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India’s rise to 4th largest economy: Does GDP growth alone show the whole picture?

3 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Nitika Francis |Vignesh Radhakrishnan

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently projected that India will edge past Japan to become the world’s fourth largest economy in 2025. While this marks a notable milestone, comparisons based solely on absolute Gross Domestic Product (GDP) offer limited insight into the lived realities of people. Absolute GDP figures are useful for understanding the size of an economy, but they do not capture how wealth is distributed, how developed a country is, or how its citizens are faring.
Arms deals: India moves away from Russia; Pakistan from the U.S.

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Nitika Francis |Vignesh Radhakrishnan

While India effectively utilised many of its indigenous defence systems during Operation Sindoor, it also relied on weapons built in collaboration with Israel, such as the SkyStriker drone, and those imported from Russia, such as the Pechora and OSA-AK missiles. Pakistan used Chinese-origin PL-15 missiles and Turkish-origin Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
Arms deals: India moves away from Russia; Pakistan from the U.S.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Nitika Francis |Vignesh Radhakrishnan

3 hours agoTerrorism Without Borders: BLA Joins Global Blacklist – OpEdIn a long-overdue move, the United States Department of State officially designated the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) as a Specially Designated …2 hours agoIran Stresses Collaboration With Pakistan To Ensure Border SecurityIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed the need for enhanced cooperation with Pakistan, particularly in the fight against border insecurity.
Turkey-Azerbaijan boycott: Understanding India’s relations with these nations

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Nitika Francis |Sambavi Parthasarathy |Vignesh Radhakrishnan

Following Turkiye and Azerbaijan’s support for Pakistan after India’s military confrontation in the wake of the Pahalgam massacre, many online travel platforms reported a sharp spike in cancellations of tour bookings to these countries. Many Indian tour operators withdrew offers and promotional packages for trips to Turkiye and Azerbaijan. On social media, calls to “boycott” both countries gained traction.
Turkey-Azerbaijan boycott: Understanding India’s relations with these nations

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Nitika Francis |Sambavi Parthasarathy |Vignesh Radhakrishnan

1 hour agoPhilippines' Marcos asks cabinet secretaries to resign in government resetMANILA - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has asked all cabinet secretaries to submit their resignations, a move his office described on …6 hours agoEntitled woman steals a man’s seat on a plane so he tricks her in the best wayShe refused to move from his seat, but his brilliant revenge left her humbled in front of everyone.
J&K’s economy and tourism in peril after Pahalgam massacre

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Nitika Francis |Vignesh Radhakrishnan

The targeted killings of tourists in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir took place at a time when the region was witnessing a tourism boom. The number of visitors was at a 15-year high and the Union Territory (UT)’s own revenue generation had started showing signs of improvement. The home States of the victims reflected the diversity of tourists that the Valley had began attracting.
J&K’s economy and tourism in peril after Pahalgam massacre

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Nitika Francis |Vignesh Radhakrishnan

General Asim Munir, like many Pakistan Army chiefs before him, is the most powerful man in his country. But he is different from his predecessors in …
U.S. tariffs: China had rerouted exports to stay on top till 2023

2 months ago | thehindu.com | Nitika Francis |Vignesh Radhakrishnan

Trade data shows that despite facing tariff headwinds from the U.S., the world’s largest importer, China, the world’s largest exporter, has managed to increase its overall exports, till at least 2023. A series of tariff escalations by the U.S. on Chinese products from 2018 led to fewer imports by the U.S. from China in the following years. Despite this, China’s share in global exports rose from around 13% in the years before the tariff escalations to 15% in the years following them.
Among Ministries, Home Affairs ‘dropped’ most assurances made in Parliament

2 months ago | thehindu.com | Nitika Francis |Vignesh Radhakrishnan |Srinivasan Ramani

Since 2014, the Ministry of Home Affairs made 421 assurances in the Lok Sabha and 338 assurances in the Rajya Sabha, but ‘dropped’ close to 15% and 12% of them, respectively — the highest such share among all the Ministries on both floors of the House. During the course of a reply or a discussion on the floor of the Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha, if a Ministry gives an undertaking which involves further action on the government’s part in reporting back to the House, it is considered an assurance.
Among Ministries, Home Affairs ‘dropped’ most assurances made in Parliament

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Nitika Francis |Vignesh Radhakrishnan |Srinivasan Ramani

NowWaqf Bill In Parliament Today: NDA, INDIA Showdown Likely In Lok Sabha — READThe Waqf Bill is likely to come before the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, with the two Houses allocated eight hours each for debating the proposed law.