China

More often than not we see a ‘made in china’ tag on products. And more often than not, these products are much cheaper compared to their competition manufactured in other countries. We usually don’t think much about it, but have you thought…

The global economic recession in later part of 2008 hit all economies negatively and there was nothing positive to write home about. However, if there was one positive that emerged from the crisis it was the emergence of Asia as a economic…

For a layman, the brilliant gleam of platinum, silver and white gold is hard to differentiate apart, just by the virtue of observation. But, with the gold prices soaring sky-high, for those who prefer something other than the traditional…

If you think China stands for cheap electronic knock-offs, think again! China is fast emerging as a global economic powerhouse. The most populous country has come a long way from being an extremely close economy to a one that the world now…

Brazil, Russia, South Africa, India and China – the leaders of all five emerging market economies met on the margins of the BRICS Summit in China to discuss their role in world affairs, energy and food security challenges, climate…

In the Indian cricket team, both Sehwag and Gambhir are prolific opening batsmen. But, when Sehwag is on the song, Gambhir’s performance is almost over-shadowed by his partner’s fast-paced innings. But, both the players gel-up very well…

First things first – India is, now, one of the top 10 industrial nations of the world with a 1.5% share in manufacturing value added (MVA), according to the International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2011 report. While the MVA of…

Our politicians are coming up with new and weird ideas by the day. Kapil Sibal would surely go down in the history of Indian politics as one of the most active education ministers in terms of work. When I say active, I mean that he has…

Last night, I was reading about Professor Jagdish Bhagwati (renowned professor on Indian Political Economy at Columbia University) who quotes that ‘we will more or less become what China is today and that will make us the fourth…

Internet usage in India has not penetrated as much as it has in China. This despite various measures by Indian Government from low cost PCs to increasing competition among Telco’s. Lets’ draw a few comparisons between India and China to…

IT Services Outsourcing Industry witnessed a rather dull year in 2009 majorly due to the slowdown of the global economy which led to organizations freezing their IT budgets. Banking and Manufacturing, which are the biggest customers for the…

The Asian economies have come out stronger than the western countries in the face revival period witnessed over last one year after witnessing a huge impact of global recession. The global recession has ensured an actual shift in…

India’s domestic industry has suffered a ‘material injury’ because of Chinese products invading India. China was dumping Vitamin-C into Indian markets. Indian government has slapped a anti-dumping duty of $3.99 per kg. We all know…

Okay, on this blog we have been talking about constant rise of India and reasons on why India will become the next super-power. There are thousands of articles on the web talking about power shift from West to East, where Chindia (a new…

Should it or should it not? It has been the question for few years now. Back in 1991, this kind of discussion would have been far fetched. India was on the verge of bankruptcy when its foreign reserves were depleted and could not even cover…

In a first of its kind survey conducted by US based executive search firm Korn/Ferry, it is found that Indians have far better entrepreneurial skills than their Chinese counterparts. I am sure that many will not be surprised by this…

ComScore, a leader in providing consumer insight behavior reports and research has for the first time come out with a comprehensive review of Internet behavior covering 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The ComScore report revealed…

Which is most popular car in India ? It is Maruti Alto, earlier called Maruti 800. The small cars always have been very popular in India thanks to their low cost, higher fuel efficiency and versatality. The small car market share...

Outsourcing of work to low cost developing nations is growing rapidly even after constant challenges it faces from government and lawmakers of developed countries. Last 6 years have seen India become the Outsourcing hub of the world and…

Not only that, Indian corporations currently loaded with excess cash are on acquisitions spree. I have earlier written about how hot the scenario was last year, but 2007 seems to have already reached that mark in less than 6 months. ICICI…