Trade
UAE to allow 100% FDI; offer 10-year residency visas for exceptional talents
22 May 2018
At present, foreigners generally cannot own more than 49 per cent of any UAE firm unless it is incorporated in a special "free zone"
Modi, Xi propose joint India-China project in Afghanistan
28 Apr 2018
Thought no official agreements were struck, Chinese vice-foreign minister Kong Xuanyou described the just-concluded informal summit between the leaders of China and India as a milestone in relations
Modi holds talks with China’s Xi, offers to host 2019 summit
27 Apr 2018
Modi is reported to have proposed a joint global leadership based on a new 'panchsheel' based on five positive elements of thought, communication, support, commitment and shared vision
India to invest over £1 billion in UK, safeguard over 5,500 jobs
19 Apr 2018
The UK has agreed to provide additional support to Indian investments by establishing a reciprocal fast-track mechanism, even as India welcomed the prominent role of the City of London in global finance and investment
China now comes up with China-Nepal-India corridor
19 Apr 2018
Like the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that passes through Kashmir, China is looking to build an economic corridor that passes through Nepal to India
India moves WTO against US import tariffs on steel, aluminium
19 Apr 2018
India mantains that it in no way deserves to be saddled with the 10-per cent higher import duty on aluminium and 25 per cent on steel as it neither poses a security threat to the US nor has it remained unresponsive to the bilateral trade imbalance
India’s FY18 merchandise trade deficit hits $156.83 billion
13 Apr 2018
India exported goods worth $302.84 billion in April-march 2017-18 while the cumulative value of its imports for the period stood at $459.67 billion, which left a trade gap of $156.83 billion
India, Nepal to bolster defence ties, enhance connectivity and trade
07 Apr 2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the two countries have agreed to lay a new railway line to link Kathmandu with India even as the two neighbours vowed to work together to stop misuse of their open border
India not to buy energy from Nepal’s China-built power projects
06 Apr 2018
While Nepal may prefer China for developing hydropower projects that would offer a cheaper alternative to highly expensive petroleum products from India, that country may not be able to sell power back to China