- 25 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National Securityeconomy
Pakistan, With Head Above The Water : Way The Cookie Crumbles
I am becoming increasingly more confident at answering the inevitable question about Pakistan that is thrown at me in seminars, interviews and interactions on geopolitics. The question revolves around Pakistan’s…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Financial Sanctions – Hastening The US Economic Decline?
With the pivotal role played by the US military-industrial complex in WW II, the US displaced Britain as the dominant global economy and since then the US dollar has been…
By Col Deepak Kumar
A Peace Loving Pakistan Or A Trojan Horse
Two countries of the subcontinent gained independence seventy-five years ago, soon to be mired in bloodbath of partition and struggle to rise from poverty, illiteracy and many issues of social…
By Air Vice Marshal Samir Borade, VSM (Retd)
Pak Cabinet approves ordinance to bypass procedures for emergency sale of state’s assets to foreign countries to prevent default
Islamabad, Jul 23 (PTI) Cash-strapped Pakistan's Cabinet has approved an ordinance to bypass all procedures and abolished regulatory checks for the emergency sale of state’s assets to foreign countries, according…
Eighth India-Armenia IGC Meeting at Yerevan
The 8th session of the India-Armenia Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological, Cultural and Educational Cooperation (IGC) was held in Yerevan on 04 July 2022. Foreign Minister H.E.…
Green Hydrogen Is Critical to India’s Economic Development and Net-Zero Ambitions: NITI Aayog Report
A new report released today by NITI Aayog highlights that green hydrogen can substantially spur industrial decarbonisation and economic growth for India in the coming decades. The report was launched…
Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka to “restrictive default”
Colombo, May 20 (PTI) New York-based ratings agency Fitch has downgraded debt-ridden Sri Lanka’s sovereign rating to “restricted default” after the country defaulted on making international sovereign bond payments at…
New Lanka PM Wickremesinghe wants to privatise SriLankan Airlines as part of steps to revive economy
Colombo, May 16 (PTI) Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said he proposed to privatise the national carrier SriLankan Airlnes as part of his plan to help…
Shanghai targets June COVID lockdown exit as China economy slumps
By Brenda Goh and Kevin Yao SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai set out plans on Monday for the end of a painful COVID-19 lockdown that has lasted more than six weeks, heavily…
Centre working to strengthen defence capabilities, says Rajnath
Mumbai, May 7 (PTI) Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said the Centre has brought defence and economic growth on a single platform and was working to strengthen capabilities. He…
FM meets IMF DMD Gita Gopinath; discusses wide range of issues
New Delhi, Apr 21 (PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday met First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Gita Gopinath, and discussed a range of issues, including…
FM Sitharaman calls for proactive collective efforts towards protecting economies at G20 FMCBG meet in US
Washington, Apr 21 (PTI) Global growth momentum is dampened by prolonged inflation, supply chain disruption, volatility in energy markets and investor uncertainty, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said as she…
