Global View

OVERSEAS INDIANS: INDIA’S GLOBAL EDGE? - With Vijay Jolly, Senior BJP leader who has been the convenor of the party’s Overseas Cell in the past. We explore, the importance of overseas Indians for India, the contribution they make to the economy, the soft power they project, and the current state of the world where there seems to anti-immigration feelings.

Chapters:

00:00 Where are the untapped opportunities for India andIndians in today’s globalized world?

02:36 Are Indians going overseas to study and also workthere good for India and does it project India’s soft power?

05:57 Is India gaining from the soft power of overseasIndians or should India do more in that area?

09:41 Is the Overseas Indian’s remittance still importantfor India?

13:02 Developing countries with diminishing populations needskilled people and the best may leave India. Is this a brain drain?

15:51 Many countries want to access the large Indian market,but anti-immigration protests are also taking place – how can this be resolved?

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Host : Vickram Bahl

Australia – Still welcoming to Indians?

Jodi McKay, a former Minister in the NSW government and currently the Director of the Australia-India CEO Forum, talks to Vickram Bahl, about the recent anti-immigration protests and explains the opportunities in business, education, employment, and tourism for Indians with Australia.

00:00 The recent anti-immigration protests in Australia and what it means for Indian students, businesspeople, and tourists?

03:42 As head of the India – Australia CEO Forum, where does she see opportunities between India and Australia presently?

05:05 Have India and Australia advanced to finalizing the CECA - Comprehensive Economic Co-Operation Agreement?

08:23 Is Australia attractive and safe enough for Indians to venture there with business investment or education?

10:06 How can people get information on opportunities that exist in Australia?

12:31 Australia has always been interested in technology – are there opportunities in AI and High Tech?

14:42 Is Australia looking to attract more tourists?

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WHERE IS THE INDO-US FRIENDSHIP HEADING? With Surendra Kumar, Former Indian Diplomat & President Indo-American Friendship Association

The US and India have had a close relationship but recently there have been some twists and turns. In this episode we explore :

00:00 Is the US-India friendship under strain with some feeling that India is not being treated as a strategic partner?

04:42 What has gone wrong or changed in the relationship?

05:41 Is not the US ignoring the comparative advantages of countries when insisting balancing trade?

06:40 How is all this going to impact the people-to-people relationship of India-US?

08:04 Is it likely that the US is likely to become less attractive to Indian talent now?

09:05 Has the fact that manufacturing some products in the US may be more expensive been factored in?

11:46 Will all this fuel BRICS and not curtail it - as some in the US probably wanted?

14:16 Is it likely that countries, like India, will start seeking new trade partner like in South America and strengthen the EU relationship?

17:46 Has the trust in the Indo-US relationship been eroded to some extent and would it be easy to build it back quickly?

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Chile and India have had a steady and long relationship but that is likely to get a boost. This episode explores the areas that are likely to benefit by the Chile-India Comprehensive Trade Partnership Agreement that is being negotiated to augment the current trade arrangements and also measures to increase people to people interaction. Chapters:

00:00 The ongoing negotiations for a Chile-India CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) and the benefits expected.

01:52 What are the bottlenecks to the CEPA?03:21 Which are the products and areas that have potential to expand business between the people of the countries?

05:37 How to bridge the problems for building business withChile – distance and information?

07:48 How to make connections in Chile to grow business?

09:50 Is there a push to increase people interaction via Tourism and Education now?

12:18 On the issue of Visa to travel to Chile and also for long term stay.

15:49 On the diversity that Chile has to offer but how doesone travel with ease in the country and is language a barrier?

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Uruguay is seeking to expand the economic relationship with India and is in the process of identifying new areas that could be developed. The final goal is for people to benefit economically. This episode explores, with Ambassador Alberto Guani of Uruguay to India, the possibilities and methodology one could use to reach those targets.

Chapters:

00:00 What are the reasons and areas that Uruguay is looking at increasing economicinteraction with India?

03:56 What specific High Technology areas are Uruguay and India seeking to collaborate on?

05:23 How could the private sector from India get involved in these High Technology projects?

07:27 Is education and the two way movement of students also being promoted?

10:31 Is the financial system free for overseas entities to make investments and repatriate funds at will?

13:59 Are there opportunities in the Electric Vehicle segment in Uruguay?

14:59 What are the opportunities in renewable energy?

17:00 How can Indians obtain an investment visa, tourist visa or a long-term residency permit?

18:32 The Indian population in Uruguay is still small, is it likely to expand now?

19:51 How can people in India get information and access opportunities that you mentioned in this programme?

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Is Georgia attractive for tourists, students & residency?

Ambassador Vakhtang Jaoshvili of Georgia to India, explores with Vickram Bahl what Georgia is offering overseas students, investors, businesspeople and tourists.

 Chapters

00:00 The main areas of interaction between India and Georgia remains tourism, education and now investment. How is the tourism sector doing now?

