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Indian think-tank formed in New Jersey to deepen bilateral relationship

The Dollar Business Bureau An India-centric think-tank has been formed in New Jersey to facilitate and deepen bilateral relationship between the world’s two largest democracies. The New Jersey-based think-tank ¾ Parikh Foundation for India’s Global Development¾ will be focused on the issues, challenges and opportunities of the Indian polity. "More needs to be done on their perceptions of the Indian governments initiatives, and its efforts to expand bilateral ties. Perhaps, the first thing would be to start a dialogue, to ensure the initiatives of the Indian government, its efforts to expand bilateral ties, is put in perspective," eminent Indian-American Sudhir Parikh said announcing the launch of the think-tank. "The only way perhaps to achieve this would be with firm commitment on a regular basis; To have top ...

India is seeking to double German investment: Ex-envoy

The Dollar Business Bureau India seeks to double the investment from Germany over the coming five years from the present 9.5 billion euros and it also wants a rise of two-fold in the number of German firms in the country, said a former India’s Ambassador to Germany on Tuesday.  In the last few years, India has attracted around 74 German firms that have business ideas worth $1 billion of investment, Gurjit Singh told PTI. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a visit to Germany and held discussions with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and also signed eight pacts. According to the latest news, Merkel was happy to, "develop cooperation with India. That's of huge importance and in no way directed against any other relationships and certainly not against the ...

India, Tunisia ink 2 pacts to boost bilateral ties

Source: PTI Seeking to inject fresh momentum in bilateral ties, Vice President Hamid Ansari met Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid and discussed a range of issues of mutual and regional interests. Two agreements - one on traditional handicraft promotion and other on IT and Digital economy - were signed after Ansari and Essid held one-on-one talks which was followed by the delegation-level talks between the two sides. India will train 350 Tunisian students in next five years and the two sides will promote each other's traditional handicraft as per the agreements.  Earlier, Ansari, accompanied by his wife Salma, arrived today in Tunisia from Morocco on the final leg of his two- nation trip. He was received at the airport by Essid. The Vice President will ...

India in the spot light at the Russian trade show!

 The Dollar Business Bureau Towards promoting investment and foreign collaboration in the field of technology, the Indian industry is gearing up for the upcoming global Russian industrial trade show- ‘INNOPROM SHOW’, where India would be the partner country. Taking precedence of the fact that India wants to become the manufacturing hub in the global supply chain, the Government is keen to exhibit its interest in attracting global technology in the trade show that is going to be held in Yekaterinburga city, Russia, during July 11-14, 2016. India’s apex engineering industry body Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) will be leading the Indian side at the show, under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. “India has been named as the ...

SIBLERT to enhance Indo-Sweden business ties

The new Swedish-India Business Leaders Round Table (SIBLERT) intends to identify challenges on both sides in fields of trade & investment, business & financing, research & innovation, industrialization & regulation The Dollar Business Bureau Prime Minster Narendra Modi and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven during a bilateral meet, on account of the latter's recent India visit, in Mumbai.   Following Prime Minster Narendra Modi and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofvens bilateral meeting, a high-level platform for India and Sweden business leaders was formed in New Delhi, on Monday. The new business platform called Swedish-India Business Leaders Round Table (SIBLERT) aims at identifying challenges in fields of trade and investment, business and financing, research and innovation, industrialization and regulation, among others, on both the ...

PMs visit to Moscow to boost Indo-Russia defence ties

The Dollar Business Bureau The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi leaves for his visit to Central Asia and Russia on July 06, 2015. Source: PIB, Government of India   Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s forthcoming visit to Moscow will give an “extra push” to India’s defence ties with Russia and enhance strategic relationship between the two countries, an ASSOCHAM study has said. As part of his trip to Central Asia beginning Monday, Modi will attend the BRICS and SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) summit in Russia’s Ufa city on July 8-9. Experts believe that the Indian government’s decision to allow 49% foreign direct investment (FDI) in defence sector will give a further boost to the bilateral cooperation between the two traditional allies. “The recent ...