Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeals to postpone gold purchases, avoid foreign travel and conserve fuel do not signal an imminent crisis. They do expose the constraint: India must earn or conserve the dollars needed for essential imports.
This is the lowest it has dropped since March 2022, as softer services demand, geopolitical risks and inflation concerns weigh on India’s economic activity.
Visits by newly elected leaders in neighbouring countries to New Delhi are seen as a reiteration of a stable regional future. This seems to be changing now.
Former IPS officer Anju Gupta was in conversation with former IB director Rajeev Jain at the launch of her book, ‘Glocal Terror’, at the India International Centre in New Delhi.
On 21 September 1959, PM Jawaharlal Nehru delivered an address at a public function organised by the Indo-Iranian Association in Tehran during his four-day visit to the country.
The participation of middle powers in platforms such as the G20, ASEAN, AUKUS dialogues, and regional security forums positions them as brokers between competing interests.
BJP followers are dismissive of Rahul. For them, he’s an object of derision. But Modi has always held the opposite view. He sees Rahul, and the Gandhis, as the only potential threat.
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