01:55 There have been reports of entry being denied at the border for visitors even having a valid Visa. Is this true?

03:36 What advice would you give visitors with valid visas to avoid a situation of entry refusal?

04:02 With prices going up in Georgia is the tourism sector still competitive with other comparable destinations, perhaps in Europe?

05:11 Georgia is seeking overseas investment. Are foreigners allowed to invest in land and is repatriations of funds allowed freely?

06:21 What about a residency permit for overseas investors and what is the minimum investment required?

06:54 What about incentives to attract investment in new tech and AI research?

08:05 What is being offered for Indian students in Georgia now?

10:07 What about collaborations in technology, artificial intelligence, information technology and allied areas?

12:05 How can one get information and make connections to explore these ideas and opportunities that are mentioned?

14:22 Georgia is looking to expand trade with India but is agriculture produce viable and what else is being looked at now?

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ARE MEDIA & DEMOCRACY EVOLVING GLOBALLY?With A. Surya Prakash, Former Chairperson, Prasar Bharti, India's Public Broadcaster, and recipient of 2025 Padma Bhushan award for Literature, Education - Journalism.

00:00 View on whether social media is influencing thought processes, elections, and governance and what is the way forward?

07:45 What are the solutions to a keeping the balance with social media?

08:35 On the book he is writing comparing the world democracies with India?

13:09 What is the reason he is writing this book now?

20:37 Democracies around the world are different based on the needs of their people – his view on how one can one compare different systems in a fair manner.

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WHY IS THE GLOBAL ATTENTION MOVING TO ICELAND? -With Ambassador Benedikt Höskuldsson of Iceland to India.

 This episode of Global View explores Iceland; its strategicArctic location, the resources of the region, its strategic location for global powers, the new trade agreement with India that took 16 years to negotiate and what it means for relations between the countries.

00:00 Why Iceland is interesting and some reasons the world is looking at it.

01:02 One of the areas of focus with India is SMEs - what is being done for SMEs to build business between India and Iceland?

02:12 What are the emerging opportunities in trade after the TEPA (Trade &Economic Partnership Agreement) between India and EFTA (Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein)in March 2024?

05:15 How can people get information and access opportunities that are now existing?

06:06 Are there likely to be trade development delegations visiting India?

07:39 This agreement has taken 16 years of negotiations – when will it be operational the result start showing?

09:02 What are the details of flight from Iceland connecting India to Iceland?

10:00 Iceland has already four Geothermal projects in India. Are there opportunities for SMEs in this field as well?

11:33 As the world starts looking at the resources of the Arctic, are we likely to see an Arctic rush?

15:27 Are Global powers relooking at the Arctic and Iceland as a place of strategic interest?

19:23 What is Iceland doing with India in the area of Artificial Intelligence?

20:58 What are the rules for overseas companies and people for work Visas in Iceland?

21:51 What does Iceland offer tourists?

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IS THE UNITED STATES SEEKING INDIAN STUDENTS AND BUSINESS NOW? With Mukesh Aghi, President and CEO US-India Strategic Partnership Forum

This episode explores the US-India trade deal that is under negotiation, the Made in USA vs the Make in India for cutting edge technology, AI and Defence sectors and the tightening of norms for students in the US.

00:00 Introduction of the discussion – the Indo-US trade deal, High Tech and Defence partnership, students and job seekers.

01:25 What is the US- India trade deal all about and is the US insisting on some beneficial terms?

04:48 Doesn’t the US want to only make in the United States and sell to the world?

06:20 Would partnership in cutting edge technology and AI have critical tech kept in the US and non-critical manufactured in India?

08:25 Are Indian businesses seen as risk averse when it comes to investing in R&D?

09:32 Is there likely to be joint production in the Defence area, like a 5th generation fighter jet or what India did with Russia, the Brahmos missile?

10:59 Students in the US have been targeted for their views or even minor misdemeanors – isn’t that going to cause problems into the future?

14:30 Is not the US also gaining from invisible trade, students, services etc. and how does that impact the overall trade deficit?

15:59 Where do the opportunities exist today for SME’s with the US?

17:19 Is the US still attractive for job seekers and which areas are needing people from India?

18:47 What are the stick points in the Indo-US trade deal now?

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After 80 years is the United Nations losing relevance? With Ruchira Kamboj, Former Indian Ambassador to the UN at New York

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00:00 Is enough being done in the UN80 initiative to reform the UN to keep it relevant?

03:06 The reform of the UNSC has been discussed for decades, will it happen now?

08:17 Is the UN still capable to stop wars from escalating into large conflicts?

12:07. Is the UN looking at Drone and Robotic warfare of the future?

14:02 On sharing some personal anecdotes from the days at the UNSC.

17:14 On whether the UN will weather this storm.

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This programme is hosted by : Vickram Bahl