A curfew in Melbourne, the shuttering of retail and manufacturing sectors, and limits on construction are set to result in a contraction in Australia’s GDP.
Chinese and Australian envoys to India got into an argument on 2016 South China Sea arbitration last week, bringing focus back on China’s refusal to accept it.
After Australian High Commissioner to India said ‘deeply concerned’ by Chinese action in South China Sea, Beijing’s envoy to New Delhi says Canberra provoking escalation.
Australia said the decision was an effort to correct a power imbalance between two of the world’s most profitable companies and a local media industry that’s bleeding jobs.
The second lockdown in Melbourne is confirming suspicions that strict social distancing measures are becoming increasingly ineffective as the pandemic continues.
Australian High Commissioner also said Australia remains deeply concerned by 'actions' in the South China Sea & rejecta China's 'unlawful maritime claims' in the region.
In a joint statement, US and Australia also said that China cannot assert maritime claims in the South China Sea based on the nine-dash line, historic rights, or entire island groups.
Australia's new wave of Covid shows that the subsequent ones around the world could be worse than the first, particularly when winter forces people into enclosed spaces.
Concerns that the stay-at-home order in Melbourne, that begun three weeks ago, will need to be extended are also mounting. This will inflict further damage on the economy.
Out of the over 200,000 people who became Australian citizens in 2019-2020, 38,209 were Indians, followed by 25,011 Britishers, 14,764 Chinese and 8,821 Pakistanis.
The BJP needs Hindu unity for electoral benefit, that too in a caste-ridden religious society. That makes it go for reform, reconciliation, and samarasata.
Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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