Raghav Bahl

Southern Asia

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My 'Uncertain' Journey Through an Unsettled America

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Raghav Bahl

5 hours agoUkraine drones attack on Moscow forces airport closure, Russia saysA Ukrainian drone attack targeting Moscow forced the closure of two of the key airports serving the capital, Russian authorities said early on Sunday. …10 hours agoTSA Just Banned This Card at Airport Security and Millions of Travelers Have ItWhile some people are confused, others are amused.
My 'Uncertain' Journey Through an Unsettled America

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Raghav Bahl

NowA highly visible missile base on Okinawa is part of a Japanese defense buildup made amid fears of Beijing’s growing power and questions about U.S. commitment. The ship-slaying missiles of the Japanese army’s Seventh Regiment are mounted aboard dark green trucks that are easy to move and conceal, but …
My Personal American Diary Through Sixty Years of India-Pakistan Wars

4 weeks ago | thequint.com | Raghav Bahl

As a five-year-old, I got what America did in an India-Pakistan war. As a 65-year-old, I'm still scratching my head!September 1965. I was nearly five years old, my sister a domineering two years older.Our father, a young IAS officer, was Deputy Secretary in the central government. We were staying at the D-II flats in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. One morning, our mother came into the kids’ room with reams of thick black chart paper and bottles of sticking gum.
My Personal American Diary Through Sixty Years of India-Pakistan Wars

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Raghav Bahl

3 days agoBeyond The Haze Of War: Unpacking The Indo-Pak Air Superiority Claims – OpEdThe recent four-day escalation between Pakistan and India, though brief, has ignited a fierce debate, not just about the conflict itself, but about …2 days agoBIG trouble for China, Pakistan as India, US, Russia, to dominate the skies with F-35 and…India is mulling to procure its first fleet of 5th-generation fighter jets, and is weighing its options to acquire either the US-made F-35A, or the …
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Accord Revives India’s Dollar Bond-Let it Fly Now!

1 month ago | thequint.com | Raghav Bahl

President Trump has given us a second chance to succeed with our sovereign dollar bonds, writes Raghav Bahl. July 2019, in America: US President Donald Trump, in his first term, let fly a tweet at China, Europe, and the dollar: “China and Europe playing big currency manipulation game and pumping money into their system in order to compete with USA.
Has Trump Gifted America’s “Exorbitant Privilege” to Europe?

1 month ago | thequint.com | Raghav Bahl

Digital Yuan Will Stun, Not Conquer So, will Digital Yuan sweep the world? I think the euphoria needs to be tempered. While it’s a sophisticated technical product, it falters on the soft features. Simply put, it’s completely under the Chinese government’s surveillance. It’s euphemistically called “controlled anonymity”. Expectedly, the entire data set of large transactions can be accessed by the state, ostensibly to catch fraud or tax evasion or money laundering or suspicious social behaviour.
Has Trump Gifted America’s ‘Exorbitant Privilege’ to Europe?

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Raghav Bahl

1 day agoFRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank hopes to have all the political decisions in place by early next year to issue a digital euro and would then need two to three years to launch the currency, ECB board member Piero Cipollone said on Thursday. The ECB has been working on a digital version …
India’s Mysterious & Confounding Stock Markets: Will Pahalgam War Ignite 'The Rally'?

1 month ago | thequint.com | Raghav Bahl

Straight From a Star Fund Manager’s MouthAt Pessimism Peak in March, I was advised to sell mid-caps and move into large-caps. I was about to press the button when an alarmed fund manager—perhaps the best in the trade, whose portfolio returns have consistently stayed above 20 percent per annum over a decade—called and beseeched me to stay put. “Why?”, I asked. Star Fund Manager: The market leap after Modi’s victory was sheer euphoria. Those bubble-like valuations had to blow up.
Pahalgam and After: How India, China, and Pakistan Will Stage Their Next Moves

2 months ago | thequint.com | Raghav Bahl

A Morning of Raw ExchangesI had an especially evocative exchange this morning on my college eco-batchmates’ group. I will share the messages as they popped up, rat-a-tat, to keep it raw and real. Remember these WhatsApp posts are put out instinctively and on-the-trot, without deep research or enquiry. They spring from the writer’s knowledge gathered over decades, rather than via any specific validation. It’s instinctive and therefore, forceful.
Trump’s EO 14178: Killing the Global Digital Dollar, Softly!

2 months ago | thequint.com | Raghav Bahl

The real intent behind and impact of this crazy ban on Digital Dollars is utterly unfathomable, writes Raghav Bahl. Quiz Question: List, in descending order of importance, the five key things or people or regulations that President Donald Trump has outlawed in his tumultuous second term?