Just short of his ninetieth birthday, the Dalai Lama announced, after years of speculation, that he will have a successor. He mentioned in a pre-recorded video, “I am affirming that the institution of the Dalai Lama will continue.
India's decision to unveil a Rs 1,950 crore incentive programme for civil and military drone manufacturing marks a watershed moment in its defence and technology policy.
In the turbulent landscape of global trade, President Donald Trump’s latest move ~ to dispatch unilateral tariff letters to 12 countries with “take it or leave it” terms ~ signals not strength but desperation masquerading as decisiveness.
The last few years have seen a surge in Government expenditure, or at least promises of such expenditure; denominated in dollars, the National Infrastructure Pipeline promised expenditure of US$ 2408.29 billion (Rs.205 lakh crore) between 2019 and 2025, but nothing has been heard about it for quite some time; even the Pipeline’s website has not been updated since 2022.
In the vast and intricate tapestry of Indian society, public gatherings are an essential and ancient feature. From the spiritual melas on the banks of the Ganga to spirited political rallies, from justice-seeking protest marches to exuberant street celebrations, India conducts much of its public life in the open, surrounded by vast crowds.
India’s services sector has once again demonstrated its central role in the country’s economic dynamism, clocking its fastest growth in 10 months this June.
At a time of political theatrics and economic brinkmanship, the American labour market continues to deliver an understated message: resilience. The June job numbers are a case in point.
A comparison of the two sets of figures published yesterday reveals interesting features. While the USA is ahead of China in Nominal GDP, in terms of PPP, China has already outstripped the USA by a comfortable margin to become the number one economy of the world.
There was a time when travel was all about checking boxes of how many places you could squeeze into an itinerary, or how many pictures you could take in front of famous monuments.
India’s explicit endorsement of the Dalai Lama’s announcement on the naming of his own successor marks a turning point ~ not just in the spiritual saga of Tibetan Buddhism, but in the geopolitics of Asia.
