Hindustan Times
There is a certain delicious irony in the news that India is forecast to become the world’s largest exporter of beef in 2012. Sacred Cows Sold to Nonbelievers to Broil. Unfortunately, this isn’t quite true. Read more
(6 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 11:00 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Africa, Bangladesh, Beef, China, foreign hand, frozen buffalo, hindustantimes, India, Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Southeast Asia, United States Department of Agriculture, USDA, West Asia
As the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty is heading for its final week of discussions, India is trying to leverage its position as one of the world’s largest weapons importer to craft an agreement to its liking. Read more
(5 votes, average: 3.6 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, July 20, 2012 at 2:27 am
Filed under India, World · Tagged arms brokers, ATT, China, domestic arms industry, European Union, foreign hand, HINDUSTAN Times, Lashkar-e-Taiba, news, NGO, Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, terrorism, UN, United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, United States
The World Investment Report for this year has been released by UNCTAD. I am always a little wary of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) figures. Indian figures, for example, only count FDI by Indian companies that require foreign exchange released by the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India. But if an Indian firm like Tata Motors raises money in the city of London and uses it to invest in Mozambique, this won’t register in Indian books. Read more
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, July 13, 2012 at 7:10 am
Filed under India, World · Tagged Eurozone, FDI, foreign hand, HINDUSTAN Times, news, Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Reserve Bank of India, Tata Motors, UNCTAD, World Investment Report
One of the most popular theories of the past decade has been “peak oil.” Namely, that the world’s supply of cheap oil was running out and, eventually, oil supplies themselves would start to run down. Read more
(17 votes, average: 2.35 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, July 6, 2012 at 12:52 am
Filed under India, World · Tagged Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi, Arab oil, barrel oil, Colin Campbell, foreign hand, HINDUSTAN Times, inflation, news, Oil prices, peak oil, Plateau Oil, Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Riyadh, shale oil
