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The Digital Markets Unit (DMU will oversee plans to give UK consumers more choice and control over their data, promote online competition and crack down on unfair practices.

Could the UK’s new digital watchdog be a blueprint for India?

India Global Business Staff

Spacetech brings new worlds of opportunities for investors

Vaibhav Kapoor

Tesla could change the EV game in India

India Global Business Staff

Why e-learning is set to become a lucrative industry in India

India Global Business Staff

India lays out the red carpet for SWF, pension fund investments in infrastructure

India lays out the red carpet for SWF, pension fund investments in infrastructure

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli at an Audi car launch. The Indian advertising market is poised to report a growth of 23.2 per cent after a sharp decline in 2020.

Is the spike in Indian ad spend a sign of rising consumer confidence?

India Global Business Staff

Indian healthcare industry is growing at a CAGR of 22 per cent and is projected to reach USD 372 billion by 2022.

India’s health sector set for a healthy boost

India Global Business Staff

Branded oil tanks at Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq. Global oil and gas giants such as ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco and ADNOC are exploring further investments in India.

Robust demand and rising investments fuel India's energy sector

India Global Business Staff

Workers unload coal from a supply truck at a yard on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Shockingly, even 73 years after Independence, only 10 per cent of India’s geological potential of 0.571 million sq km has been explored.

India’s antiquated mining sector gets pushed into reform to enable private and foreign participation

Arnab Mitra

Technically speaking, China’s loss is India’s gain

India Global Business Staff

Canada, Portugal, Austria most attractive investment hubs to Indians

India Global Business Staff

Retail investors entering Indian stock markets in droves

India Global Business Staff

The US-China Trade war offers India in a chance to catapult to the top as tech hub

Vaibhav Kapoor

AI can help India’s agriculture sector grow

India Global Business Staff

India looking at Africa, Guyana for oil as it diversifies away from Middle East

Arnab Mitra

Industry
A worker from an Indian e-commerce company scans a barcode on a box after it was packed at the company's warehouse. For those who are seasoned online shoppers the playground got bigger and better – the best is yet to come.
Tech

Indian e-commerce is the gift that keeps on giving

India Global Business Staff

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A petrol pump attendant waits for customers as national petrol and diesel prices rise at Bharat Petroleum fuel station. The government is considering the sale of PSU’s, among which could be national carrier Air India and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL).
Indian policy

India to herald leaner, efficient systems to boost ease of doing business

India Global Business Staff

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Ling Fang, Region President, Alstom Asia-Pacific
Tech

India remains our key market and manufacturing hub in Asia, says Alstom’s Ling Fang

Robin Chatterjee

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A woman fishes along the banks of a river near the island of Satjelia in the Sundarbans, India. The Sundarbans have been one of the worst hit areas by climate change.
Climate Change

Climate action takes centre-stage in UK-India enhanced plans

India Global Business Staff

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Experts predict kirana shops to generate a combined revenue of almost $1 trillion by 2024
Retail

Mom-n-pop stores still dominate Indian retail, real battle for dominance still some way off

Arnab Mitra

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ISRO's PSLV-C51 carrying Amazonia-1 and 18 other satellites lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota last month. French companies are keen to tap into opportunities thrown up by the government’s recent reforms in the space sector.
Defence

India and France unlock more opportunities in space

India Global Business Staff

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The insurance sector had been clamouring for an increase in the FDI limit as it needs additional funds to expand.
Finance

Insured to rise: FDI limit hike in insurance will help Indian cos raise funds, upgrade tech

Arnab Mitra

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A model from Tesla on display. The time is now right for India to push ahead with plans to introduce EVs in a big way. Reports point to a boost in forms of incentives to companies making EV’s as part of its broad auto sector scheme.
Automobile

India to push out attractive incentives to entice major players in the EV market

India Global Business Staff

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Railways connected the two ends of the main arch of the world's highest bridge on the Chenab river. Development financial institutions (DFIs) raise money from the government and from long-term investors and lend to long gestation projects.
Infrastructure

New development financial institution to fund India’s infrastructure needs

Arnab Mitra

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With 5g internet expected to be launched at the end of 2021 a whole lot of new avenues like telesurgery, haptic remote examination will open up within healthtech.
Tech

Tech is keeping Indian medical services in good health

India Global Business Staff

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A view of the 750MW solar plant project in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. The energy industry in India has become even more attractive for investors and companies.
Energy

Fresh boost for India's renewable energy industry

India Global Business Staff

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US secretary of Defence, Lloyd Austin’s visit to India is expected to result in a discussion on deepening of the Major Defence partnership, China and Afghanistan, strategies on the Indo-Pacific.
Defence

