To reduce its reliance on the US market, India has been expanding its trade diplomacy. After the Gulf Cooperation Council bloc-wide deal stalled, India signed a CEPA with the UAE.
UAE’s Ambassador to India Ahmed Albanna says new grouping that first met in Oct 2021 is ‘an offspring of Abraham Accord’, critical to combat threats to economic growth & stability.
While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.
Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
It would have been nicer if the author had also talked of India’s textile and apparel sector, which is among those hit hardest by the 50% tariff imposed by the United States on Indian goods, effective August 27. The US is the single-largest market for India’s textile and apparel items, with around 28% of these Indian goods being sold in the world’s No. 1 economy. India’s textile and apparel exports to the US in the financial year 2024-25 stood at nearly $11 billion.
It would have been nicer if the author had also talked of India’s textile and apparel sector, which is among those hit hardest by the 50% tariff imposed by the United States on Indian goods, effective August 27. The US is the single-largest market for India’s textile and apparel items, with around 28% of these Indian goods being sold in the world’s No. 1 economy. India’s textile and apparel exports to the US in the financial year 2024-25 stood at nearly $11 billion.