India Economy Facts
Economical overview India has Asia’s third largest economy after China and Japan. The country has an extensive industrial and service sector, while more than half the population rely on agriculture, often for their own...
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First Impressions of India
India. One of the oldest existing civilizations. A real motley of cultures, traditions and customs. As in a huge kaleidoscope, you will find a wide variety of natural wonders as well as a wide...
India Urban Development
Calcutta (7 million residents) is the main urban agglomeration of the state, a large commercial emporium on the Ganges delta. Calcutta has long since become the cultural metropolis of the North-East and, at the...
Facts of India
Below you can get practical information when traveling to India – for example about visas, vaccinations, travel insurance. Language: Hindi and English Capital: New Delhi Population: 1, 25 billion Religion: Hinduism Currency: Rupee Surface:...
China, India, South Africa, and Brazil Part III
UN reform is the third important issue that separates (see HHD 2005) . Before and during the failed UN summit in September 2005, it was inconceivable for the four to work together to change...
China, India, South Africa, and Brazil Part II
5: What do the four have in common? Based on the size of the population, the difference between the four states is obvious. This is offset to a certain extent by the fact that...
China, India, South Africa, and Brazil Part I
2: The four’s collaboration Cooperation between the four major developing countries only came about after China became a full member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. The collaboration was triggered by Lula...
Regional Superpowers on the World Stage Part III
In 2005, India and the United States reached an agreement on a strategic partnership, and a new agreement on defense cooperation was signed. This includes US arms deliveries, joint military exercises, joint training programs,...
Regional Superpowers on the World Stage Part II
3: Different scenarios On the basis of these premises, the regional powers China, India, Brazil and South Africa can shape their worldview and lay out their strategies. There are three possibilities: 1) They can...
Regional Superpowers on the World Stage Part I
This is the first of two articles on the regional powers China, India, Brazil and South Africa. Regional powers in Asia, Africa and Latin America are playing an increasing role in the global arena....
From G8 to G20: Towards Global Governance? Part II
3: What went wrong? From the end of the 1990s, the share of the “old world” (mainly the West) in the world economy fell sharply, while the share of new countries increased. From 1993...
From G8 to G20: Towards Global Governance? Part I
From 2010, the G20 will take over as a forum for economic coordination between the world’s most powerful countries, and the G8 will slip into the shadows. Does this mean global governance and more...
Economic Downturn in the West Part I
In the autumn of 2008, the American investment bank Lehman Brothers was declared bankrupt, and a global downturn began. The large industrialized countries are still struggling with the effects of the most severe post-war...
India – Asia’s New Miracle? Part II
5: First booth: Everyone at school Well over eighty percent of Indians are Hindus . A minority, approx. thirteen percent, are Muslims, and sometimes violent clashes occur between the two groups. But even between...
India – Asia’s New Miracle?
On August 15, 2007, India turned sixty years old. The day was marked with party speeches and large parades. “We are a young nation, and the best is yet to come!” declared Prime Minister...