In its report The Sino-Indian Clash and the New Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific authored by the South Asia Center of Washington-based Atlantic Council made a series of recommendations to help India meet security challenges. Highlights of the Report authored by Robert A. Manning and Bharath Gopalaswamy, as reported by Live...
Foreign Travel Arrivals in India Grow 15 percent this year
India's Ministry of Tourism released a report based on data from the Bureau of Immigration that says the number of overseas travelers to India grew 15 percent year-on-year. For the period January - July 2017 foreign travel arrivals numbered 5,674,000 , compared to 4,903,000 in the corresponding time period last...
India's Proklean Tech's Probiotic Products Find Global Markets
Chennai, India-based Proklean Technologies, has an exclusive license from Kansas City's SCD Probiotics for using its certified mother culture to manufacture and market products that are natural, non-toxic, and bio-degradable. These products are used in variety of industries, including leather and textile processing. "Wherever chemical surfactants are used, we have...
India Launches South Asia Satellite GSAT-9
India's Space and Research Organization (ISRO) launched the first South Asia Satellite, on May 5. Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister Modi said that the satellite will help partner countries in effective communication, better governance, better banking and education in remote areas, more predictable weather forecasting and efficient resource mapping....
Blackberry Will Make Android Devices in India
Waterloo Canada-based Blackberry announced its partnership with New Delhi, India-based Optiemus Infracom, an existing distribution partner for BlackBerry devices in the country. Blackberry will license device software and brand assets to Optiemus, which will design, manufacture, sell, promote, and support BlackBerry-branded devices in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. Alex...
World Bank Projects India Will Be the Fastest-Growing Economy until 2018
The Wall Street Journal reports on the new forecasts from the World Bank which says that India is “well positioned to withstand near-term headwinds and volatility in global financial markets” compared with other major emerging economies and predicts it will grow at 7.9% by 2018. That would make it the...