Maldives, which has traditionally had close ties to India, is pivoting towards China President Mohamed Muizzu was elected in Oct on a promise to end the country’s pro-India stance.
While bank credit looks healthy, there are signs of stress. Pvt investments show green shoots but merchandise exports are contracting. Foreign investors continue to find India attractive.
According to Chinese customs data, Beijing's overall bilateral goods trade with Moscow stood at $73.15 bn in January-April period this year — a 41% increase from same period in 2022.
Merchandise trade rose to $9.12 billion in April-November 2022 from $6.44 billion in the same period in 2021. But this time, it was driven by imports from Turkey.
As many as 15,000 human genome samples were collected from five states in India and sent to the US for the mega genomics project by Global Gene Corp and American pharma giant Regeneron.
There was huge shortage of shipping grade containers during pandemic. This resulted in shipping lines increasing container freight rates, which hit India’s export import supply chain.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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