The eastern Chinese province is home to several independent refiners. In the last year, it imported about 1.74 million barrels per day from from Iran, Russia and Venezuela.
Most crew members have been on board far longer than permitted limit of 11 months, but China is refusing permission for their repatriation ‘due to Covid’.
As many as 23 Indians are stuck on the ship, belonging to Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Ltd. Crew members say they are suffering from health issues.
The Modi govt first put all its eggs into the US basket when the unipolar moment was clearly over. It subsequently overcorrected, accommodating an aggressive China.
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.
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.
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