Mumbai is the world’s 2nd most congested city, making it lose its sheen as India’s financial capital. State govt’s plans to expand it have gone nowhere.
Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.
Comparison with NCR is inaccurate and misguided, formal NCR includes large rural districts of Haryana, UP and Rajasthan which are not the part of Delhi’s urban agglomeration. Better comparison would be with the Delhi Metropolitan area that includes Delhi and it’s satellites like Noida Gurgaon etc. There one would find that Delhi comparatively has more population percentage in its metro area vis-a-vis Mumbai in its metro area
Comparison with NCR is inaccurate and misguided, formal NCR includes large rural districts of Haryana, UP and Rajasthan which are not the part of Delhi’s urban agglomeration. Better comparison would be with the Delhi Metropolitan area that includes Delhi and it’s satellites like Noida Gurgaon etc. There one would find that Delhi comparatively has more population percentage in its metro area vis-a-vis Mumbai in its metro area