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.
Amid a sharp surge in nationwide tally of COVID-19 patients, China has reassured Pakistan of full support in the fight against the coronavirus while praising the country’s top civil and military leaders for standing with the Chinese people in their hour of need
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China has begun diverting Beijing-bound international flights amid an increase in imported coronavirus cases in the capital city
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the country's bilateral trade with China will not stop amid the coronavirus pandemic
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China and Pakistan have reaffirmed to further strengthen their “All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership” aimed at building a community of shared future in the new era
Experts at a conference in Kolkata discussed ties between India and China and how the two powerful Asian neighbours could work on finding ways to end their strained ties, find a modus vivendi, and mutually benefit from trade and investment
The Chinese media continued its scrutiny of the contentious citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India and its nationwide protests
China has strongly rejected an Indian allegation that a detained Karachi-bound Chinese merchant vessel carried cargo that breached non-proliferation and export control restrictions, Dawn reported
Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, has written back to a group of students from a girls school in Sri Lanka, expressing her appreciation for their support for China’s fight against the COVID-19 epidemic and encouraging them to make contributions to carrying forward China-Sri Lanka friendship, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Twenty-three more Bangladeshi nationals have been evacuated from China’s Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak
Chinese President Xi Jinping has appreciated the support of Bangladesh government towards the East Asian country when the country is in a battle against the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
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