Mosques in Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad constituency have designated sections for women to pray, a contrast to North Indian mosques where women are typically not allowed inside.
Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
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.
At one level, all international relations are transactional, which is not the same as saying that they are short sighted. It is unrealistic to expect Russia to cold shoulder Pakistan, or not to develop its natural synergies with China, now the senior partner in a bilateral relationship that Russia needs even more due to harsh western sanctions. 2. President Trump’s trade war with China – part of a larger effort to contain and constrict it geop9litically – is not something India should welcome. It is hurting the global economy at a time of economic stress for India as well. Just as the sanctions on Iran have added to India’s import bill. 3. President Putin is now the seniormost leader on the global stage. He understands the logic of better India – US relations, What may have troubled him is the increasingly monochromatic tone of recent Indian foreign policy. The slightly defensive reset to China suggests India too feels the need for some recalibration. It is not about Putin in 2018, just as it was not about Mrs Gandhi in 1977 for the Soviet Union. This is a time tested bilateral relationship that ought not to be neglected.
At one level, all international relations are transactional, which is not the same as saying that they are short sighted. It is unrealistic to expect Russia to cold shoulder Pakistan, or not to develop its natural synergies with China, now the senior partner in a bilateral relationship that Russia needs even more due to harsh western sanctions. 2. President Trump’s trade war with China – part of a larger effort to contain and constrict it geop9litically – is not something India should welcome. It is hurting the global economy at a time of economic stress for India as well. Just as the sanctions on Iran have added to India’s import bill. 3. President Putin is now the seniormost leader on the global stage. He understands the logic of better India – US relations, What may have troubled him is the increasingly monochromatic tone of recent Indian foreign policy. The slightly defensive reset to China suggests India too feels the need for some recalibration. It is not about Putin in 2018, just as it was not about Mrs Gandhi in 1977 for the Soviet Union. This is a time tested bilateral relationship that ought not to be neglected.