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Anishaa Kumar On the eve of the inauguration of the eighth edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), set to be inaugurated by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and First Daughter and Special Advisor to President of the United States, Ivanka Trump, newly appointed US Ambassador to India, Kenneth L Juster highlighted the importance of encouraging entrepreneurs and the US and India ties. The GES will be Juster’s first major event since his confirmation as US Ambassador to India. Speaking to the media a day before the three-day (November 28-30) event to be held in Hyderabad, Juster said, “This is the most dynamic region of the world and the India and US are major democracies playing an important role in the ...

The Dollar Business Bureau India on Sunday sent its first shipment of wheat to Afghanistan via the Iranian port of Chabahar, bypassing Pakistan. This is seen as a ‘landmark’ step to operationalise an alternate transit route. The consignment was flagged off from the port of Kandla in Gujarat with Union Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and Afghanistan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani joined the ceremony via video conferencing. “The shipment of wheat is a landmark moment as it will pave the way for operationalisation of the Chabahar port as an alternate, reliable and robust connectivity for Afghanistan,” Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement. In June this year, India and Afghanistan had started a direct air freight corridor to enhance trade between the two countries ...

The Dollar Business Bureau  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday that there is a need to enhance trade, investment and commerce with the extreme eastern parts of Russia or Russian Far East in order to achieve the $30 billion target, set for bilateral trade between the two countries, by 2025.  “The Russian Far East is one of the richest regions in the world and India is among the fastest growing large economies of the world. There is lot that can be done together. When other markets are closing, we need to find new ones and create virtuous cycles of investment. Investment is in the ultimate analysis an act of faith,” Sushma said, while speaking at the India-Russia Business Dialogue at the Eastern Economic Forum ...

The Dollar Business Bureau  Switzerland’s President Doris Leuthard has started her three-day visit to India from Thursday, which is aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and to discuss regional and global issues of mutual interest.  The visit of Swiss President to India assumes high significance as India is looking for its entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the 48-nation nuclear club, of which Switzerland is currently the chair.  Leuthard is accompanied by a huge business delegation and will hold discussions with Indian President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.  “Both countries share common views on many major global issues. The visit will provide an opportunity to both sides for holding wide-ranging discussions on bilateral, global and regional issues of mutual interest," according ...

The Dollar Business Bureau As India and Russia gear up for a summit on June 1 between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the two sides on Wednesday agreed to take forward joint projects in various sectors such as nuclear energy and collaborative projects in other countries. Both sides reviewed the progress on implementation of several key joint initiatives in economic areas at the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) meeting, a forum for addressing key issues related to bilateral ties. During the meet, there was convergence of interests and views on a range of issues, according to a statement by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The meeting was co-chaired by Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Russia’s ...

The Dollar Business Bureau  India and its neighbour Nepal will further strengthen cooperation in some key areas such as investments, trade, security and energy, the Ministry of External Affairs of India said. The two countries had discussions on various issues during the Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari ongoing visit to India. The Nepalese President is on a visit from April 17-21 to India and held meetings with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley. The two sides noted that India-Nepal ties derive their strength from their shared history, common ethos of culture, and long intense and close people-to-people contact supported by the open borders, MEA said in ...

The Dollar Business Bureau In order to attract more businesses and tourists to India, the Government on Sunday said that it is planning to further ease the visa norms shortly. “We plan to further liberalise our visa regime for tourism, business as well as other areas shortly,” External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said at the Global Investors Meet in Indore. She further said that the issues related to visa were one of the concerns for foreigners and the Indians who are living abroad, and the government has already taken measures to address the concerns. In November 2014, the government started the e-visa scheme for more than 100 countries. This was further extended to 37 countries in 2016, taking the overall number to 150. Swaraj said ...

PTI  "On August 29-31, Secretary Kerry will travel to New Delhi for meetings with senior Indian officials," the State Department spokesperson Elizabeth Trudeau said.  On August 30, Kerry and US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will co-chair the second US-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue (S&CD), she said. Kerry and Pritzker will be joined by their respective Indian co-chairs, Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman, along with members of the US delegation and their Indian counterparts.  "The S&CD is the signature mechanism for advancing the United States' and India's shared priorities of generating sustainable economic growth, creating jobs, improving the business and investment climate, enhancing livelihoods, and sustaining the rules-based global order," Trudeau added.  ...