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AIBC honours businesses for contribution to bilateral trade between India and Australia

                  L-R:  Jonathan O’Dea, Parlimentary Secretary, Trade, Major Events and Tourism NSW; Lindsay Fox, Sheba Nandkeolyar, AIBC National Vice- Chair;  Nihal Gupta, Chair of NSW Multicultural Business Panel;  Mr.  B. Vanlalvawna, Consul General of India, Sydney; Honourable Ted Ballieu, His Excellency;  Navdeep Suri, High Commissioner of India […]

India’s economic progress will turn South Asia into world’s fastest-growing region: World Bank

  In its latest biennial South Asia Economic Focus report, the global body projected that the country’s growth will jump from 7.15% in 2016 to 7.3% in 2017. India’s economic growth is projected to climb to 7.3% in 2017 from 7.15% in 2016, despite the global economic slowdown, the World Bank said in its latest […]

Jaitley woos super investors

                                  Sh. Jaitley with Nitish Jain, President of SP Jain Global School of Management at its Olympic Park Campus in Sydney       India’s Finance Minster Mr Arun Jaitley is on a four-day visit in Australia  to meet […]

PM Modi’s ‘Make In India’ Racks Up $222 Billion in Pledges

            Mumbai: The “Make in India” summit in Mumbai that was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the weekend has closed with $222 billion or Rs. 15.2 lakh crore in investment pledges. Amitabh Kant, Secretary of India’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), said he expected 80-85 per […]

FDI flows to India doubles to $59 billion in 2015: Report

FDI flows to India nearly doubled to $59 billion in 2015, largely boosted by steps taken by the Indian government to improve investment climate, according to UNCTAD’s latest report on global investment flows. Globally, FDI flows surged 36% to an estimated $1.7 trillion, their highest level since the financial crisis of 2008-09. This sharp rise […]

Indian companies account for $15 Billion in investments, 91,000 Jobs in U.S.

New Jersey, California, Texas, Illinois and New York are top investment destinations for Indian firms WASHINGTON, D.C., July 14, 2015. Indian based companies are responsible for creating tens of thousands of jobs and $15 billion in investments across the United States, according to a new report released by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and […]

Moody’s publishes latest edition of Inside India

  Singapore, June 30, 2015. Moody’s Investors Service expects India’s weakened rural economy to remain subdued through the fiscal year ending March 2016 (FY2016), particularly if the risk of below-average monsoon rainfall materializes. “A sustained soft patch for India’s rural economy would weigh on private consumption and non-performing assets in the agricultural sector, a credit […]

6 Indian women named by Forbes magazine in top 50 ‘Power Businesswomen’ from Asia

            ICICI  CEO  Chanda Kochchar NEW YORK: Six Indian  women  CEOs and Managing Directors, including  State Bank of India  head  Arundhati Bhattacharya and  ICICI  CEO  Chanda Kochchar, have been named by Forbes magazine in its 50 ‘Power Businesswomen’ from Asia who are “knocking down” walls in the traditional male bastions. […]

India is world’s largest beef exporter

                India is world’s largest beef exporter in volume terms with shipments totaling 156 million tonnes (shipped weight) valued at US $4.49 billion. Brazil is  second whereas Australia is number three exporter of beef. According to Food & Agriculture Organization of UN India has 58 per cent of […]

The incredible Indian elections

              The incredible Indian elections which saw 814 million registered voters from a 1.2 billion population being the largest democratic exercise ever to choose a government and a leader. The 2014 elections of India have been a hotbed of controversies, collaborations, corruption and at times conniving candidates for the […]

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