According to data released by the Tourism Ministry of India, travelers from the U.S.A. availed India's Visa-on-Arrival facility the most. India's electronic travel authorization is currently available for 44 countries, and March statistics showed that 33 percent of all tourists were from the U.S., followed by 14 percent from Germany, 13...
Rio Tinto to Export Australian Uranium to India by 2017
Sam Walsh, the chief executive of Rio Tinto Ltd., announced that his company is expected to start exporting uranium to India in another two years by which time safeguards to use the uranium only for power generation would be in place. Modi and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott signed a...
India and Australia to Expedite Trade Agreement
The Prime Ministers of India and Australia have agreed to "expedite progress towards early conclusion of the administrative arrangements" necessary for implementation of the civil nuclear agreement signed in September. India has an ambitious nuclear power program but few indigenous uranium resources, while Australia is one of the world's largest...
American Tourists to India Can Now Get Visas More Easily
Most American tourists can soon obtain visas to travel to India much more easily. The new plan does not help business travelers. According to media reports, this single-entry tourist visa is valid for 30 days, and a traveler may apply twice in a year. You submit an online application, pay...
Top Asia Pac investment destinations
According to the FDi report 2013, here are the five destinations which were preferred to invest in Asia-Pacific in 2012. As you can see, China is the favorite country for FDI, quickly followed by India with a number of projects reaching 704. In total, the region of Asia-Pacific has attracted...
South Australia PM supports Uranium sales for India's nuclear energy program
Uranium sales to India are vital to reducing the world's carbon footprint, South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill said this week in the Australian newspaper. "Along with China, India is engaged in the most spectacular advance of the great mass of its people out of poverty that the world has ever...