India's energy profile has changed significantly over the past decade. Crude imports from Russia, increased purchases from the United States, Brazil, Angola and other suppliers, together with expanding strategic petroleum reserves, have reduced dependence on any single source. India's energy vulnerability has not disappeared, but it has become more diversified.
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.
A leading Indina think tank has claimed that China has been steadily increasing its influence within the United Nations using a combination of increased funding, strategically placing its key officials and selecting the most influential agencies and bodies to lead
A controversy erupted in Sri Lanka over the alleged differential pricing of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines that the Sri Lankan government has been procuring from China, with authorities facing the allegation of signing the deal at a relatively higher price
Sri Lanka has officially told a state enterprise of China investing in the island nation’s language policy in the Colombo Port City following controversy over a name board, a minister said
A Chinese national hacked and injured two Bangladeshi youths working on the Dhaka-Mawa railway project in Keraniganj near capital Dhaka
There seems to be no end to the Sino-Indian border standoff as Beijing is trying to equip its Western high-altitude plateau regions with new weapons systems, said reports quoting Chinese Communist Party-run media
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) fits perfectly with “Pakistan’s geo-economic paradigm that is now the vision of the government”, a top official said
China has so far donated around 1.8 million Sinopharm vaccines to Nepal, and the latter is now looking for a commercial agreement to seek more vaccines
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority Chairman Lt Gen (retd.) Asim Saleem Bajwa has termed an export-oriented textile factory, established by a Chinese investor in the country’s most fashionable city Lahore, as a role model for new special economic zones
Bangladesh will purchase 15 million vaccines from China at $10 per dose rate, reported Daily Star. As per the plan, 5 million doses will be supplied to Dhaka every month from June to August
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has called for forging energies to jointly build a closer China-Pakistan community of shared future in the emerging era, adding that the ties between the two countries have transformed into an ‘All-weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership’ after seven decades
China will provide one million Covid vaccines to Nepal under grant assistance, Chinese ambassador to Kathmandu Hou Yanki announced after Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari had a telephonic conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping
Pakistani singer Ali Zafar has released a short music video in collaboration with Chinese singer Xiang Minqi to commemorate 70 years of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations
Ever since the Rajapaksa brothers came to power in Sri Lanka, China has steadily been increasing its footprints in the island nation
Sri Lanka has awarded a contract to build an important expressway in its capital Colombo to a Chinese firm, China Harbor Engineering Cooperation, the same firm which is set to build the controversial Port City Colombo
Sri Lanka will buy 14 million Sinpharm vaccines from China as the government aims to fast-track vaccines drive in the country amid worsening Covid-19 situation, reported Colombopage
