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On the face of it, India has little reason for concern over the health of its relationship with Bhutan. The recent visit of Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck to New Delhi saw India continue to extend strong support to the Himalayan kingdom.
Pakistan’s multiple crises are worsening by the day. On the internal security front, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which pulled out of the ceasefire with the government late last year, has escalated attacks on civilians and security forces. The situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces is dire. Meanwhile, relations with the Taliban regime continue to
India has done well to extend concrete support to Sri Lanka’s economic recovery. New Delhi has sent a written financial assurance to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expressing support for Sri Lanka’s loan programme “with financing/debt relief consistent with restoring the island’s public debt sustainability.” With this written support to Sri Lanka, India has become the
The latest global report of Oxfam, a non-government organisation, has presented a bleak picture of widening inequality all over the world, and particularly in India. The report titled “Survival of the Richest: The India Story,” says that the richest 1% of the population in the country now own more than 40% of its total wealth, while the bottom half shares only 3%. Just 21
Talks between Bhutan and China to settle their border dispute seem to be moving forward. At a recent expert group meeting at Kunming in China, officials of the two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on implementing the memorandum of understanding on the Three-Step Roadmap for Expediting the China-Bhutan Boundary Negotiations that they reached in late 2021.