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19 November 2013

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SPOTLIGHT

 

'India Africa dialogue should integrate all dimensions'

 

The India-Africa dialogue needs an integrated approach encompassing different dimensions to allow a complete picture of reality and realise optimum synergy, a senior diplomat has said.  ...

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INDIA AFRICA COOPERATION

 

African media urges Indian media to invest in continent

 

Media leaders from Africa have at a meeting in Addis Ababa urged their Indian counterparts to invest in the continent's communications and technology sector.  ...

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Mauritius bank selects Infosys product for treasury

 

Bank One, a leading bank in the island nation of Mauritius off the southern African coast, selected the financial software product Finacle of Indian IT firm Infosys for its treasury operations, the software major said.  ...

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India's Global Hospitals sets up base in Kenya

 

Within months of Metropolis Health of Mumbai setting up shop in Kenya's capital, another Indian medicare provider is set to enter the East African market.  ...

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South Africa is IITF focus country second year running

 

The arts and crafts of South Africa are back at the India International Trade Fair (IITF) in New Delhi, with it being given the status of focus country at the fair for the second consecutive year.  ...

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Second India-Africa strategic dialogue Nov 18-19

 

Aiming to build on existing partnerships and to explore new areas of convergence for mutual engagement, the second India-Africa strategic dialogue is to be held here Nov 18-19.  ...

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Tata Africa in franchise deals to sell building equipment

 

Tata Africa Holdings (TAH) has entered into franchise agreements with Asian building-equipment makers to distribute their machinery and equipment throughout Africa....

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CONVERSATION

 

'India, Africa should have strategic dialogue for better understanding'

 

Indians and Africans should have more Track-II dialogues for greater understanding that would help prevent the kind of situation provoked by the recent incidents in Goa involving Nigerians....

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NEWS

 

Prime Minister inaugurates Indian Women's Bank

 

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the country's first all-women bank, Bharatiya Mahila Bank (Indian Women's Bank).  ...

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India scripts success story at Sharjah book fair

 

A star-studded author line-up, including former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Ruskin Bond, Kamal Haasan and Ravinder Singh, best-sellers, higher publisher participation and a wide variety of books in diverse languages on sale drew massive crowds to the Indian Pavilion at the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF), making it a runaway hit....

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PANORAMA

 

Ethiopia is newest hub of African aspirations in space

 

After South Africa and Nigeria, Ethiopia is becoming a hub of Africa's aspirations in space with the East African nation's finalising the installation of two huge deep-space observatory telescopes to promote space research in the region, a prelude to its developing a space mission by launching its own satellites.  ...

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BUSINESS

 

Tattoo business in India booms, courtesy Bollywood

 

The tattoo industry, which is in the unorganised sector in India, is said to have grown by over 100 percent in the last one year, according a recent survey. Experts credit endorsement of inkings by Bollywood stars like Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone for the boom....

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HEALTH

 

New medical township in Kerala beckons foreign health tourists

 

A medical township comprising nine superspeciality hospitals - offering the latest state-of-the-art technology to treat a host of diseases including cancer - is coming up in Kochi with an eye to promote Kerala as a top medical health tourism destination....

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