Punj Llyod JV wins Rs 1,177-cr NHAI project in MyanmarThe project has been awarded by the NHAI at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a 3-day visit to Myanmar to help strengthen bila...
Traditional textiles get a push in states' brand-building bidWith hefty budgetary allocations for the promotion of traditional textiles, states like WB, Manipur, Assam, Telangana and MP are concentrat...
India Handloom Brand bets on ecommerce to raise market positioningIndia Handloom Brand is drawing up new strategies that include retail and ecommerce, in a bid to raise the market positioning of handloom.
Government Units tie up with e-commerce firms to market indigenous craftsHand painted Bhagalpuri silks, traditional ikkats from Orissa, Gadwal silks from Andhra and many more such weaves would now be available on...
Nestle ropes in US lobbyist APCO Worldwide to tone down Maggi backlashAPCO is best known in India for helping Gujarat change its post-2002 riots image to present itself as an investment hub, or “Indian Davos”,...
More than half of US unlikely to do business in India: ReportsThe study was conducted by APCO, a global communication and business strategy firm, in close association with the AUSIB.
NRI organisations shoring up support for Narendra Modi on Western Front, especially in the USA network of individuals is working overseas to play down Modi's Hindu hardliner image and pitch him as a leader with whom the world can do...
Narendra Modi to hire a Delhi-based PR agency with an eye on general elections 2014Modi is expected to make frequent visits to the capital ahead of assembly elections in Delhi and Lok Sabha polls next year.
Apco Worldwide denies working for Narendra ModiApco Worldwide says its contract with state govt to promote Vibrant Gujarat ended on March 31 and that it has no working relationship with ...
Narendra Modi’s hype machine at workIt was claimed that he had rescued 15,000 stranded Gujaratis from the wreckage of Uttarakhand and sent these grateful folks back home.
USIBC launches awareness campaign on immigration reformTo fix the killer provisions of immigration reform, the influential US India Business Council today launched a massive lobbying effort.
Gujarat Elections 2012: Is Narendra Modi unfit for coalition-era politics?If Modi wins, ask this: can a politician who’s made parochial patriarchy his calling card effectively govern a country like India?
How an American lobbying company Apco Worldwide markets Narendra Modi to the worldApco muscled out a raft of PR companies, including the now defunct Vaishnavi Communications of Niira Radia, to win the contract to promote ...
Flacking for Gujarat, Washington lobby Apco also deflects flak for Narendra ModiUntil Apco, which also doubles in public relations, appeared on the scene in 2009 to sell the event, Vibrant Gujarat was a modest show.
- APCO Worldwide acquires majority interest in StrawberryFrog
StrawberryFrog, touted, as the world’s first cultural-movement agency has been much in news – thanks to its global ambitions as also the on...
Narendra Modi: Big hit with America Inc; persona non grata in USGujarat has turned into an investment magnet for US businesses, much like their counterparts in India, which view him with rose-tinted glas...
- US firm APCO launches operations in India
US-based consultancy firm APCO Worldwide, which has launched operations in India, is looking to expand its presence in the country and offe...