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Friday, October 31, 2025
TopicBelt and Road Initiative

Topic: Belt and Road Initiative

Counter to BRI? Why India-US’ thrust on Blue Dot Network will make China see red

Indian and foreign media may have missed it but the US-India joint statement will most certainly be scrutinised closely by Beijing for anti-China content.

Jaishankar says US wants Pakistan to end terrorism, but Trump has his own plans

What Trump says and what he does are two different things. There are strong reasons to believe that US’ Indo-Pacific strategy stops at the India-Pakistan border.

Trump’s trade war gives new life to China’s Belt and Road programme

As world trade growth plunges, infrastructure spending is the only way left to lift emerging economies. And China is offering the money.

Most countries don’t know how much they owe China — and it’s a lot

With loans totalling over $700 billion, a new study has found that over half of China’s lending to developing countries is ‘hidden’.

Austrian crisis deepens as far-right ministers resign en masse amid sting video scandal

India, Japan & Sri Lanka to jointly build Port of Colombo, and new study claims global sea level set to rise by over 2 metres by end of this century.

The world shouldn’t help save China’s Belt & Road

It isn’t the responsibility of Western money or private sector to finance China’s attempt at global hegemony.

What Xi Jinping won & lost at his second Belt and Road forum

Xi was more muted on growing presence of Belt & Road in other countries, sought to rehabilitate its image & alluded to trade talks with US.

What China’s Belt and Road Initiative is, and why India gave it a miss again

With India’s absence at Beijing's BRI summit giving rise to speculation, ThePrint explains the massive trade project and the issues that surround it.

China-Pakistan corridor slows down as Beijing stops funding it over corruption allegations

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a crucial part of the Belt and Road Initiative, but differences have emerged over its usefulness and funding.

How China is defending its detention of Muslims to the world while selling the BRI dream

China is worried about an international backlash to its ‘re-education camps’, raising the stakes for Xi Jinping who has directly challenged Western-style democracy.

On Camera

India’s defence acquisition framework is designed to prevent wrongdoing, not deliver outcomes

Vivek Rae committee highlighted the deficiencies that persist even today: Fragmented authority, weak accountability, and the absence of dedicated acquisition cadres.

What the MiG-21 taught me

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

France keen to make Rafale jets in India, boost not just defence but people-to-people ties, says envoy

In a chat with ThePrint newsroom, French Ambassador Thierry Mathou indicated talks are on between French firm Safran & Indian govt for joint design & manufacture of AMCA engine.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.