India's biggest airline IndiGo selected CFM International's LEAP-1A engines to power its fleet of 310 new Airbus A320neo, A321neo, and A321XLR aircraft. CFM International is a joint venture between GE Aviation, a division of General Electric of the U.S. and Safran Aircraft Engines of France. The joint venture was formed...
Washington Galvanizes as India Battles Covid-19 Tsunami
On April 6, 2020 , as the United States was pummeled by the Covid-19 pandemic, Time Magazine lamented how India had blocked exports of a malaria drug that held potential to treat novel coronavirus patients. The President of the United States tweeted asking India for help and within just six...
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson To Visit India
India is already the second largest foreign investor in the United Kingdom, after the United States and ahead of EU countries such as Germany and France, with 120 active projects according the British Department of International Trade. So it should come as no surprise that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's first...
OECD says India to Grow 12.6 percent in 2021
In it latest interim forecast released today, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, a group of 37 countries headquartered in Paris, put India at the top of its economic growth list (albeit via a defective graphic, see below) with a projection of 12.6 percent GDP growth. For this...
Biden, Modi speak: Align on Covid, Climate, China
India is #10 on the U.S trading partner list and was the tenth country called by President Biden, after Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany. Russia. Japan, Korea and Australia. Note that there is no call with China yet. Most countries are allies or neighbors and the only rival...
French Groupe PSA Launches Technical Center in India
PCA Motors India, subsidiary of Groupe PSA the French multinational manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles sold under the Peugeot, Citroen, DS, Opel and Vauxhall brands, launched an India Technical Center in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The Center will house the departments of Research and Development, Programs and Projects, a Global Purchasing...