U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo co-hosted the Supply Chain Ministerial Forum virtually on July 19-20. A partnership was formed of 18 economies: the U.S. EU, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Congo, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, South Korea, Singapore, Spain and the U.K....
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...
India’s Own Covid-19 Vaccine is 81 Percent Effective
Yesterday, Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech published interim results from the Phase 3 trial of it Covid-19 vaccine, branded as Covaxin. 25,8000 subjects participated in the trial. The trial found 43 cases of COVID-19 patients who showed symptoms ranging from mild to moderate and severe, and of the total cases, 36 were from...
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...
India's Largest Bread Co is Target
Modern Food’s bread and bakery products are manufactured and marketed across India from its 40 manufacturing plants and to retail 80,000 outlets. Its Modern Bread brand controls over 35 percent of the market in India. Its owner Everstone Capital is reportedly in talks with Mexico's $15 billion Groupo Bimbo for...
UNCTAD: India Is a Leading Exporter of Creative Products
According to the second edition of the periodic Creative Economy Outlook: Trends in International Trade in Creative Industries report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), India’s creative goods exports increased nearly threefold from $7.4 billion in 2005 to $20.2 billion in 2014, making it one...