Economy & News
Government eyes Rs 25,000 crore annual savings through coastal shipping
Government
is eyeing annual savings of Rs 25,000 crore on logistics costs by 2025
by promoting coastal shipping under its ambitious Sagarmala project.
Sagarmala aims at promoting port-led development by harnessing the
country's 7,500-km long coastline, 14,500-km of potentially navigable
waterways and strategic location on key international maritime trade
routes. "Across all commodities, coastal shipping volumes could grow to
5-6 times of current levels to about 400-480 [….] Read more at:
Haryana global investors’ summit to kick off on March 7
The
'Happening Haryana Global Investors' Summit 2016' is set to take off on
March 7 morning in Gurgaon, with participation of diplomats from a
dozen countries, the who's of India Inc and representatives of foreign
firms including Pepsico chairperson Indra Nooyi, who will share her
experiences through video conferencing at the two-day event. The
participating countries include the Czech Republic, Japan, Mauritius,
New Zealand, China, South Korea, Malawi, Peru, Poland, Spain, Britain
and [….] Read more at:
India keen to boost economic cooperation with Egypt: Envoy
India
is keen on ramping up economic cooperation with Egypt, focussing on
trade and investment, the Indian envoy here has said while underlining
the need for "transparency and predictability" to woo more Indian
businesses to this key Middle East country. "Trade between India and
Egypt increased by about 60 per cent over the last five years and this
is really remarkable because you will notice that trade between many
other countries has actually stagnated or even gone down and global
[….] Read more at:
Mumbai to host BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave in April
Mumbai
First, a think-tank working to find solutions for city's development,
will hold a three-day conclave, involving top urban policy makers and
planners from BRICS nations, in April. The event assumes significance
given the megapolis's aspiration to become a global financial centre and
is inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's idea of promoting greater
cooperation and people-to-people contact among BRICS (Brazil, Russia,
India, China and South Africa) nations, a press release [….] Read
more at:
Government eyes Rs 25,000 crore annual savings through coastal shipping
Government
is eyeing annual savings of Rs 25,000 crore on logistics costs by 2025
by promoting coastal shipping under its ambitious Sagarmala project.
Sagarmala aims at promoting port-led development by harnessing the
country's 7,500-km long coastline, 14,500-km of potentially navigable
waterways and strategic location on key international maritime trade
routes. "Across all commodities, coastal shipping volumes could grow to
5-6 times of current levels to about 400-480 [….] Read more at:
How gritty women entrepreneurs are fighting prejudice in startup funding ecosystem
On
the eve of International Women's Day, a bunch of female startup
founders share their experiences of raising capital in an ecosystem
where men mostly hold the purse strings. "Investors, you should know
that the only thing I have in common with your wife is a
vagina." Israeli entrepreneur Sarah Nadav That was the earnest advice of
Israeli serial entrepreneur Sarah Nadav to the global venture capital
(VC) community, based on her experiences in fund-raising and battling
queries along [….] Read more at:
Thanks & Regards,
Meetesh Shiroya
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