Toulouse, France-based Airbus is setting up the Airbus India Training Center, a greenfield training facility at Aerocity, New Delhi, to support India’s growing need for Airbus pilots and maintenance engineers. The 75,347 square foot facility will be built in modules to become operational by the end of 2018 with two...
'Make in India' Attracts Business from Italy
On a three-day business mission to New Delhi, India in April, a delegation led by Italy's deputy minister for economic development, Ivan Scalfarotto, aimed to strengthen bilateral ties and make the most of the plentiful business opportunities that India has on offer. The platform, promoted by the Italian Ministries of Economic...
India Preparing New Defense Manufacturing Policy
Addressing an annual meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry in New Delhi, India's Finance Minister and interim Minister for Defense, Arun Jaitley, said that the Government of India is in an advanced stage of formulating a new defense manufacturing policy that will enable India to become a manufacturing hub....
India's VEQTA Signs with Major League Baseball
New Delhi-based Veqta, India's streaming video service, and the country's first over-the-top service focused on sports content, inked a partnership with Major League Baseball. Per the deal, Veqta will stream over 20 live MLB games each week during the regular season, along with full coverage of the league's major events,...
Amazon Launches Fire TV in India
Amazon launched its Fire TV stick in India with Amazon's Prime Video India director and country head Nitesh Kripalani and Amazon Fire TV vice president Marc Whitten at the launch. India is the fifth country where the device becomes available after the U.S., U.K., Germany and Japan. Priced at $62,...
National Security Advisor McMaster meets PM Modi
On his first official visit to the region, United States National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, this week. McMaster is the highest ranking Trump administration official to visit India so far. "The two sides discussed a range of bilateral and regional issues, including...