Austin powers a new high for Indo-US defence partnership

India Global Business Staff

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E-commerce in India tipped to hit $99 bn growth by 2024
Tech

E-commerce in India tipped to hit $99 bn growth by 2024

India Global Business Staff

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Recycling a relationship. An employee rides a bicycle next to oil tanks at Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia. India no longer keeps all its eggs in one basket when it comes to the import of fuel.
Energy

India keeps its options open on oil imports

Arnab Mitra

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India’s gaming sector attracted $544 million in investments during the August 2020-January 2021 period.
Tech

The game is afoot! India’s gaming sector is pulling in big bucks

India Global Business Staff

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A Sadhu or a Hindu ascetic pays the vendor through Paytm, a digital wallet company, after buying a book during the annual religious festival of Magh Mela. Of the more than 2,100 fintech companies that operate in India currently, 67% have been set up in the past five years.
Tech

India set to number crunch as it is poised on the cusp of a fintech revolution

India Global Business Staff

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Capital gain: Delhi and NCR offer a unique ecosystem for Indian start-ups
Startups

Capital gain: Delhi and NCR offer a unique ecosystem for Indian start-ups

Dr Param Shah

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The Review defines Britain’s outlook for the foreseeable future and lays out a new foreign policy of increased international activism and working with allies to shape a more open international order.
UK

India tops UK’s new foreign policy review

India Global Business Staff

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India brings flexibility for entry into engineering courses
Education

India brings flexibility for entry into engineering courses

Arnab Mitra

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UK fintech firm hopes to turn the Tide for SMEs in India
Tech

UK fintech firm hopes to turn the Tide for SMEs in India

India Global Business Staff

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Indian military gets booster dose, to build muscle, in the budget
Defence

Indian military gets booster dose, to build muscle, in the budget

Arnab Mitra

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Reach for the skies. Tejas light combat aircraft on a flypast. India’s defence import bill has been slashed by 33% according to a recent study and this accounts for the country’s emphasis on self-reliance.
Defence

Cut in imports ensures that Indian defence industry is on target to achieve self-reliance

India Global Business Staff

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A vendor weighs vegetables next to an advertisement of Paytm, a digital payments firm in India. With nearly $50 billion raised in total in disclosed funding rounds, more than 15 unicorns have come up in India in the past two years, thanks to the rapid rise of the consumer market as well as the increasing adoption of digital services.
Tech

Why India is emerging as the new home of Unicorns?

India Global Business Staff

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At an aggregate level, loan disbursals in the five-month period between September 2020 and February 2021 jumped by as much as 50 per cent over the previous corresponding, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed.
Finance

India’s back! And a credit growth of 6.6% confirms this

Arnab Mitra

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A robot, developed by a start-up firm Asimov Robotics, holds a tray with face masks and sanitizer after the two robots were launched to spread awareness about the coronavirus. The seed stage of investing in a start-up is the first phase of raising institutional capital. Usually, this round is sourced from professionals, angel investors, either individually or in an angel group.
Tech

Raising the first funding isn’t the destination, it’s just the start of the journey

Bhaskar Majumdar

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Lord Tariq Ahmad, the Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth has reiterated the “strong collaboration” between the UK and India in together responding to global challenges.
UK

Foreign Minister Tariq Ahmed’s India visit set the pace for the Indo-Pacific tilt

India Global Business Staff

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Jack Dorsey’s digitally autographed version of his first tweet, which received a for 2.5 mn recently, is a good example of NFTs.
Tech

Fancy paying millions of $ for a tweet?

Vaibhav Kapoor

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Workers from Afghan health ministry unload boxes containing vials of COVISHIELD, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine donated by the Indian government in Kabul, Afghanistan. So far India has supplied 60 countries with 60 million doses of vaccines in six weeks.
Health

Vaccine diplomacy proves self-reliant India is good for the world

Manoj Ladwa

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Recent reports suggest that over 50 percent of the real estate buying decisions take place through online searches.
Tech

How tech is propping up India’s real estate sector

India Global Business Staff

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The University of Birmingham has signed an agreement with the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) to identify joint research interests in the fields of air quality management, alternative fuels, power train and electric vehicle technology.
Climate Change

UK-India research tie-up paves road to cleaner transport

India Global Business Staff

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Chinese state-backed hackers have reportedly managed to infiltrate malware into India’s power distribution.
Tech

Return of the dragon: Chinese cyberattacks show India’s vulnerabilities

Arnab Mitra

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