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TopicMilitary spending

Topic: military spending

Global defence spending rose to $2.46 trillion in 2024 amid security challenges, shows IISS report

Smruti Deshpande -
Data published by International Institute of Strategic Studies shows US, China and Russia were the top 3 countries with the largest defence budgets.

‘Flying rivers’ causing floods in India & Modi has to ‘spend more’ to build military — global media

Shivani Mago -
Reports also discuss Indian diaspora's 'distrust' of Donald Trump, Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tokyo, and Maldives-India ties.

India 4th highest military spender, China at $296 billion second only to US, says SIPRI report

Smruti Deshpande -
America spent a whopping $916 bn, accounting for 37 percent of the total global expenditure. Russia, India & Saudi Arabia occupy next three spots.

Losses to Russian military power, 7% rise in China’s defence spending in 2022, finds IISS

Suchet Vir Singh -
Ukraine war increased defence spending across Europe; China's budget has affected its neighbours, finds Military Balance

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Opinion

Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Sauvik Chakraverti -
Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

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Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

Economy

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

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With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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