19_May_2023_Newsletter

It’s India’s moment in the sun. More reforms will increase its attractiveness to investors

India seems to be the flavour of the season. The foreign media is writing laudatory articles about the rise of the digital economy and...

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India’s trade and economic ties with the EU are set to strengthen

India and the EU, as two large democratic areas , have a long history of shared values, political exchanges and common interests. In...

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Blackstone Set to Buy Diamond Grading Co IGI for Up to $550m

Blackstone is set to buy out International Gemological Institute (IGI), the world’s biggest independent diamond-grading firm, from...

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AWS to Invest $12.7 billion in India till 2030

India is an “incredibly energised, high-growth market,” according to Adam Selipsky, chief executive officer of Amazon Web Services (AWS),...

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Why is Live Commerce so popular in China?

The gold-paved streets of China’s live streaming landscape have attracted many brands and even encouraged some to try and replicate the...

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How much money you need to join India's richest 1% club

Global real estate consultant Knight Frank in a recent report has released the net wealth you need to be counted among the top 1% richest...

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Will Elon Musk's Tesla Inc. now follow the 'Apple' cart to India?

Apple has offered the Western world ample proof that India is fertile ground for manufacturing. By starting production of iPhones in...

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Tata starts iPhone manufacturing in Bengaluru, seeks to acquire Wistron factory: Report

India's salt-to-software conglomerate Tata group has joined the elite club of iPhone makers, as it has started manufacturing the premium...

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75% of Indian families discuss finances together: Survey

An aversion to discussing money matters with family, commonly known as the ‘Money Taboo’, runs deep in the Indian culture. Discussing...

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Vedanta-Foxconn Chip Factory Set to get Green Light

The government is set to approve the chip-making plan of the Vedanta-Foxconn joint venture under the $10-billion India Semiconductor...

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Tesla executives to visit India this week in pivot beyond China

A group of senior Tesla Inc. executives plan to visit India this week to meet with federal government officials in a newfound bid to...

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Sanskrit had an influence on Chinese language

Liang Qichao (1873-1929) was perhaps the first Chinese scholar to pay attention to the influence of Buddhist literature on Chinese...

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The Cities With The Most Billionaires 2023

New York is once again the most popular city for the ultra wealthy. This year, out of 2,640 billionaires on Forbes’ World’s Billionaires...

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‘Are you joking?’ Sudha Murty's 10 Downing Street address stuns UK immigration officer

Sudha Murty, acclaimed author and philanthropist, has been facing a unique problem lately: people in UK refuse to believe that she is the...

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Indian-owned firms register strong growth in UK

Indian-owned companies operating in the UK have hit a record high of 954 this year, registering a significant increase over the previous...

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‘De-Americanise’: How China is remaking its chip business

Last October, construction plans for a hulking semiconductor factory owned by a major state-backed company in central China fell into...

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Reserves

Consider this: `1 invested in Karnataka’s Bandipur Tiger Reserve, which hogged the limelight during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent...

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Harnessing 10% of coal bed methane reserves can cut India's energy import bill by $2 billion: Expert

India can cut its energy imports bill by USD 2 billion if the nation harnesses 10 per cent of the coal bed methane reserves of 2,600...

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40% of Indian employees already using AI skills, says report

With AI technologies like generative AI coming into focus, a new report by Salesforce shows that 40% of Indian employees already put...

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Slow growth is weighing on world GDP. Can India defy global headwinds to be the next superpower?

Can India attain an over 8% growth rate again? In our previous article, we have had two open questions. The first was about the slowing...

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