New Delhi: Communist China has bought support for itself among the academia, think-tanks, media, trade bodies, tech companies, filmdom, and political parties in India to influence public opinion and destabilise the nation from within, strategic affairs experts have said. They were speaking at an online discussion following the […]
New Delhi: India and Nepal are two nations with one people and for this reason alone, both sides should work on resolving their differences, including the border row, through talks, and work towards a positive transformation in ties, leading experts from both the nations have said. They were […]
By Deepak Sharma New Delhi: Indian parliament’s upper house (Rajya Sabha) on Sep 20 passed two of the three contentious farm bills amidst an uproar by opposition parties’ members and protests by farmers at several places. The two bills – Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, […]
By Deepak Sharma New Delhi: Most Indian business are pinning their hopes on the forthcoming festive season to overcome the challenges posed by the muted demand in the aftermath of the spread of COVID-19, which forced the consumers to cut down spending and the government to implement lock […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: To provide a booster shot to its pandemic-hit economy, India will invest over Rs 110 lakh crore (Rs 110 trillion/$1.5 trillion) in the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) comprising more than 7,000 projects across sectors. Among the major focus areas are the construction of […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Rajiv Prakash Saxena If you have a job; your company is still operating; the company pays you daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly, be […]
By Deepak Sharma New Delhi: The demand for gold in India, the world’s second-largest buyer of the bullion, could fell sharply in 2020 to the lowest level in more than two decades, as the decline in disposable income following the government implemented lock down to check the spread […]
In the United Nations General Assembly session of 2015, China introduced its vision of a world order called “Community with a Shared Future for Mankind”. The vision document contained a lot of high-principled words such as consultation, dialogue, inclusivity, consensus, and cooperation but was vague and ambiguous on […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pitched India as one of the most attractive global investment destination and urged American multinational companies and corporate sector to pump in money into key sectors such as defence, aviation, infrastructure, technology, agriculture and other manufacturing industries. Modi […]
By Deepak Sharma New Delhi: As rains in India gathered pace this month indicating a bountiful Monsoon, farmers across the country, taking advantage of increased soil moisture, have increased the area under plantation. As per the data made available by the Ministry of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare, […]