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9 November 2016

Bombay and the City of London

British Prime Minister Theresa May’s visit to India from November 6-8, her first to a country outside Europe, has been focusing on increasing bilateral trade and investments. But 300 years ago, London and Bombay shared a critical financial relationship.

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9 November 2016

How ‘hawala’ impacts national security

On November 8, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to India, the demonetisation of high-value currency notes, he specifically referred to the use of Hawala and fake Indian currency notes for terrorist financing. The hawala system to move funds globally for terrorist financing is huge, secretive, and layered—and a challenge for national security agencies.

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8 November 2016

U.S.: a torn society

Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, was quoted in an opinion piece featured in Sputnik about the state of contemporary American society.

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8 November 2016

Quest for Sunshine

Amit Bhandari, Fellow, Energy and Environment Studies, Gateway House, was quoted in an article about the Indian solar energy market, published in Energy Next magazine.