Beijing, Seeking to retain its manufacturing prowess, the Chinese government has launched a “Made in China” campaign with a host of tax concessions coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ pitch. China will encourage high-tech imports, research and development (R&D) to upgrade ‘Made in China’, a decision byRead More

New Delhi/Washington, Among the host of high profile personalities to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his New York visit will be a US politician of especial interest – Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu American in the US Congress and a strong supporter of Modi. Gabbard, a 33-year-old US DemocratRead More

New York, Standing before his living-room mirror one morning in August 2001, Vishavjit Singh put his fumbling fingers to the task of wrapping on his turban for the first time in a decade. It slumped to one side. Then the creases were not crisp enough. Finally, he got it right,Read More

New York, In honor of the Sikh concern for preserving ‘Mata Dharat’ (Mother Earth), Sikhs from cities across the northeast joined the People’s Climate March in New York City on September 21st, the largest mass movement for climate justice in history. World leaders came to New York City for aRead More

Salt Lake City, North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) expressed its serious concern about the 19 Punjabi youths who are detained in Utah County Jail and have been on hunger strike for six days to press their demands. Satnam Singh Chahal, executive director of the association, said that the detainees areRead More

Mumbai, Despite several days of hectic parleys between the two parties, the seat-sharing tussle finally led to the collapse of the twenty-five year-old alliance between Shiv Sena and the BJP which also saw the two sides blaming each other for not showing enough flexibility in saving the alliance. Addressing aRead More

New Delhi, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the Forbes magazine`s list of the top 100 richest tycoons in India for the eighth consecutive year with a net worth of USD 23.6 billion, up USD 2.6 billion from last year. For the first time, the top 100 richest tycoonsRead More

 * Says FDI is ‘First Develop India’ for him New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched his pet “Make in India” campaign to put India prominently on the global manufacturing map and, in turn, facilitate the inflow of new technology and capital, while creating millions of jobs. The ambitiousRead More

New Delhi, Describing America as India’s “vital partner”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today embarked on his first visit to the US confident that his five-day trip will mark a “new chapter” in bilateral strategic ties. As Modi seeks to promote India as open for business and to mend ties withRead More

New Delhi, Terming the government’s “Make in India” campaign as “mere repackaging and rebranding” of the earlier initiatives taken during the UPA rule, Congress today accused the Centre of “lacking political honesty”. “It is surprising that there is nothing new in it. It is just repackaging and rebranding the initiativesRead More