Modi govt needs to own its globally disruptive policies taken in India's interest. The suddenness of export bans hurt India's friends and go against its vishwa guru ambitions.
As the African Continental Free Trade Area begins operations, with its rich natural resources and growing consumer demand, the continent will transform its economic fortunes.
From G7 communique, to Indo-US joint statement, leaders have been talking about making supply chains more resilient. ThePrint explains what the concern is all about.
IPEF is a grouping of 14 countries that together make up more than 40 per cent of global GDP. Proposed agreement aims to make supply chains more resilient, efficient, and transparent.
Gulf States’ refusal to side with the West and ramp up oil production is less about Russia and more about a fundamental tenet of pursuing national interest.
India can’t break free of global supply chains & will stay import-dependent for energy, weapons parts. Selective integration may work better by creating mutual interdependence.
In his 3rd address to World Economic Forum, Chinese President Xi Jinping said 'we need to resolve various risks and promote the steady recovery of the world economy'.
The impact of Covid pandemic has been profoundly disproportionate across different segments of populations and disrupted the development roadmap for South Asian economies.
By helping relocate production that doesn’t make sense for it to places like Taiwan, Vietnam, and India, US can move to secure its allegiance through job creation and investment.
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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