Travel & Leisure Magazine just released its list of the world’s top hotels according to its readers. Indian hotels fare well, with seven making the list. The magazine rates the VanyaVilas (“forest home”) from the Oberoi chain as the top hotel on the whole planet this year. Seven hotels from India were listed on the [...]
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Posted on July 20th, 2010 by Gunjan
Anything that’s said about Tata Motors’ Nano makes for news, and why not, never before did we hear of a $2,100 car! At the recent roll out of the Nano from its Sanand (Gujarat) plant it enjoyed some added attention. Cornell University Assistant Professor, Aleksandr Mergold with his team of four assessed the future of [...]
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Posted on July 20th, 2010 by Gunjan
The attempt to make investment in solar energy production in India user-friendly and to reduce financial risks was initiated as the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in November 2009. The task for the mission was to provide an attractive and extended tariff for solar power production investment and foreign involvement. Developers of solar power capable [...]
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Posted on July 17th, 2010 by Gunjan
The intensity of efforts by legislators and other top governmental leaders in building ties between India and United States is unprecedented. For example, Senator Chris Dodd, recently met with the Indian Prime Minister, in New Delhi to discuss the roles both nations play in the current global economic landscape. Dodd is chair for the powerful [...]
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Posted on July 17th, 2010 by Gunjan
No longer will international vendors and consumers alike need to distinguish Indian Currency with “INR.” or “Rs”. India’s Finance Ministry has reached a verdict on their national search for a currency symbol. The new symbol, which was submitted by D Udaya Kumar of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, resembles a capital “R” with two [...]
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Posted on July 16th, 2010 by Gunjan