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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicChina economy

Topic: China economy

Western sanctions hurting China’s semiconductor goals. Xi must raise the stakes or give up

Advanced chips are often described as the oil of the future. The sanctions by US, Netherlands, and Japan condemn China to be a second-rate power.

China’s uncertain politics will force foreign firms to seek alternate production hubs

Xi Jinping is most likely to juggle complex issues like delivering relative economic growth without compromising on ‘core interests’ throughout 2023.

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Lord Meghnad Desai belonged to no camp—and, somehow, to every camp at once

Meghnad Desai founded LSE’s Centre for the Study of Global Governance and its Development Studies programme, and had earlier co-created the Human Development Index.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.