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.
In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhvacharya.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.
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.