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https://www.southasiainvestor.com/2023/05/pakistans-large-and-growing-civil.html Pakistan's nuclear weapons program gets a lot of global attention. But the country also has a large and growing civil nuclear program which has added over 3,500 MW of low-carbon electricity to the national grid...

Its (Apple's)iPhone price far exceeds the $269 Indian smartphone average. By Peter Cohen https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2023/04/25/apples-46-revenue-pop-in-india-wont-reverse-tech-giants-shrinking-top-line/?sh=1e3894e83039 Apple’s iPhone prices in India remain between 1.2 and six...

Unemployment in India https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/27/economy/india-economic-miracle-issues-youth-intl-hnk-dst High #Unemployment in #India: While people under the age of 25 account for more than 40% of India’s population, almost half of them – 45.8% – were unemployed as of December 2022...

India: What the smartphone market tells us about its economy - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65491090 According to research firm the International Data Corporation (IDC), 31m smartphones were shipped in India during the first three months of this year. That was 16% lower than in...

#Indian official empties #dam to retrieve lost #phone. It took 3 days to pump millions of litres of #water out of the dam, after Rajesh Vishwas dropped the device while taking a selfie. By the time it was found, the phone was too water-logged to work...

#G20Kashmir: Houseboats, adorned with #G20 logo, seen behind ranks of armed #police posted around #Kashmir’s Dal Lake. #Kasmiri: “if they are so confident, then they should have opened the gates of the [G-20 center] for locals to be part of the event"...

https://www.southasiainvestor.com/2023/05/g20-kashmir-meeting-modis-pr-ploy.html Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign to show normalcy in the Indian occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir has backfired. Three member countries of the G20 boycotted the tourism event in Srinagar. The rest of...

In the first 11 months of the 2022-23 financial year, Indian imports from Russia were worth nearly $41.5 billion (€38 billion), while exports amounted to just $2.8 billion, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry...

Gold Price in Indian Rupee is at a current level of 165970.1 per troy ounce, up from 165491.9 the previous market day and up from 142229.0 one year ago. This is a change of 0.29% from the previous market day and 16.69% from one year ago...

I think it has more to do with unbalanced diet. The issue of rising incidence of diabetes is now creating awareness about eating habits. https://www.riazhaq.com/2022/06/economic-survey-pakistanis-consuming.html Pakistanis are eating more and healthier foods, according to the Economic...

https://www.southasiainvestor.com/2023/05/india-russia-trade-is-indian-rupee.html What good is a currency in global trade if it can not be used to buy products and services from other nations that a country needs? The answer to this question came when Russia said it has accumulated billions of...

When #Manipur was burning #Indian tv focused on turmoil in #Pakistan. It showed those visuals because it could secure them #from #Pakistani media that was actively covering #ImranKhan’s arrest. But Indian media had no cameras on ground In Manipur...

https://www.southasiainvestor.com/2023/05/pakistan-now-darkest-before-dawn.html Pakistan is experiencing one of the darkest periods of its history. Political instability is eroding confidence in the nation's future. Declining economic growth and high inflation are hurting the people of all...

Energy and Infrastructure investments are long term investments. You don't see returns on them in the short term. Most CPEC projects are still ongoing. But areas where the projects have at least partially completed are already transforming people's lives...

You are repeating western propaganda against China. Here are the facts: https://www.southasiainvestor.com/2017/07/cpec-financing-is-pakistan-being-ripped.html Is China ripping off its all-weather friend Pakistan by charging high interest rates on loans and exorbitant guaranteed returns on...

It seems you don't understand how infrastructure is financed in most developing countries, including your native India. Most of India's and Pakistan's debt is multilateral, not bilateral. India is the world's biggest debtor to the World Bank and ADB...

Between 2008 and 2021, China spent $240 billion bailing out 22 countries that are “almost exclusively” debtors in Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road infrastructure project, including Argentina, Pakistan, Kenya and Turkey, according to the study published Tuesday by researchers from the World...

#China's Role Growing in #SouthAsia Region as Foreign Minister Qin Gang heads to #Pakistan with #Afghanistan talks high on agenda. China also hopes to use the visit to further strengthen ties with Pakistan, one of its most important strategic partners...

Not easy to play such games. India doesn't design/manufacture sophisticated civilian equipment or major weapons systems domestically. "Benefit" comes with dependence. Buying weapons from Russia means dependence on parts from Russia for maintenance. And increasingly, sophisticated components...

#India's ties with #Russia remain steady. But #Moscow's tighter embrace of #China makes it wary. It appears “this (#Delhi-Moscow) relationship is going down from being a very high-value strategic partnership to a transactional one" #Modi #US #Ukraine https://cnb.cx/3NxQLX7 India’s relationship...