NEW DELHI: The Indian space industry is on the cusp of dramatic transformation. Until now restricted to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the push is for ensuring a larger role for the private sector in the manner in which it is playing out internationally. Driving this change is ISpA, the Indian Space Association, an […]Read More
NEW DELHI: There’s been a welcome re-think on the part of government about free trade agreements (FTAs), says Rajat Kathuria, professor of economics at Shiv Nadar University and former chief executive of the economic policy think tank ICRIER. In a chat on The Gist, Kathuria argues that the current government has not signed a single […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The government is readying legislation that has huge implications for the future of money in this country. The legislation will regulate not ban cryptocurrency, but that’s only a small part of it. More ambitious is the Central Bank Digital Currency that will usher in the “eRupee”. Anil Padmanabhan, former editor of the Mint […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Dr. Mukesh Aghi, the President & CEO of the U.S.- India Strategic Partnership Forum in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Dr Aghi discusses the U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Katherine Tai’s meetings with Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal in Delhi, what the revival of the Trade […]Read More
NEW DELHI: El Salvador’s president has announced plans to build a ‘Bitcoin City’ at the base of a volcano. This is despite warnings that little or nothing is known about bitcoin including who’s behind it. For this and other reasons, India is moving to regulate cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Dogecoins and others. A bill could be […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Dr Bhaskar Chakravorti, the Dean of Global Business at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, the founding Executive Director of Fletcher’s Institute for Business in the Global Context and the author of the Amazon best-selling book,’The Slow Pace of Fast Change: Bringing Innovations to Market in a Connected World’, in conversation with StratNews […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Ambassador Mohan Kumar, India’s ex-lead negotiator to the GATT and WTO, Chairman, RIS and Dean, International Affairs and Professor of Diplomatic Practice at Jindal Global University and Ambassador Jayant Dasgupta, India’s Former Ambassador, WTO, Former Secretary, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council and Member, RIS in discussion with StratNews Global Associate […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The battle over an India specific 5G standard, called 5G1, appears to be coming to a head. Most telecom companies say the cost of investing in 5Gi compatible equipment would be prohibitive given their already stressed financial condition. There are also concerns that consumers may have to fork out more to upgrade to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In a little over two weeks from now, C-DoT (Centre for Development of Telematics), a government agency charged with telecom technology development, will launch a portal as the first step towards implementing a key national security directive: ensuring that only trusted equipment is used in India’s telecom networks. It follows a government decision […]Read More
BENGALURU: The advent of new technologies has made rapid changes to the nature of warfare, says India’s air chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria. Speaking at the Aero India 2021, he cited the recent attacks on an Aramco oil refinery in Saudi Arabia, the conflict in Syria and the recent war between Armenia and Azerbaijan […]Read More
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