The royals have been in a similar position before. In the early 1990s, the disintegration of Charles's marriage to late Princess Diana, was played out in the full glare of the media.
Britain’s longest reigning monarch, who died Thursday, had visited India thrice in 1961, 1983 & 1997, with the last trip even causing friction between her & then UK PM Tony Blair.
The coronation ceremony of the new king will take some time; Britain will observe national mourning till a day after the Queen’s funeral on 19 September.
Following Princess Diana's lead and playing cricket in a salwar kameez is fine, but the Duke and Duchess have to do much more to compete with YouTube content creators.
Driving an electric vehicle for months, the Hyundai IONIQ5, BMW iX and now the Kia Carens Clavis electric, has convinced me of the viability of EVs for city and mid-range commutes.
With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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