As South Asia seeks to become one of the principal engines of global growth in the twenty-first century, velocity may emerge as one of the most important indicators of economic vitality. The countries that prosper most will not necessarily be those that create the most money, but those that use it most effectively.
If the twentieth century was shaped by the Atlantic and the early twenty-first century witnessed the rise of the Pacific, the coming decades may well belong to the Bay of Bengal. The foundations of that future will not be built solely through trade agreements or infrastructure projects. They will emerge from a shared commitment to connectivity, cooperation and civilisational understanding.
West Bengal has the resources, talent, culture, and strategic location necessary to become one of India’s most prosperous states. By combining efficient governance, investment-friendly policies, infrastructure development, education, innovation, trade expansion, tourism growth, environmental sustainability, and social inclusion, the state can achieve rapid economic transformation and substantially raise incomes, employment, and overall quality of life.
India possesses immense talent, entrepreneurial capacity, and a large domestic market, yet it still lacks sufficient depth in high-end manufacturing, research and development, semiconductor ecosystems, advanced engineering, and globally dominant product companies.
Amid the India-China border standoff in Ladakh's Galwan Valley where 20 Indian soldiers were killed by Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) including an officer, the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL)has decided to terminate the tender worth Rs 471 crore with the Beijing National Railway Research and Design Institute of Signal and Communication Group Company Limited (BNRRDISC) due to non-performance, sources said on Thursday
Sri Lanka has approved a billion US dollar mixed development tower block project in Colombo Port City, where the sea has been reclaimed by a Chinese company at a cost of 1.7 billion dollars, ministers said. “The Cabinet has approved Sri Lanka’s largest mixed development project,” Cabinet spokesman said
Even as border clashes between India and China escalate geopolitical tensions in the subcontinent, the pro-China government in Nepal seems to be in no mood to budge from its position on redrawing the country's map
Indian and Chinese military talks at Galwan Valley over the violent clash along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh ended in a stalemate on Wednesday
Almost a week after the Chinese firm Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company Ltd (STEC) became the lowest bidder for constructing the 5.6-km New Ashok Nagar-Sahibabad underground tunnel of the 82 km Delhi-Meerut RRTS project, the India's Ministry of Urban Development on Wednesday clarified that the tender is in "process" and "yet to be finalised"
In a stunning disclosure, Pakistan maritime affairs secretary admitted on Wednesday that the original Gwadar Port concession agreement offered only 20-year – not 40-year – tax holiday to port operators and there was no provision for extending the tax concession to sub-contractors
The government of Afghanistan has asked for help from China in the training of medical staff to fight the coronavirus
Around 120 Indian soldiers, almost an entire company, was trapped and encircled by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and followed by savage and deceptive attacks, many to a point of mutilation, on Monday night, informed military sources said
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, in a phone conversation with his Chinese counterpart on Wednesday, asked China to "reassess its actions and take corrective steps" in view of the "unprecedented" violence along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh
The US says it supports peaceful resolution of the stand-off between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh where at least 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese troops have been killed in violent clashes
A day after India lost 20 of its soldiers in the bloodiest border skirmish in 45 years with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Monday night, China said that it has always "maintained sovereignty over the Galwan Valley region"
China on Wednesday continued to send mixed signals with its support for peaceful resolution of the stand-off in Ladakh on the one hand, and laying claim in the Galwan valley on the other
Tibet’s Jhomba County had provided health materials to Mustang. Earlier, Mustang District Disaster Management Committee had sought health materials from the Tibet government to control and contain COVID-19 in the district
India on Tuesday hit out at China for unilaterally attempting to change the status quo along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh, which led to the killings of troops of both the countries in a violent clash on Monday night
Pakistan's Senate panel on finance directed the government on Tuesday to produce Pakistan-China bilateral agreement on Gwadar port after it found the budget proposal to grant up to 40 years tax exemptions to the port city operators “unconstitutional”
