India already has a trade deficit with 11 RCEP countries. Potential losses from foreign goods, who would find more space in Indian market, likely led to rejection.
President Ram Nath Kovind is on a visit to Vietnam, where the two countries reaffirmed the importance of freedom of navigation & unimpeded economic activities in the South China Sea.
Many had written off the idea of building an Asia-Pacific coalition between Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. - a group informally known as the Quad.
With non-leather products driving global footwear demand between 2020 and 2024, India’s global market share stood at 1.85% in 2024, says a NITI Aayog report.
ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
For reasons one can never comprehend, no one who mattered asked such questions in the summer of 2014. As recently as the first Budget of the second term, the sun was shining brilliantly over Raisina Hill, all was well with the Republic. 2. There can be no global competitiveness with the power sector where it has been forever, the banking system 70% owned by the government, lands prices so high. It is a long list, not amenable to spin and PR. 3. Our decision in Bangkok has advertised to the world that we are still not airworthy.
For reasons one can never comprehend, no one who mattered asked such questions in the summer of 2014. As recently as the first Budget of the second term, the sun was shining brilliantly over Raisina Hill, all was well with the Republic. 2. There can be no global competitiveness with the power sector where it has been forever, the banking system 70% owned by the government, lands prices so high. It is a long list, not amenable to spin and PR. 3. Our decision in Bangkok has advertised to the world that we are still not airworthy.