From issuing 'veiled threat' to India's lawyer to use of intemperate language, Pakistan has tried several ways to build case against India in Kulbhushan Jadhav hearing.
At the start of the Kulbhushan Jadhav hearing at the ICJ, Indian diplomats folded their hands in the traditional ‘namaskar’ when approached for a handshake.
Ex-solicitor general Harish Salve representing India at ICJ in the 4-day trial said that Jadhav's purported confession clearly appeared to be 'coerced'.
Horizon 2047 signed during Modi's visit to France in July 2023 and the defence industrial roadmap during Macron’s visit to India in January 2024 guide the strategic bonhomie between the two countries.
In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.
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.
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