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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is doing the things rightly and approval rating for his bold decisions - like calling off the secretary- level talks with Pakistan - is high. But, many of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Members of Parliament are wanting in their efforts to connect with the electorate in their respective constituencies.

Fumihiko Ike, Honda Motor’s global chairman, said that the new government in India should take steps to improve investment climate in the country as doing business in India remained difficult and processes in the country was complicated and burdensome. Ike, who also heads the crucial Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), said the new government should improve the poor infrastructure and end the uncertain tax regime.

Comedian, actress and writer Meera Syal MBE has been announced as a Patron of 'Home', the new centre for contemporary visual art, theatre and film which opens in Manchester in spring 2015.

Billed as ‘Britain’s top divorce lawyer’ by the Law Society, Ayesha Vardag is one of only a handful of family lawyers to receive the Times’ accolade “Lawyer of the Week”. She is President of Vardags, a world-renowned divorce and family law service specialising in substantial and complex cases often with an international element.

India has won the support of major developed countries, including the UK and Germany, as also the European Commission, for its stand at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) demanding that the implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) be kept pending unless its apprehensions on the issue of food security are addressed.