A study by UNCTAD, the trade and investment body of the UN, notes that India gained $755 million in additional exports, mainly of chemicals, metals and ore, to the U.S. in the first half of 2019. The report, Trade and Trade Diversion Effects of United States Tariffs on China, said...
India Plans Its Own Space Station by 2030
K. Sivan, the chief of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said India plans to establish its own "very small" space station by 2030. He envisages a 20 ton space station, which will be used to conduct experiments on microgravity and will accommodate astronauts for up to 15-20 days in...
India's Prolgae Spirulina to Make Food Products
Prolgae Spirulina Supplies a Tamil Nadu, India-based Nordic-Indian joint venture supplies sun-dried spirulina microalgae nibs and powder as ingredients to food and nutraceutical markets in Europe and the U.S. The blue-green algae became famous after it was used by NASA as a dietary supplement for astronauts on space missions. To...
India Receives $540 Billion in FDI for FY18
Foreign direct investment (FDI) during the previous fiscal grew 18 percent to over $540 billion, data from India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India , evidenced. FDI increased by over $60 billion including revaluation of past investments, during 2017-18 to reach $540 billion in March 2018 at market value, according...
Partnership between U.S., India Advances
As part of the Raisina Dialogue, an annual multinational conference geared toward issues facing the global community, that took place at New Delhi on January 9 this year, Navy Adm. Philip S. Davidson, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, answered questions during a panel discussion. He noted that the Indo-Pacific region...
British Telecom and India's Institute of Science to Collaborate on Research
British Telecom (BT) will partner with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), one of India’s leading research institutions, to launch a new collaborative research center in Bangalore. The new BT India Research Center (BTIRC) will join BT’s network of collaborative research facilities around the globe, including those in Northern Ireland,...