Investment

Source GIFTCL. Lim and Pandey signs dispute handling MOA in Singapore. Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Company Limited (GIFTCL) has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) to resolve international commercial disputes. GIFTCL, GIFT...

  Source: ECU Worldwide. CEO Shetty directs marketing of re-branded company's services in Asia Pacific and Japan. ECU-LINE was rebranded as ECU Worldwide on May 2, 2016, to bring all the different entities under one brand name, with the main...

India-Philippines trade talks Source: DTI, India-Philippines trade talk India and the Philippines have outlined cooperation and initiatives to strengthen trade and investment as well as improve market access for both countries. Senior trade officials from both countries discussed ways to...

GVK promotes Lake Toba Source: AP II. GVK promotes Lake Toba India’s GVK Airports will promote Indonesia’s Lake Toba resort in cooperation with the Jakarta-based PT Ankasa Puri II. The cooperation will have Kualanamu International Airport transformed into a regional...

Softbank's US$10bn investment Source Softbank - Solar Park at Koyaki in Nagasaki. Japanese telecom and Internet giant Softbank's investments in India will top US$10 billion in 5-10 years. SoftBank will make its first US$350 million investment in a solar project...

Tenders JN Port's 30-year lease for oil tank farm. Source: JN Port - On offer 30-year lease for tank farm. JN Port calls tender for leasing oil tank farm plot while another tender partners for solar photovoltaic business expansion. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust offers...

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd has acquired an eminent portfolio of over-the-counter (OTC) brands in the cough-and-cold, pain, and dermatology categories. The company acquired six OTC brands from Ducere Pharma, including DOAN’S®, BUFFERIN®, NUPERCAINAL® Ointment, CRUEX® Nail Gel, COMTREX®, and MYOFLEX®....

Oil price warrants close attention Source: DBS - India must keep eye on oil prices. The Indian authorities are likely to watch closely the direction of oil prices and Brexit for managing domestic economy against external developments. A favourable global...

Ombudsman platform - a mechanism India must implement to mitigate business corruption.  By Pradeep Chatterjee The recent heated debates in Indian parliament on high level corruptions have once again left foreign investors jittery. One way to restore this shaken investors’...

SMF vice president Simon Li. India’s power market is fundamentally attractive for investment given the country’s growing demand for electricity, Singapore Manufacturing Federation vice president Simon Li said. “Indians use far less electricity per capita than their counterparts in more...