Can the money raised from auctioning this land not be used for the military’s benefit? Back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest that up to Rs 25,000 crore can be raised from this effort. This is a healthy corpus, which could be invested in secure financial instruments, if possible.
India’s utilisation ratio of its current FTA with ASEAN is just about 6%. In contrast, ASEAN countries have a 36.3% utilisation. Also, unlike with Japan and Korea, the investment component is also not quite large.
What could possibly have changed in four months? BJP ought to have swept these two states with near two-thirds majority going by the outcome of the general elections. Clearly, voters are distinguishing between assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
India has moved decisively from a P2 (US and China) mindset to a P5+2 approach to position itself as a power.
It was in the second week of October 1962 that the chill first set in the bilateral ties with the first skirmish, resulting in deaths on both sides.
NSCS enumerated right after NITI at number 50 in the first schedule of the AOB rules.
The Taliban peace deal, in which Pakistan was playing an important role, has suffered a setback for now.
The role and influence of the Indian-American community is a known big positive for India.
A single event cannot mean much. But it gives a backdrop to a diplomatic conversation searching for some wins.
The truth is, from political devolution to human rights, it is guilty of doing far more and worse than what it accuses India of doing.
Two varying statements from the US — one seemingly promising, the other comparatively punishing —along with a delayed, but stiff Indian retaliation to the US announcing higher tariffs on Indian steel and aluminium last year,...
The battle for 2019 is underway. And it’s not happening in the far reaches of election-bound states like Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, but in the corridors of power in New Delhi. Three key fights...
RSS sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat’s call to the government to pass a law or promulgate an ordinance to build a Ram mandir in Ayodhya is a clear message of intent. But, politically, it’s still a fair...
The imposition of Governor’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir can never be an ideal outcome of any political process, especially since the strategic endeavour of the Indian State has been to strengthen and deepen democracy...
Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be judged by history as the prime minister who orchestrated India’s strategic shift to the US. Foreign policy practitioners prefer to call it ‘rebalancing’. But the fact is that he made...
An all-India exam for judges will lead to an objective benchmark
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