In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.
New Delhi activates cross-border Friendship Pipeline to rush 5,000 metric tonnes of high-speed diesel to northern Bangladesh in a measure to ease Dhaka's fuel crunch.
Within weeks of Tarique Rahman assuming power, a top military official from Dhaka held talks in Delhi with R&AW chief & India’s Director General of Military Intelligence.
India and Bangladesh should remain alert and remember that Turkey’s increasing role in Dhaka’s defence capabilities goes against India’s security and strategic interests.
Khalilur's inclusion in 50-member Cabinet, led by Tarique Rahman, represents a striking turnaround as BNP sought his resignation last year over comments on Tarique’s citizenship.
India–Bangladesh ties have historically witnessed strain during BNP. As Tarique Rahman prepares to take charge, will past patterns persist or give way to new diplomatic script?
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.
President Trump is the best thing to have happened to the USA.
And Trump is spot on in his assessment of India as a gross violator of international trade norms. We are amongst the most protectionist nations in the world. Our deep insecurities about competing with the world, all the while boasting of being the Vishwaguru, has resulted in the creation of a tariff barrier so high that every nation feels cheated when doing business with us.
Trump was patient during his first term. he repeatedly requested India to bring down tariffs across sectors. India played the usual game of biding time till his presidency was over. This time around, he knows how to dal with India. Carrots did not do the job, hence the stick.
We need to ask ourselves – who benefits from such tariffs?
Not the common man or the middle class. It’s the Indian business elite – the Ambanis, Adanis, Jindals, Birlas, Tatas, etc. – who benefit from such high tariffs. Unfortunately, this elite business class controls the Modi government as far as economic decision making is concerned.
President Trump is the best thing to have happened to the USA.
And Trump is spot on in his assessment of India as a gross violator of international trade norms. We are amongst the most protectionist nations in the world. Our deep insecurities about competing with the world, all the while boasting of being the Vishwaguru, has resulted in the creation of a tariff barrier so high that every nation feels cheated when doing business with us.
Trump was patient during his first term. he repeatedly requested India to bring down tariffs across sectors. India played the usual game of biding time till his presidency was over. This time around, he knows how to dal with India. Carrots did not do the job, hence the stick.
We need to ask ourselves – who benefits from such tariffs?
Not the common man or the middle class. It’s the Indian business elite – the Ambanis, Adanis, Jindals, Birlas, Tatas, etc. – who benefit from such high tariffs. Unfortunately, this elite business class controls the Modi government as far as economic decision making is concerned.