India and China have made "some progress" in disengagement, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday, describing it as a "welcome" move which opens up the possibility that other steps could happen.
India should plan its strategies on the assumption that the rightward swing will stay and the West will retreat into an economic fortress, says Nitin Desai.
The United States cherished its relationship with India and both countries should use globalisation as a tool to bring lasting peace and stability in the Indian subcontinent and across the world, former US deputy secretary of state for South Asia, St
Attacking developed nations for sharp rise in barriers, including labour movement, India has made it clear that globalisation will be on its own terms as it has now acquired a "pro-rich" flavour.
'The government is making more reservations for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. That, I believe, will ruin Indian industries,' says Professor Baldev Nayar.
Jay Shah will take over as the next chairman of the ICC in December after he emerged as the sole nominee for the high-profile job
'The impact of CBDC on deposits and deposit insurance is largely unknown.'
'If the period between 1991 and 2014 was about laying the foundations and building the runway, the period from 2014 to 2024 has been about the aircraft taking off.'
India has asked the developed countries to implement their part of obligations under the World Trade Organisation, reduce agriculture subsidy and make their market accessible to developing countries.
"It finally takes two hands to clap and China too must have the belief in a workable relationship," he said when asked whether the two Asian giants can have a working relationship.
In FY23, Indian operations accounted for 41.6 per cent of the consolidated revenue of India's top five multinationals, up from 34 per cent in FY18 and 33.2 per cent and 34.2 per cent in FY21.
Substantial gains can still be made with good policies and initiatives.
Jaishankar emphasised that the stability of the Middle East region was essential because about one crore Indian citizens live there and said, "a large part of our shipping passes through this region and also, oil comes from there."
The external affairs minister also recalled how Pandit Nehru was hesitant in taking assistance from the United States following the 1962 war with China as he was unsure how it would be seen.
U R Ananthamurthy on the importance of keeping alive our regional languages.
Gourav Vallabh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday hours after he quit the Congress, saying he can neither raise anti-Sanatan slogans nor abuse "wealth creators" day in and day out and was joining the ruling party due to his support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's agenda of "Viksit Bharat".
Global funds, according to Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, are now beginning to pay more attention to India with the market now offering 30 companies with a market capitalisation over $25 billion.
Two corporate heads, Vikram Pandit and Mukesh Ambani, on Friday predicted great things about India's growth story. Particularly, the recent stress on inclusive growth.
'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from now.' 'For instance, how can we deal with climate change and global warming, right now?' 'The effects of it may not be felt now; in fact, we may pay a price for it today, but it will help the generations to follow.'
The report said that only 29 per cent of the Indian youth have ever heard about globalisation while 66 per cent of them still consider alcohol as taboo. About 48 per cent said they have strong faith in the democratic values while 27 per cent were indifferent to these issues.
Nevertheless, the idea of a global regime to regulate global capital is an outlandish thought
'it's not just youth in India who are left behind because of their inability to find jobs; nearly two-thirds of Indian women of working ages do not participate at all in the paid labour force.'
'A very large part of this would have come from opium.'
Small industrial centers like Tirupur, Namakkal and Sivakasi have succeeded because of hard work and a successful cluster policy, says S Gurumurthy, convener, Swadeshi Jagran Manch.
China claims nearly all of the disputed South China Sea, though Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all claim parts of it. Beijing has built artificial islands and military installations in the South China Sea. Beijing is also involved in a maritime dispute with Japan over the East China Sea.
'Success is in the hands of the audience. I learn from what they like or dislike, and take the next step further.'
Jaishankar said India should be confident enough to "leverage" the international system to create the "best possible outcome".
Warning against social consequences of increasing phenomenon of jobless growth in developing nations, India has said partnerships between governments and private sector can explore means of corporate social responsibility as an instrument for achieving productive employment and decent work for all.
India is keen to strengthen its partnership with Russia on Arctic subjects and there is immense scope for cooperation in the field of energy as well, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
India must integrate more with East Asia by getting into regional trade arrangements, lower its tariff walls, and improve the quality of its workforce, suggests T N Ninan.
Driven by the winds of globalisation, people are moving towards a global culture which is emerging as a threat to local cultural symbols and identities, even as social media, television and pop culture glamorise a particular way of life that the people are sadly "blindly aping", Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Friday.
'To the believers of crypto regulations, I have only one question to ask, how will you regulate it?'
Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Friday said truth has become a "victim" in the age of false news and with the spread of social media, something which is said as a seed germinates into virtually a whole theory that can never be tested on the anvil of rational science.
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