Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as the US President this week. The members of his foreign policy & national security team have been drawn from diverse backgrounds.
Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro, outgoing Ambassador of Indonesia to India, says ‘more needs to be done’ when it comes to business and economic ties between both the countries.
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar also said that Indo-Pacific isn't a forecast for tomorrow but yesterday's reality and stated as being central to India's exports and imports.
Not even a Biden administration can ignore China’s efforts to pressure US allies, let alone more direct efforts to counter American influence in the region.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Asia was perceived as a US bid to bolster Indo-Pacific cooperation and and thereby arrest Beijing’s influence in the region.
In the third edition of talks, both sides are expected to discuss the situation in the Indo-Pacific region as well as in India's neighbourhood besides key bilateral issues.
During the visit on 6-7 October, Jaishankar will also be meeting his US, Australian & Japanese counterparts — Mike Pompeo, Marise Payne and Motegi Toshimitsu — separately.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
If we do not want IAS officers – who run India – to run PSUs, the simple, elegant solution would be for the government to stop owning / managing enterprises. What competence does the government system possess to run a steel mill that exceeds Mr Ratan Tata’s. One would not wade into the generalist vs specialist debate, for that has been done to death. If anything, there are too many engineers, now even a few doctors, in the services. The idea of lateral entry is not worth a packet of potato crisps. 2. If there is a growing sense of inadequacy, a recognition that things are not glittering, nor does transforming India and its governance seem like the walk in the park it did on the campaign trail, the reasons lie elsewhere.
If we do not want IAS officers – who run India – to run PSUs, the simple, elegant solution would be for the government to stop owning / managing enterprises. What competence does the government system possess to run a steel mill that exceeds Mr Ratan Tata’s. One would not wade into the generalist vs specialist debate, for that has been done to death. If anything, there are too many engineers, now even a few doctors, in the services. The idea of lateral entry is not worth a packet of potato crisps. 2. If there is a growing sense of inadequacy, a recognition that things are not glittering, nor does transforming India and its governance seem like the walk in the park it did on the campaign trail, the reasons lie elsewhere.