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...The key takeaway, writes FT director of strategic partnerships James Lamont, is a reminder that “business is about relationships with people, not simply transactions”....
...Not since Norman Lamont delivered his bread-and-circuses pre-election Budget in 1992 — when Mr Sunak was a schoolboy — has Britain seen this sort of largesse....
...Its 1911 tour, backed by business and media interests, coincided with George V’s crowning and the Festival of Empire....
...Days later, they were knighted by George V....
...R.V. Kanoria, the president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, said the budget was “not going to stimulate growth in the economy.”...
...“Definitely we will bring it in March in the Budget session,” said V. Narayanasamy, minister of state for personnel....
...It is not surprising that India has taken such a proactive measure to secure itself,” said V.R. Raghavan, a retired general and president of the Centre for Security Analysis....
...Sir, James Lamont and James Boxell (“A dogfight over Delhi”, Analysis, February 7) provide an excellent analysis of the competition between Dassault’s Rafale and Eurofighter’s Typhoon for selection as India...
...V. Rao Aiyagari may be a scientist but he knows a thing or two about banking....
...The soft spoken prime minister is no Shakespeare’s Henry V exhorting his followers to “stiffen the sinews, and summon up the blood”....
...V Sridhar, head of the operations at the Manesar plant, explains that rising input and energy costs have put pressure on the company’s margins....
...V.K....
...Serving senior commanders, including the head of the air force P.V. Naik, believe India has modernised its forces sufficiently to avoid any repeat of the 1962 defeat....
...P.V. Naik, head of the Indian Air Force, said he expected a decision on the aircraft to be made by September....
...P.V. Naik, head of India’s air force, said the region’s infrastructure was being overhauled to support modern weaponry....
...V. Naik, the head of the IAF, said that one of his priorities was studying India’s “ability to absorb the technology” of fourth-generation fighters....
...These include the Ritz, the George V, the Meurice and the Plaza-Athénée, the last two being part of the Dorchester group....
...Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik, the chief of staff of the Indian air force, said India had the intellectual prowess and industrial expertise to grow its own aircraft manufacturing sector....
...V. Narayanasamy, minister of state for planning and parliamentary affairs, said the problem was caused by urbanisation and the “implementation of development projects” in India’s fast-growing economy....
...“Labour investment v Tory cuts” no longer seems available, since whoever wins will have to make public spending cuts, but the prime minister’s allies still hope to create some “dividing lines”....
...Commerce Secretary Lamont denies tariff will hurt trade. Notes that 80% of imports are duty-free or will have duty reduced or unchanged under the new tariff....
...“It would be a serious worry if there was something obviously wrong with the company,” said G.V. Giri, a telecoms analyst at IIFL Capital, the Mumbai-based fund managers....
...Additional reporting by Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt, Norma Cohen in London, Robin Harding in Tokyo, James Lamont in New Delhi and Jamil Anderlini in Beijing...
...The technology – based on a V-shaped underbody – was developed in South Africa’s border war with Angola in the 1980s....
...V. Kamath, chief executive of ICICI Bank, India’s largest private bank, said interest rates should come down by another 200 to 300 basis points to relieve strains in the banking system....
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