Podcast: US-India trade woes and Shereen Bhan on Modi’s economic agenda
This week on Grand Tamasha, Milan Vaishnav sits down with Richard (Rick) Rossow to discuss the recent trade fallout between the United States and India.
UPDATED ON JUN 19, 2020 01:58 PM IST
This week on Grand Tamasha, Milan Vaishnav (Director of the South Asia programme at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) sits down with Richard (Rick) Rossow who holds the Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, to discuss the recent trade fallout between the United States and India.
Rick and Milan discuss the recent trade fallout and whether we are at the beginning of an ugly trade war.
With years of experience in the private sector as well as in the think tank world, Rick follows India’s trade and investment scenario more closely than almost anyone else on the planet.
Rick and his colleagues have also been tracking the Modi government’s economic reforms through a unique reforms scorecard, and Rick tells us about what we can expect from Modi 2.0 based on the experience of Modi 1.0.
Then, Milan sits down with Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor of CNBC-TV18 to discuss everything from India’s contested GDP numbers to private sector sentiment. Shereen also discusses the Modi government’s reform agenda, the road ahead for the Goods and Services Tax (GST), and questions around India’s trade policy. Shereen has a front-row seat when it comes to Indian economic news.
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By Alice Yhoshü | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Kohima
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 07:48 AM IST
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By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
UPDATED ON FEB 25, 2021 07:42 AM IST
A new version of the Co-WIN app will be launched soon where the option of self-registration will be there. Common service centres may also open windows to register people for 2nd phase vaccination.
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By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 06:55 AM IST
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RSS worker stabbed to death in Kerala during SDPI rally
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shankhyaneel Sarkar, Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON FEB 25, 2021 07:54 AM IST
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By Vinod Sharma
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 06:52 AM IST
"The foremost requirement in the role I played was to be a strong Opposition voice on matters that impacted the people, especially the poor, the farmers, and the working class. They (the treasury benches) would insult us by pointing to our numerical weakness," Kharge said
Citing poor infra, SC seeks legislative impact study on consumer law
By Utkarsh Anand, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 06:46 AM IST
A Supreme Court bench, headed by justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, directed the government to place the said study before the court to indicate if social, economic and institutional impacts were taken into account prior to replacing the 1986 consumer protection law with the 2019 law.
Assam declared ‘disturbed area’ for six months
By Utpal Parashar, Guwahati
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 06:33 AM IST
The fresh order is an extension of a similar move on August 28 last year, when the state was declared a ‘Disturbed Area’ for six months. There is no official comment yet on the reason behind the extension.
Punjab ‘shamelessly’ backing Mukhtar Ansari: UP govt in Supreme Court
By Abraham Thomas, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 25, 2021 06:13 AM IST
When the apex court took up the petition by the UP government seeking Ansari’s transfer out of Punjab, an adjournment request was made by senior advocate Dushyant Dave appearing for the Punjab government.
Hyderabad teen who made ‘false’ rape bid claim dies by suicide: Police
By Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 05:56 AM IST
A case of suspicious death has been registered and an investigation is on. Family members told police that it was her second attempt to kill herself in the past 24 hours, according to a police official who did not want to be named.
Long way to go for full LAC de-escalation: Army chief General Naravane
By Rahul Singh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 25, 2021 06:28 AM IST
Naravane’s comments came four days after Indian and Chinese generals held talks in eastern Ladakh and agreed to resolve outstanding issues at friction points on the LAC in a “steady and orderly” manner and were unanimous that last week’s Pangong Tso disengagement provided “a good basis” for resolving pending problems.
No extra chance for taking UPSC exam: Supreme Court
By Abraham Thomas
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 05:43 AM IST
In a February 5 hearing, the government offered candidates who have exhausted their chances an extra one, as a concession, but the court advised it against this, although it said the government is free to exercise its discretion in addressing the grievances of the petitioners.
Paid shots from March 1 as India expands Covid-19 vaccine drive
UPDATED ON FEB 25, 2021 06:20 AM IST
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Govt rules for online media to include takedown power
By Deeksha Bhardwaj
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 05:05 AM IST
Digital media, as defined in a document that lays out the government’s framework to regulate online content, will cover digitised content that can be transmitted over the internet or computer networks.
‘Patron of terror’: India hits out at Pakistan at United Nations
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 04:48 AM IST
India’s “right of reply” to the Pakistani minister’s speech was delivered by Seema Pujani, second secretary in the permanent mission to the UN. She described Pakistan’s continued misuse of various platforms for “baseless and malicious propaganda against India is not new”.
