Indian farmers launch nationwide strike
Industry in Punjab, already reeling under the disruption of coronavirus lockdowns, has been doubly hit as train services remain suspended by the protests. This protest has lasted for a long time and has begun eating up the economy of the state, Badish Jindal, president of Punjab s federation of small businesses, told DW.
Making a bad economic situation worse
Last week, India s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India, predicted India s economy will contract by 9.5% in the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2021.
In the April-June quarter of 2020, when the lockdown was in full force, India s economy contracted by nearly a quarter, which is the worst-ever decline since India started compiling GDP statistics on a quarterly basis in 1996.
Jobs revival halts, employment declines again in November
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Employment, unemployment fall together in November; 50 lakh workers vanish from job market
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Former envoy to US Arun Singh is Expert at Explained tomorrow
Arun Singh, India’s Ambassador in Washington DC through 2015-16 and before that as the Deputy Chief of Mission from October 2008 to April 2013, saw the workings of the Obama Administration closely. December 11, 2020 1:53:10 am
Arun Singh
Joe Biden will enter the White House as President of the United States next month at the end of Donald Trump’s tumultuous four-year administration.
How did the India-US bilateral relationship fare between 2016 and 2020?
The two countries grew closer as strategic partners in the Indo-Pacific and elsewhere, but could not find much common ground on trade, immigration, and climate change policy.