Ahead of assembly polls in Rajasthan, MP, Telangana & Chhattisgarh, analysis of metrics like committed expenditures, additional spending, etc, reveals their fiscal strengths & weaknesses.
Manufacturing sector a major disappointment as it contracted 1.1% in Q3. Services such as tourism, transport & communications saw strong growth in this quarter.
India is too close to Israel for Iran’s trust, yet still blindsided. It risks losing assets like Chabahar port and export markets, while key partners don’t factor in its concerns.
IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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