The Media Line Staff Dubai, United Arab Emirates Michael Grubb – Dubai International Airport, the largest in the Gulf, is outpacing the world aviation industry’s recovery this year as it capitalizes on its role as a pivot for business travelers arbitraging between a struggling Europe and the burgeoning economies of Asia. But analysts warn that [...]

AHN News Staff Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AHN) – India pitched hard for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with its President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil calling her country an “attractive destination” for foreign investors. Patil is currently on a five-day tour of the Middle East and on Tuesday, [...]

AHN News Staff New Delhi, India (AHN) – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh insisted Monday that instead of “stealing American jobs,” India was helping “improve the productive capacity and productivity of America.” Speaking with Singh at a joint press conference at Hyderabad House, U.S. President Barack Obama tried to assuage India’s fears over his views [...]

AHN News Staff Putrajaya, Malaysia (AHN) – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh believes India and China should not find it too difficult to thrive together because “the world has enough space” to allow the two upcoming economic giants to fulfill their ambitions. Speaking ahead of his scheduled meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday in [...]

AHN News Staff New Delhi, India (AHN) – To clear the murky trail of corruption left behind by the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi recently, India’s corruption watchdog, the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax department and the Central Bureau of Investigation have launched a multi-pronged probe into allegations of corrupt practices. On Monday, the Directorate [...]

AHN News Staff Kashmir, India (AHN) – Despite Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s call to parents to strictly observe curfew and stay at home, schools in the Kashmir Valley on Monday finally reopened after 100 days, but faced thin attendance as curfews continued in several parts of the state. The schools in the valley [...]

Jeehan Fernandez – AHN News Writer Bangalore, India (AHN) – Two leading business solutions companies are collaborating in an initiative to jointly deliver a warranty management and analytics solution for industrial manufacturing, automotive and high tech industries. The collaboration of Wipro Technologies and Oracle aims to help reduce warranty expenses and fraudulent claims in the [...]

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States on Tuesday announced twelve finalists for the Secretary of State’s prestigious 2010 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) and the 2010 ACE winners will be announced at the annual ceremony hosted by the Secretary of State later this fall. According to [...]

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States on Tuesday announced twelve finalists for the Secretary of State’s prestigious 2010 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) and the 2010 ACE winners will be announced at the annual ceremony hosted by the Secretary of State later this fall. According to [...]

ORIGIN OF SEZ In 1947 when India got independence at Puerto Rico industrialist and government was busy setting up world first industrial park. Ireland and Taiwan followed Puerto Rico in sixties and in eighties China bring the SEZ to the global map with its largest SEZ at the metropolis of Shenzhen. India was one of [...]