Negotiations between India and Philippines regarding BrahMos had been going on for years, but hit a roadblock in 2020, with Manila citing budgetary limitations caused by Covid.
Sara Duterte, 43, and Ferdinand Marcos Jr, 64, have entered the race for Philippines vice-president and president, respectively. Elections will be held next year.
During a televised address, Rodrigo Duterte said people who refuse to get Covid shots can also face imprisonment or will be injected with Ivermectin, an anti-parasite drug.
Matters of defence and foreign policy are important, but the new government must address widespread discontent in the country. This begins with investing in the rural sector.
Bibek Debroy, chairman of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, also suggested that analysing inequality at the state level might provide a clearer picture of inequality, as a national estimate could be misleading.
Pictures had emerged of Chinese soldiers carrying rifles and iron rods with machete-like heads in the vicinity of India’s forward locations on the southern bank of Pangong Tso in 2020.
Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.
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