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India & Myanmar Increase Trade and Investment Relations

India and Myanmar have formally committed to strengthen their bilateral trade relations, including bolstering their cross-border investment efforts. Other advances were also made in the IT and garment and textiles industries. Continue reading

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Why India is Winning the Entrepreneurial Battle with China

Op-Ed Commentary: Chris Devonshire-Ellis Jun. 10 – As China and India continue to show some of the world’s fastest GDP growth rates, both are also undergoing huge demographic changes. In some ways, there are similarities between the two, yet in others, completely opposite positions exist. Understanding these subtleties is key to working out where future innovation, talent and growth will come from. In terms of similarities, it is interesting to note that 20 years ago, the average age of a worker in China was 23. That is now the age of the average worker in India today, while the average … Continue reading

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Indo-Iranian Cooperation in Afghanistan Faces Challenges

By Aryaman Bhatnagar May 23 – India has reaffirmed its willingness to develop Iran’s Port of Chabahar during the seventeenth meeting of the India-Iran Joint Commission in Tehran. With an initial investment pledge of some $100 million, the move further strengthens the emerging partnership between the two countries in Afghanistan. The Chabahar port is critical to India’s Afghanistan policy. In the absence of direct physical access to the country and a hostile Pakistan denying Indian goods transit, the Iranian harbor is the most viable access point India has to Afghanistan and the rest of Central Asia. India has already signed … Continue reading

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India-China Relations Strengthened Through Investment Agreements

May 22 – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has recently met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi, the first trip abroad for Premier Li in an official capacity. The two world leaders discussed India-China relations, as well as penned several agreements designed to foster investment and trade between the two nations. “The purpose of my current visit to India is three-fold; to increase mutual trust, to intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Premier Li. Indian officials welcomed Premier Li on his first trip oversees since taking office in March, acknowledging the importance of his visit. “We … Continue reading

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Social Development in India: Challenges and Solutions

As India focuses on stimulating economic growth, it must not neglect the challenges facing its 360 million below the poverty line citizens. India faces a monumental challenge in the years to come — to grow not just economically, but also socially. Continue reading

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Report Designates Delhi as India’s Most Creative State

May 9 – According to the Creative Index Report 2013, a report launched by Martin Prosperity Institute, Institute for Competitiveness and The Prosperity Institute of India, Delhi is India’s “most creative state,” or the state with the greatest economic potential in the Indian economy. Selecting Delhi seems to be stretching the rules a bit, since it is in fact a Union Territory (UT) and not a state. The report, however, counts all seven UTs in India as states, judging 35 states in total. To determine the ranking, the report judges the “creative class” of each state by three criteria, which … Continue reading

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Calculated Political Tension at China-India Mountain Border

In the Himalayas, two great powers are blaming each other for stirring tension. India says Chinese troops crossed the Line of Actual Control, the de facto border there. China claims it was merely responding to earlier intrusions carried out by Indian border guards. We don’t know who is speaking the truth. But “calculated” political tension has emerged. Continue reading

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