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INDIA: Foreign e-retailing companies face legal pushback

INDIA: Foreign e-retailing companies face legal pushback | Speevr

Charges that Amazon might have bribed officials have prompted demands that the government probes the company’s operations in India. The challenges posed by e-commerce to the survival of small stores are viewed sympathetically by the government. The urge to get foreign i…   Become a member to read the rest of this article Username or […]

INDIA: Monetizing infrastructure – the devil is in the detail

INDIA: Monetizing infrastructure – the devil is in the detail | Speevr

The government has announced a massive plan for infrastructure development but will retain ownership of assets. State governments need to buy in for success. If it works, it can recover lost political ground for the Modi government. Even as India wrestles with a fear…   Become a member to read the rest of this article

INDIA: Pegasus scandal unlikely to hinder Modi’s ability to govern

INDIA: Pegasus scandal unlikely to hinder Modi’s ability to govern | Speevr

Much of the business in the lower house (Lok Sabha) of India’s parliament has remained suspended for the third day running following outrage over the revelation that many public leaders, including some who have recently become ministers, were targets of phone tapping. These figur…   Become a member to read the rest of this article

INDIA: Fixing the optics by changing the faces but challenges persist

INDIA: Fixing the optics by changing the faces but challenges persist | Speevr

A comprehensive reshuffle of federal government departments and ministers attempts to fix responsibility and refurbish the government’s image. Upcoming elections in several states were an important driver. Conceding that India’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic had b…   Become a member to read the rest of this article

INDIA: Government gets moving on supporting businesses

INDIA: Government gets moving on supporting businesses | Speevr

Facing concerted pressure from the most embattled sectors – tourism, aviation, travel, and hospitality – of the economy, the government is working on a package that will probably offer specially designed incentives, mostly tax-related, to enable these businesses to find their fee…   Become a member to read the rest of this article

INDIA: Covid-19 – neither prevention nor cure as the economy struggles

INDIA: Covid-19 – neither prevention nor cure as the economy struggles | Speevr

India’s Covid-19 infections have reached rural areas where the health infrastructure is extremely weak. Full universal vaccination is the only answer but given shortfalls in vaccine supplies, this seems a far cry. State governments are responding in the only way they ca…   Become a member to read the rest of this article

INDIA: Government tries to regain control of the pandemic

INDIA: Government tries to regain control of the pandemic | Speevr

As India prepares to vaccinate everyone above the age of 18 against Covid-19 from 1 May amid a serious challenge to its crumbling medical infrastructure, public anger, so far dormant, is growing at the government’s slow response, both federal and local. Public health is under …   Become a member to read the rest of […]

INDIA: Government lifts restrictions on vaccine imports as pandemic spreads

INDIA: Government lifts restrictions on vaccine imports as pandemic spreads | Speevr

The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has lifted all restrictions on imports of vaccines from anywhere in the world so long as they have been declared safe for use by the drug regulators of that country. In doing so the government is throwing to the wind notion…   Become a member to read the […]

INDIA/PAKISTAN: A thaw after a long winter?

INDIA/PAKISTAN: A thaw after a long winter? | Speevr

Recent events suggest New Delhi and Islamabad are considering the normalization of relations.India and Pakistan face both geopolitical and economic compulsions.Full diplomatic relations could be followed by a long-stalled South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) s…   Become a member to read the rest of this article

INDIA: Spike in infections raises economic concerns

INDIA: Spike in infections raises economic concerns | Speevr

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for an urgent meeting of chief ministers of all states on 17 March to address the sudden increase of Covid-19 cases across the country. The number of new cases has risen dramatically in Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, and Tamil Nad…   Become a member to read the rest of […]