-Business Standard/ NIPFP In the wake of the growing military tension on the India-China border, there have been calls for boycott of Chinese products. These have little impact on strategic reality. Equally, the plea that India cannot afford to do without Chinese imports is not a truism. If bilateral tensions escalate, then there may be a scenario in which India and China cease to trade. How would the Indian economy be hit...
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Mapped: How China has raised its clout in India’s neighbourhood - Nikita Kwatra and Sriharsha Devulapalli
-Livemint.com Over the past decade, China has strengthened its economic and military ties with India’s neighbours in South Asia, which could pose a challenge for India As India battles China, trouble in another part of India’s northern neighbourhood has flared up. Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli has accused India of hatching a conspiracy to topple him for publishing the country’s new map that depicts disputed territories as parts of Nepal. Even as...
More »India Accounts for 45.8 Million of the World's 'Missing Females': UN Report
-PTI/ TheWire.in According to a UN report, India accounts for 45.8 million missing females as of 2020. United Nations: India accounts for 45.8 million of the world’s 142.6 million “missing females” over the past 50 years, a report by the United Nations said on Tuesday, noting that the country along with China forms the majority of such women globally. The State of World Population 2020 report released on Tuesday by the United Nations...
More »UN chief criticises lack of global cooperation on COVID-19
-The Indian Express Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in an interview with The Associated Press that what needs to be done is to make countries understand that by acting in isolation “they are creating the situation that is getting out of control” — and that global coordination is key. The United Nations chief criticised the total lack of international coordination in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and warned that the go-it-alone policy of many...
More »The tale of two economies: What changed in 30 years -Vivek Kaul
-Livemint.com World Bank data shows that India’s per capita income, as of 2019, is about a fifth of China’s. What changed in the last three decades? Mint explores Until 1990, India’s per capita income was higher than that of China. However, data from the World Bank shows that India’s per capita income, as of 2019, is about a fifth of China’s. What changed in the last three decades? Mint explores. What was China’s...
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