Topic: India
Bengal’s anti-Modi crowd, BJP’s pro-CAA campaign & where is Nirmala Sitharaman?
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.
India, China are opening their energy sectors to foreign investors at the wrong time
The best path to energy security for India and China is to encourage their own renewable energy and electrified transport industries.
Make in India’s identity crisis, beating up ‘Vikas’ and the ‘impossible’ JNU case
The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.
Modi govt plans to further ease FDI rules for insurance, aviation
Finance Ministry has suggested increasing limit on FDI in insurance companies to 74% from 49% and allowing foreign airlines to own Indian carriers.
Don’t want India to degrade its defence capabilities, says US on CAATSA and S-400 deal
Referring to India as a 'major defence partner', a US official said the Trump administration is doing a case-by-case analysis on where CAATSA sanctions will be applied.
In 2020, India & US must collaborate in WTO and beyond to counter China’s trade practices
As Trump admin persists in its disrupter role in WTO, India remains stuck in its ‘old think’, framing every issue as a developed versus developing country one.
Art in the time of CAA-NRC protests: India is seeing a creative renaissance under Modi & Shah
Anti-CAA protests are not in news because of Naseeruddin Shah or Javed Akhtar. They are in news because all Indians have taken to the streets to sing and paint against it.
AAP’s looming threat, Modi and Shah’s T20 game in 2019 & a humorous goodbye to MiG-27
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.
Why Sardar Patel would have opposed NPR, NRC and CAA
Anyone born in India should be considered an Indian citizen. Period.
Bidding adieu to 2019, anti-CAA protesters welcome 2020 & Jagdeep Dhankhar’s Twitter gaffe
The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.
US investors concerned over India’s economic slowdown, social unrest and Modi’s disinterest
Countries like Australia, Britain, China have offices across the world with the sole mission to bring FDI. India doesn’t have a global investment promotion agency.
Has IMF’s Gita Gopinath made India a convenient scapegoat by blaming it for global slowdown?
The IMF has pegged India’s economic growth forecast to 4.8 per cent for 2019-2020, much less than its October 2019 projection of 6.1 per cent.
Defence
Adani out of race for mega Navy submarine deal, Ministry of Defence shortlists 2 firms
Congress had alleged Modi govt was trying to favour Adani Group, though Navy had rejected its bid earlier.
Under Modi-Shah, BJP is back to being the Bharatiya ‘Baniya’ Party
BJP under Modi-Shah is returning to its protectionist, anti-MNC, technophobic old notions, underlining that strong governments can also be more risk-averse.