A 7.6 percent growth in Q2, when RBI predicted 6.5 percent, is a strong consolidation of Q1’s performance. Construction has surged, with double-digit growth on an already high base. Manufacturing, too, has turned around strongly. But the government should look into whether consumption’s lower contribution to GDP suggests income distress.
US action on Pannun isn’t like Trudeau’s grandstanding on Nijjar. That explains India’s response
How the US has acted on the Pannun issue is discreet, lawful and based on disclosed ‘evidence’. It is tough yet substantively different from the grandstanding by Trudeau on Nijjar. That explains the difference in India’s response and its action. “High-level inquiry” to the US, and “absurd charges” to Canada.
Kissinger won’t be mourned. His hater-to-fanboy change of heart on India only confirms deceit
Never mind his desperate post-1991 outreach to repair his image in India, Kissinger won’t be mourned here. Blood of a million plus, mostly Bangladeshis, will eternally sully his legacy. His supposed change of heart on India, from hater to fanboy only confirms the hypocrisies, cynicism and deceit through his public life.