With more than 752 LEED-certified projects totaling over 20 million square meters of space, India ranks third on the US Green Building Councils (USGBC) annual ranking of the top 10 countries for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings. Rank Nation Number of Projects Gross Square Meters 1....
Juster: India Can Be 'Alternative Investment Hub' for U.S. Firms
At his first policy speech since taking over as Ambassador to India, Kenneth Juster, Washington's envoy to New Delhi said that a number of U.S. companies have reported increasing difficulties in conducting business in the largest market in the region, China. "Accordingly, some companies are downgrading their operations there, while...
Arms Trade Arrangement Admits India
In a significant development for India, export control regime Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) admitted the country as its 42nd member of the organization. Admission into the WA is an affirmation of India’s position as a responsible nation in the arena of dual-use goods and technology, besides transfer of conventional arms. This...
Barclays: India Is on the Rise
London-based 327-year-old Barclays PLC says: With a rapidly growing middle class, a young labor force, and a reform-minded government, India is on the rise. With a GDP of nearly $2.5 trillion, -- and one of the highest GDP growth rates in the world -- India 's GDP is outpacing emerging markets;...
Moody's Upgrades India's Rating
New York City-based Moody's Investors Service's upgrading India's sovereign credit rating for the first time since 2004 to Baa2 from Baa3, and changing the outlook to 'stable' from 'positive', is a boost to the Modi government's reform agenda. Bloomberg says that the upgrade adds to a string of good news...
Pew Research: Modi's Popularity Widespread in India
The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C., conducted a survey among 2,464 respondents in India from February 21 to March 10, 2017. Its main findings are: Indians are increasingly upbeat about Prime Minister Modi, the economy and India's direction Modi's popularity extends across India...