Dr. Prabhash Ranjan Deeper economic integration of SAARC nations will help sustain the growth rate and ensure a free flow of goods, services and capital. The recently concluded SAARC Finance Ministers’ conference in Islamabad was in the news in India, not so much for the issues discussed but for the fact that Finance Minister Arun …
New Delhi: A group art exhibition of Sri Lankan contemporary art titled Portraits of Resistance was inaugurated at the Main Art Gallery in India International Centre, New Delhi. Presented by the Department of Sociology, South Asian University, the exhibition is organised in collaboration with India International Centre, Society and Culture in South Asia, India-Sri Lanka …
India’s approach to biltateral investment treaties is very difficult to reconcile with the current government’s efforts to woo foreign investment either as part of ‘Make in India’ or ‘Digital India’ BY PRABHASH RANJAN Recently, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), in a dispute between Devas multimedia’s Mauritian investors and India, concluded that India violated the …
New Delhi: South Asian University conducted its maiden convocation at Vigyan Bhawan here. The occasion was presided over by Mr. Kamal Thapa, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister of Nepal while General VK Singh, the Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India was the Chief Guest. A total of 652 students were …
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Prabhash Ranjan & Jay Manoj Sanklecha In a rather curious Budget proposal which has gone unnoticed, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley mooted the idea of a Centre-State investment agreement to be signed between the Centre and various State governments to ensure effective implementation of BITs or bilateral investment treaties. BITs protect investments made by an …
Dr. Mallika Shakya Most anniversaries are benign rites of passage but few evoke intense grief and nostalgia. Commemorating last year’s tragedy on April 25, when a devastating earthquake killed over 8,000 people in Kathmandu and the surrounding hills of Nepal, is one such occasion. The mounds of rubble from the ancient Durbar Square of Kathmandu …