India's trade boom with Russia & strategic interests in Chabahar Port have brought International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) back into focus.
India is anticipating a demand from Israel for 15,000 more workers. Maharashtra & Telangana have shown interest in organising professional test drives in their respective states.
New Delhi has been actively pushing Act East policy. A majority don't consider it as strategically influential power for ASEAN in 2024, finds Singapore's ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.
As part of the visit, Admiral Adoong Pan-Iam is also scheduled to meet officials from the Indian Defense Industries and the Department of Defense Production.
This occurred two years after New Delhi recognised Katchatheevu as Sri Lankan territory in 1974 deal. Wadge Bank was first commercially exploited by Sri Lankan fishing trawlers in the early 1920s.
India, via IMEC, looks to create new route to Europe to access gas in Eastern Mediterranean & provide Southeast Asian countries an alternative partner to China to access Atlantic Ocean.
'Global & regional strategic issues' discussed at the first physical meeting between the two sides since tensions at LAC in 2020 over China's ingress into eastern Ladakh.
While PM claims island was ‘callously given away’, in 2015, MEA's RTI reply says case ‘of acquiring or ceding' the island does not arise. ThePrint explains Katchatheevu situation.
A day earlier, US ambassador commented on alleged plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on US soil, saying it's a 'red line' for govt employees to be involved in such matters.
The corridors, viewed by Modi govt as critical for India's fast-paced economic growth & strategic alliances, will see multiple countries in action, some of whom are seen as adversaries.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.
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