If the twentieth century was shaped by the Atlantic and the early twenty-first century witnessed the rise of the Pacific, the coming decades may well belong to the Bay of Bengal. The foundations of that future will not be built solely through trade agreements or infrastructure projects. They will emerge from a shared commitment to connectivity, cooperation and civilisational understanding.
West Bengal has the resources, talent, culture, and strategic location necessary to become one of India’s most prosperous states. By combining efficient governance, investment-friendly policies, infrastructure development, education, innovation, trade expansion, tourism growth, environmental sustainability, and social inclusion, the state can achieve rapid economic transformation and substantially raise incomes, employment, and overall quality of life.
India possesses immense talent, entrepreneurial capacity, and a large domestic market, yet it still lacks sufficient depth in high-end manufacturing, research and development, semiconductor ecosystems, advanced engineering, and globally dominant product companies.
One of the most striking features of South Asian trade is how little the region trades internally. Intra-regional trade within South Asia remains among the lowest in the world relative to geographic proximity. Political tensions — especially between India and Pakistan — have prevented the emergence of a deeply integrated regional production system comparable to ASEAN or the European Union. This is a major missed opportunity.
Leaders at the first Quad summit committed Friday to harness India's vaccine manufacturing prowess in what Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a “landmark” partnership to deliver a billion doses to the Indo-Pacific region and beyond as the four-nation group eyes a broader cooperation agenda centred around their common democratic ethos
“The Quad has come of age,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared on Friday at the summit of their leaders to take the group to a next level of enhanced cooperation between the four countries - the US, Australia, Japan and India
The United States has said China should have no role to play in deciding the successor of spiritual leader Dalai Lama
The Indian Air Force plans to raise its second squadron of Rafale fighter jets at Hasimara Air Force base in West Bengal by next month to counter threats from China
Spelling the end of Chinese equipment in Indian telecom networks, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has mandated that from June 15 this year telecom operators will only use "trusted products" in their networks
Japan has sounded an alarm about Chinas regional intent ahead of the May 12 summit of the Quad grouping, which also includes India, Australia and the US, that is likely to take place later this week
Without complete disengagement in Ladakh, China is back as India’s topmost trading partner, writes Lt Gen Prakash Katoch for South Asia Monitor
As President Joe Biden prepares for a summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders of the Quad, the top US commander in the Indo-Pacific region has said that China's aggression has opened India's eyes to the advantages of strategic cooperation with the US and other countries and it will deepen ties with the four-nation group
China is talking peace, partnership and prosperity with India, insisting that it is committed to settling the boundary dispute with New Delhi through dialogue and consultations
China has offered to donate 600,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines to Sri Lanka. However, the Sri Lankan drug regulators are yet to give emergency use approval to the Chinese vaccine, reported Daily Mirror
China has reportedly offered a loan of $500 million and another $600 in a currency swap arrangement to Sri Lanka, reported News 1st. The deal will come into effect within the next few weeks
Around 70 percent of Chinese imports to Nepal, which used to come via the northern border crossings of the country earlier, are now being routed through India via sea due to the frequent border closures
China has refuted reports that Beijing had initiated cyber attacks against India’s power grid resulting in massive power outages
Chinese and Russian-linked hacking campaigns in recent weeks targeted Indian vaccine makers Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech, cyber intelligence and threat discovery platform Cyfirma said on Monday
Pakistan has intensified security in the southwestern Balochistan province in a bid to protect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects in the region
