Tag: India

• Friday, May 6th 2011 - 01:40 UTC

  Indian lab opens facility in Argentina to act as global hub for cancer drugs

  

  India’s Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Thursday said it has opened its new facility in Argentina which would serve as a global hub for cancer treatment drugs.

• Wednesday, May 4th 2011 - 15:51 UTC

  Argentina promises to review ban on Indian imported pharmaceutical products

  

  Argentina has assured India of reviewing a ban on imported pharmaceutical products and announced the purchase of drugs worth 150-200 million US dollars from Indian firms, a statement said Wednesday.

• Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 02:38 UTC

  Indian minister visits Uruguay and Argentina to promote trade with Mercosur

  

  A top level Indian business delegation headed by Minister of state for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia is travelling to Argentina and Uruguay to boost ties with Mercosur, according to the Indo-Asian news agency.

• Saturday, April 16th 2011 - 00:09 UTC

  China’s trade with BRICS associates surged 45.8% in the first quarter

  

  China's top customs authority announced Friday that trade with the other four BRICS nations surged by 45.8% to reach 59.9 billion US dollars in the first quarter of this year.

• Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 19:47 UTC

  Argentine soy-oil industry diversifies markets following China’s ban

  

  China is far from normalizing soy-oil purchases in Argentina since it has not placed new orders according to the Argentina Cooking Oil Industry Chamber, CIARA. However the industry has managed to diversify markets.

• Friday, April 8th 2011 - 20:04 UTC

  Deadly bacteria named after New Delhi triggers controversy with India

  

  International health journal Lancet on Friday accused the Indian government of being in denial over the issue of presence of drug-resistant bacteria NDM-1 in the public water system of Delhi and argued that the debate over the naming of the bug should not detract one from the health implications of the findings.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 06:44 UTC

  India’s population hits 1.21 billion in 2011; female foeticide remains high

  

  India's population has grown by 181 million people over the past decade to 1.21bn, according to the 2011 census. More people now live in India than in the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan and Bangladesh combined.

• Monday, March 14th 2011 - 06:36 UTC

  India becomes world’s top weapons importer; US largest exporter, says SIPRI

  

  India replaced China as the world’s top weapons importer, according to a study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI, as it aims to modernize its armed forces and project power through the region.

• Saturday, March 5th 2011 - 06:34 UTC

  Global construction to outpace GDP growth in next 10 years with China and India leading

  

  Global construction will outpace GDP growth over the next 10 years, with China and India accounting for 38% of the 4.8 trillion US dollars increase in output by 2020, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said this week.

• Friday, March 4th 2011 - 05:59 UTC

  Geithner argues growth in China, India, Brazil are boosting US exports

  

  Rapid growth of emerging economies like China, India and Brazil is boosting the American exports, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said.