Trump?
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The Indian PM’s visit to Washington will be crucial to determine how much the US President is in a mood to listen. The Indian political leadership has, since Independence, rooted for a multi-polar world. Now, with Donald Trump’s US voluntarily pulling back from its role as world’s peace keeper of…
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What the UK election shocker means for India
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The UK election results are nothing short of a political earthquake – the second one to hit the UK in 10 months, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Just as David Cameron had misread the public mood in Britain when he called for the Brexit vote, Theresa May’s decision to…
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Re-imagining the Commonwealth
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It may be time to anoint New Delhi as a hub for a reimagined Commonwealth, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. This week the Commonwealth Secretariat has launched a report which claims that if the UK and India sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), this could boost bilateral trade by…
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UK & India: Where are we heading?
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Our cover story this time is aptly titled ‘Yeh Dosti’. Indian readers will be familiar with the eponymous song from the iconic Bollywood blockbuster ‘Sholay’, which, even 42 years after its release, remains synonymous with undying friendship and renewal of relationships. To dwell a little further on the renewal analogy, here in…
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Big Bang tax reforms & Vodafone’s thumbs-up prove India is a shiny prospect
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The new emerging consensus on important issues marks a tectonic shift in India’s otherwise fractious political discourse, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Now, with the excitement, din and shrill rhetoric of electioneering in five crucial Indian states is over, India’s collective mind thankfully should start getting back to business.…
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Time to put real thrust behind India’s soft power
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India’s cultural diplomacy is entrenched in ‘babudom’. It must urgently get some real teeth and direction to reflect the aspirations of a new India, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Most Indians still don’t know much about Brazil beyond the facts that it is a fellow BRICS nation and the…
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De-Mon to Re-Mon: Economists are underestimating India's growth trajectory
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The clean-up of the system as a result of demonetisation will ultimately increase the size of the Indian economy, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel is known to weigh his words very carefully before speaking. So, when he says the pace of…
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India's "Clean-Up" Budget: Five top takeaways for foreign investors
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Digitisation and a crackdown on bureaucracy and black money are among the many 2017 Budget highlights the global community can cheer about, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. It took some deft tightrope walking, but Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley kept his promise and delivered a growth-oriented Budget that pleased…
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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…