Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
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.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
Thanks to explosive population growth, the gaps between planning and implementation will always stay. Unless India starts planning at the basic family unit level, none of India’s cities can stay sustainable.
When we first went to Poona in 1968, the high ceilinged Parsi owned bungalow had no provision for ceiling fans. We don’t need them, our landlady proudly said, So we had to get by with table fans. Air conditioning that house would have used up all of father’s salary. Bishop’s School for me, St Mary’s for my sisters were almost walking distance. Poona’s high growth phase had started, there were a lot of industrial units in Pimpri – Chinchwad. I have always felt with with better vision and planning, Poona could have developed into the IT hub that Bangalore became.
Thanks to explosive population growth, the gaps between planning and implementation will always stay. Unless India starts planning at the basic family unit level, none of India’s cities can stay sustainable.
When we first went to Poona in 1968, the high ceilinged Parsi owned bungalow had no provision for ceiling fans. We don’t need them, our landlady proudly said, So we had to get by with table fans. Air conditioning that house would have used up all of father’s salary. Bishop’s School for me, St Mary’s for my sisters were almost walking distance. Poona’s high growth phase had started, there were a lot of industrial units in Pimpri – Chinchwad. I have always felt with with better vision and planning, Poona could have developed into the IT hub that Bangalore became.