According to The New York Times, the European Union is contemplating "smart sanctions" against Russian oil imports, as per the statement by Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission's executive vice president. [1] The EU, on the 25th of A...
The Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai has raised concerns about China's economic outlook for the rest of this year. This week's release of first-quarter gross domestic growth data will provide a clearer indication of how policymakers in Beijing...
As India grapples with an ever unsteady energy market, from the Russia-Ukraine war ballooning oil prices and international pressure from the west attempting to stifle the Russian oil market it is becoming more and more urgent to move to in-...
In the two months since the conflict in Ukraine began, Russia has taken various steps to counter the West's economic interests. While it can claim victories, the full impact of the sanctions is starting to be felt. The West imposed various ...
The sanctions on Russia would have an impact on its oil exports. Countries like India and even China has been asked to reduce their imports of Russian Oil. The sanctions regime would have an impact on Russian export income but the countries...
Global oil prices witnessed a surge during the recovery period after COVID-related lockdowns. It rose to nearly 100 USD per barrel as the demand for oil increased. Oil is correctly termed as ‘black gold’ because it is accounted as the most ...
Four weeks have passed since Russia began its military invasion of Ukraine. Over the last few months in 2021, Russia was building up its military presence along the border with Ukraine in an overt response to increasing NATO expansion eastw...
‘Hanging up a sheep’s head but selling dog meat’ The aforementioned is an ancient Chinese saying which evidently highlights the strategic path followed by the Asian Dragon in contemporary world politics. More on the saying later but fi...
A foreign direct investment is a business transaction that involves acquiring a significant stake in a foreign company. It's commonly used to describe a company's plan to expand its operations in a new region. FDI are large investments made...
The outbreak of COVID-19 exposed the over-reliance of Japanese companies upon China's manufacturing capacities. In the midst of a trade war between the US and China, the latter country is facing a huge blowback from its Asian trading partne...
Due to the implementation of comprehensive economic reforms, Vietnam has been able to transform from being one of the world's most impoverished nations to a middle-income economy. From 2002 to 2020, the country's GDP per capita increased by...
The National Crime Records Bureau of India is the nodal agency for collecting and publishing the data related to crimes in the country. The Intelligence and Security agencies of the government keep a close watch on the entire chain of illeg...
