PM Modi’s TV broadcast has made citizens responsible for their own well-being in the face of COVID-19. If it works, it could lead to more ambitious measures.
Coronaviruses alone have caused three global outbreaks in the last 20 years. Even more troubling, the duration between these three pandemics has gotten shorter.
Asia is expected to contribute 60% of global growth by 2030. India’s massive demographic dividend and burgeoning middle class will aid economic growth.
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.
Analysts says Asia is rising also in terms of integrating rapidly, arguably setting the pace for a new stage of globalisation — localisation and regionalisation.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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