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Saturday, September 6, 2025
TopicForeign investment

Topic: foreign investment

Apple and Amazon show the contradictions in India’s quest to lure foreign investment

Successes such as Foxconn aside, tales of frustrated plans & bureaucratic bottlenecks are holding India back from a China-1990s-style boom.

In 21st century, infrastructure is the new route to ‘colonisation’, US study says

Need for foreign aid can often turn nations into battlegrounds for big global players at the cost of their own interests, says a study by Centre for Strategic and International Studies.

All that is wrong with Modi govt’s obsession with Ease of Doing Business rankings

Ease of Doing Business rankings paint a misleading picture, but Modi government wants to focus on appearance over reality.

India to regain world’s fastest growing economy tag with 7.3% GDP growth this year: IMF

IMF in its latest World Economic Outlook report has praised the economic and business reforms, including GST, introduced by the current government.

Brokers urge Sebi to delay extended derivative trading

Local and foreign brokers have raised concerns over their readiness and the costs of implementing the proposal.

Modi makes a business trip to Nordic free-trade bastion

The one-day summit in Stockholm is an opportunity for Nordic businesses to sign trade deals with the Modi govt, which has been resistant to deals that could flood India with foreign goods. 

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.