Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said that the BRI initiative does not involve territorial and maritime disputes unlike what India has understood of it.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the informal summit between President Jinping and PM Modi in Wuhan last year has opened up new prospects for the bilateral ties.
RJD’s candidates from EBCs have declined from 13.13 per cent to 11.19 per cent. This could be because the party saw the lowest strike rate among EBC candidates in the 2020 Bihar Assembly polls.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
At a future date, when there is more trust between the two sides, the issue could be reconsidered. India’s concerns on the status of PoK could be suitably addressed by way of formal protocols / caveats to the documentation. Equally important are concerns India has raised about the viability of projects, debt servicing becoming burdensome, etc. China has first hand experience of some of these fears coming true, with Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Maldives. CPEC itself at the moment rests at $ 20 billion, one third of the initial planning, because Pakistan’s fragile economy cannot handle so much high cholesterol. Other things being equal, China would find many more viable projects to finance and execute in India than in Pakistan.
At a future date, when there is more trust between the two sides, the issue could be reconsidered. India’s concerns on the status of PoK could be suitably addressed by way of formal protocols / caveats to the documentation. Equally important are concerns India has raised about the viability of projects, debt servicing becoming burdensome, etc. China has first hand experience of some of these fears coming true, with Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Maldives. CPEC itself at the moment rests at $ 20 billion, one third of the initial planning, because Pakistan’s fragile economy cannot handle so much high cholesterol. Other things being equal, China would find many more viable projects to finance and execute in India than in Pakistan.