India has decided it won’t join any trade deal that has China as a member. But RCEP member nations are likely to sign deal despite Beijing’s belligerence.
Speaking on Australia’s 2020 Defence Strategic Update, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said the region around Indo-Pacific is witnessing strategic realignment similar to that of World War 2. Read her full speech here.
Australian Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said the region around Indo-Pacific is witnessing strategic realignment that is similar to what had happened during World War II.
Private security firms contracted by Victoria government to run hotels as quarantine centres for overseas arrivals are facing inquiry as Covid cases rise.
Australia’s higher education sector has become increasingly reliant on overseas students with 40% of revenue coming from the higher fees they are charged.
The resurgence of coronavirus cases in Victoria is in stark contrast to rest of the country where the spread of the disease has been largely contained.
Australia managed to limit its number of Covid cases to about 7,550, but as restrictions eased, Victoria saw a double-digit increase for nine straight days.
Concerns about community transmission are growing in Victoria, responsible for 116 new cases in the past week, which account for about 83% of the national total.
It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.
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.
Sensible decision. Apart from our confrontation with China another reason is that India as of now is not ready or should I say competitive enough to join RCEP.
Carry out reforms, develop skills of your youth(other than IT related), build physical infrastructure, focus on domestic manufacturing and then open up your economy for a healthy competition.
Without these reforms, RCEP would result in Indian economy being owned by the Japanese, Koreans and the Chinese. Forget being a superpower or a ‘Great power’, India would end up looking like a client state, where our regional politicians would become puppets of major foreign corporations, pretty much like East India company in the 18th century.
We should have woken up 70 years ago.
We had better wake up.
Sensible decision. Apart from our confrontation with China another reason is that India as of now is not ready or should I say competitive enough to join RCEP.
Carry out reforms, develop skills of your youth(other than IT related), build physical infrastructure, focus on domestic manufacturing and then open up your economy for a healthy competition.
Without these reforms, RCEP would result in Indian economy being owned by the Japanese, Koreans and the Chinese. Forget being a superpower or a ‘Great power’, India would end up looking like a client state, where our regional politicians would become puppets of major foreign corporations, pretty much like East India company in the 18th century.