‘China and India should avoid competition’
The incursion by the Chinese army into the Depsang Valley in Ladakh in April, and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s statement in March that the border dispute is at the top of his agenda in Sino-Indian...
View ArticleMaliki’s visit lays ambitious goals
After Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s visit to India from 22-25 August 2013, cooperation in the oil and petrochemical sector could become the cornerstone of the bilateral relationship. Both...
View ArticleWhat Is Driving Latin America-India Energy Relations?
Q. Venezuelan oil minister Rafael Ramírez in late September met with his Indian counterpart, Veerappa Moily, to discuss strengthening energy relations, especially the oil trade, between the two...
View ArticleIran from a new Indian perspective
The recent thawing of relations between the United States and Iran has fuelled international hopes that an opportunity may have opened for a diplomatic resolution of Iran’s nuclear imbroglio, which has...
View ArticleThe new energy price economics
After ranging between $11 per barrel and $35 per barrel in the 1990s and early 2000s, the price of oil shot up to just over $130 per barrel in 2007-08, then came crashing down within the span of a few...
View ArticleIndia-Latin America Engagements, December 2013
Second-tier cities in Latin America for IT/BPO A December 4 report of the online journal Nearshore Americas has identified the top eight second-tier cities for IT/BPO operations with lower costs of...
View ArticleUnrest in Iraq – Impact on India
Iraq has been destabilised by the violent annexations of northern cities Mosul, Tikrit, and most recently, the oil-rich city of Kirkuk by militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Amit...
View ArticleFinancial hedge for India’s oil risk
In the first half of January 2016, the price of crude oil fell to a 12-year low of below $30 per barrel.[1] This is a windfall for India, which imported 1,086 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum...
View ArticlePetrol prices back to 2003 level?
Crude oil prices are currently at a 12-year low and oil is now cheaper than beer in the U.S. Meanwhile in India, petrol prices haven’t fallen as much, or so goes the common complaint. However,...
View ArticleOil Prices: India’s Missed Opportunities
Aliasger Bootwalla (AA): Welcome to GH Podcast. This is Aliasger Bootwalla, Media and Outreach Associate, Gateway House. Fuel prices in India are at an all-time high. Petrol prices are at Rs. 97 per...
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