Investment

Singapore-based Quadria Capital will invest one-third of its recently raised US$304 million in the South Asian healthcare sector, focusing on India. The company has already invested in Medica Synergie, a hospital network in eastern India. Dr Amit Varma, managing director...

An international conference on startup capitals is being planned for in India in the fourth quarter of this year, following on to one held in Singapore on May 20. The conference is in conjunction with recently released book, “Startup Capitals”, authored by...

CricHQ Ltd has secured up to US$10 million funding from Singapore-based private equity firm Tembusu Partners Pte Ltd to enhance its cricket digital platform and grow its global operations. The Wellington-headuqartered CricHQ is set to revolutionize cricket globally covering three...

Canada’s Advantech Wireless Ltd is finalizing a contract with Bharat Electronics Ltd covering transfer of technology to manufacture components for satellite power amplifiers. “We will initially supply part of the components and transfer the manufacturing technology for power amplifier manufacturing...

Praxair, Inc. has signed a long-term supply contract with United Phosphorus Limited (UPL) in Jhagadia, India, for the supply of gaseous nitrogen to the company’s manufacturing unit in central Gujarat. Praxair said the agreement strengthens its presence in the fast-growing...

By Saurabh Kumar, Managing Partner of SK Attorneys. Background The recent aggressive stand taken by the revenue authority is against the basic commitment made by Prime Minister Narender Modi Government at the time of coming into power in May, 2014....

The UK-based Airborne Systems Ltd is waiting for a positive response from the Indian navy to consider a joint venture option in India to manufacture launching tube and firing system for its anti-missile Naval Decoy Systems for the global market....

India has risen five positions to rank 15th in the 2015 Global Retail Development Index, says London-headquartered consultancy A.T. Kearney. The retail market is expected to grow to US$1.3 trillion by 2020, from US$925 billion in 2014. The retail market...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, that assumed power in India an year ago, has given a boost to the confidence of entrepreneurs and significantly improved the perception of foreign investors towards the South Asian giant. According...

Indian shipyards are in a modernization spree and are eyeing international projects of repute that will firmly put them on the global marine map. Their initiatives assume importance as they come at a time when the central government has initiated...