The head of one of the world&rsquo;s most successful drug firms tells Pallavi Aiyar that many of the factors that held back this industry in India are slowly being tackled.

Pallavi Aiyar: Pharma, not IT, is India&#39;s next big thing

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Wednesday was a historic day for European vegetables liberating them from the bureaucratic rules that have governed their appearance for the last two decades. The shape of fruits and vegetables, has for long been the unlikely rallying force behind much Euroscepticism, with British tabloids regularly accusing Brussels&rsquo; bureaucrats of having nothing better to do than dictate the length of a banana or shape of a cucumber.

Ugly vegetables gain acceptance in European Union

The quality of services in the west makes you want to think this is so, but just one breath of the clean air there reminds you of the chasm that separates our two worlds.

Pallavi Aiyar: Is the first world the new third world?

India is beginning to face new competition in the diamond business from China. Despite having no traditional connections to the diamond business, China has over two decades emerged as a formidable power in the trade.

China challenges India's cutting edge in diamonds

India and the EU would do well to assess each other not as fixed entities but as ongoing processes.

Pallavi Aiyar: A partnership of equals

In Antwerp&rsquo;s highly globalised diamond industry, the Jewish diamantaires have been overtaken by Gujarati entrepreneurship, causing not a little heartburn.

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Pallavi Aiyar: Pharma, not IT, is India's next big thing

Ugly vegetables gain acceptance in European Union

Pallavi Aiyar: Is the first world the new third world?

China challenges India's cutting edge in diamonds

Pallavi Aiyar: A partnership of equals

The shahs of sparkle