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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
TopicHenley Passport Index

Topic: Henley Passport Index

Japan to Afghanistan—World’s passports ranked. It also shows ever-growing wealth disparity

Ukraine and Russia have held roughly the same position on paper since the invasion began in 2022. Ukraine climbed 24 places in the passport index in the last 10 years.

147 countries ahead of India in global passport strength rankings, steep fall from 2014

The Henley Passport Index ranks many countries at a single spot, so though India's rank is joint 84th, 147 countries are actually ahead of it.

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What Trump-Harris result could mean for India in key areas, from geopolitics to trade & immigration

India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.