West Asia & North Africa Digest by Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | July 2021
IA) Political Developments: Covid-19 Pandemic Regional Impact of Covid-19: The Pandemic tapers off as vaccinations rise The decline in Covid-19 confirmed cases and the fatalities continued in WANA countries during the month, led by those with high mass vaccination ratios. The growth in confirmed cases declined in the region to 6.48% from 9.5% and 44.1% in […]
Russia Review | July 2021
Overview • Russia’s National Security Strategy looks inward • India & Russia rediscover convergences • As India disavows non-alignment, Russia embraces it• Putin bats for Sputnik Russia’s National Security Strategy looks inward On July 2, the Russian president signed off on the country’s new National Security Strategy (NSS), succeeding NSS 2015. NSS 2021 has apparently been under discussion in the Russian […]
Indian Economy Review by Mr AK Bhattacharya, Editorial Director, Business Standard | July 2021
HIGHLIGHTS • Government finances better with higher tax revenues• Poor disinvestment and slow capex rise cause for concern• Delicensing power distribution part of big legislative agenda• Implementing power distribution reform key to its success• New law to pave the way for general insurance privatisation • […]