By Ritu, Capital Sands Companies are reportedly considering moving at least part of their supply chains to India in a bid to reduce dependence on China after the coronavirus pandemic. Manufacturers—global and domestic—are in talks with Indian companies to scale up operations for automobile components and electronic products from India, executives told the Livemint. This comes […]
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India restarts factories, farming in rural areas even as coronavirus cases rise
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Some shops and businesses opened in rural India on Monday as part of a staggered exit from a weeks-long lockdown that has left millions out of work and short of food, while coronavirus infections rose by more than 1,500 over the previous day. India’s 1.3 billion population has been under one […]
In Modi’s India, virus fallout inflames divisions between Muslims and Hindus
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui’s hand by Indian health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under quarantine. But the 66-year-old Siddiqui, an egg seller in Mumbai’s sprawling Dharavi slum, rubbed it off as best he could and went back to work. The mark would have […]