Last year, the United Nations proclaimed June 21 as International Day of Yoga, and many countries marked this day performing yoga exercises, report both NBC News and the BBC. On June 20, at Times Square, New York City, traffic came to a standstill as people practiced for a yoga session...
Defense Alignment Between India and U.S. Accelerates
DefenseNews reports that the Obama administration has made strengthening ties with India a priority, and this has been highlighted by the focus Defense Secretary Ash Carter has had on the South Asian nation. Ashley Tellis, a former State Department official now with the Carnegie Endowment, calls the recent state visit...
Ashton Carter express Readiness to Share Technology for India's Aircraft Carriers
During his recent visit to India, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter spoke to reporters about the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System that will replace the steam catapults used on older U.S. carriers for launching and landing systems. “We are working with the Indian Navy on technology for their next generation of...
Delphi Expands its Chennai Technical Center in India
Autocar Professional interviewed Chris Reider, vice-president, Global Engineering Packard Electrical/Electronic Architecture, Delphi, on the company's operations, growth dynamics and the business opportunity that is India. Here are some excerpts… On benefits for Delphi in expanding the Chennai Technical Center Reider: The Chennai facility has become one of our key hubs...
India is Top Six Manufacturer says UNIDO
Headquartered in Vienna, Austria, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has just released its 2015 Yearbook. A report on global manufacturing output mentions China at the top of the list of the top 10 industrial producers followed by the U.S., Japan, Germany, and Korea. India at the sixth place...
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...