S. Jaishankar, who retired from the IFS last year, is known to be close to PM Modi, and hand-held him through the early days of his government in Delhi.
There is continued optimism that arresting economic slowdown & nursing financial sector back to health will be immediate priorities of Modi’s new govt.
'Dal Raisina' is a culinary invention of Rashtrapati Bhavan’s former chef Machindra Kasture and prepared with ingredients such as urad dal, rajma & kasuri methi.
Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
Whatever the formal designations and protocol, there are two very different facets to the NSA’s role. One sees the rest of the world as a huge threat, the other as an immense opportunity. With some oversimplification, one belongs to someone with a background in intelligence , the other to a professional diplomat. Given how much power and influence have aggregated to the post in recent years, there is enough work for two outstanding professionals to share the responsibility. A lot more meat needs to be put on the bone of India’s economic engagement with the rest of the world. Foreign trade, investment flows, both portfolio and conventional FDI. India should once again sparkle in the eyes of the world.
Whatever the formal designations and protocol, there are two very different facets to the NSA’s role. One sees the rest of the world as a huge threat, the other as an immense opportunity. With some oversimplification, one belongs to someone with a background in intelligence , the other to a professional diplomat. Given how much power and influence have aggregated to the post in recent years, there is enough work for two outstanding professionals to share the responsibility. A lot more meat needs to be put on the bone of India’s economic engagement with the rest of the world. Foreign trade, investment flows, both portfolio and conventional FDI. India should once again sparkle in the eyes of the world.