Acc to SIPRI data, value of arms exports to Pakistan and India from various countries between 2018-2023:
China 🇵🇰 5464 🇮🇳 0
Russia 🇵🇰 209 🇮🇳 6213
Ukraine 🇵🇰48 🇮🇳 71
USA 🇵🇰40 🇮🇳 1807

Acc to SIPRI data, value of arms exports to Pakistan from various countries between 2018-2023:
China = 5464
Russia = 209
Ukraine = 48
USA = 40

NSA Shri Ajit Doval is participating at the XII International Meeting of High Ranking Officials Responsible for Security Matters in St Petersburg on 24 April.

Today, Quad countries’ export credit agencies signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC), following through on a commitment made at the 2023 Quad Leaders’ Summit.

'Through the lens of the White Australia policy in the early 1900s, the image of white Australians & Indians working side-by-side would have seemed unlikely, but at Gallipoli those racist assumptions were challenged'

(16,000 from India fought; 1,600 died)
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2…

🤔 there is no federal inheritance tax in the US.

Does he mean estate tax, which ranges between 18-40% after a certain amount?

My talk at the Camden Conference in February on:

'India's Global Aspirations, and Where China & the US Fit In'
youtube.com/watch?v=u3LXIt…

'While India’s electric vehicle (EV) policy is is widely expected to attract global players into this sector, including Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc., Chinese companies may not be able to enjoy the concessions under the policy.'
moneycontrol.com/news/business/…

NBC News Exclusive: “We are increasingly concerned [about] the potential for some kind of coordinated attack here in the homeland, which may be not that different from what you saw against the concert hall in Russia a few weeks ago from ISIS-K”, FBI Director Wray says.

STORY:

Not the first time Biden has featured in BJP campaign material, but he now appears twice in the party manifesto (US Congress & Macron also feature).

Lot more emphasis in 2024 on foreign pol/status -- tho even in 2014 campaign this element was 1 of 4 highlighted on Modi's site.

ByteDance will likely spend a lot of $$ on lawyers, but for those in US thinking about life w/o TikTok:

'US is agonizing over the possibility of a ban, but India did it at a stroke. Indians adjusted quickly, and Instagram and YouTube built big audiences.'
nytimes.com/2024/03/22/bus…

Xinhua noted 'Themed 'Seas of Shared Future,' the four-day meeting has had over 180 navy representatives from 29 countries, including Australia, Cambodia, Chile, France, and India.'

US, UK, Japan, ROK also attending. Philippines apparently not.

With Senate passage (79-18) after the House (311-112 re Ukraine, 366-58 re Israel; 385-34 re Taiwan; 360-58 re TikTok), Congress passes bill that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan...
...and gives ByteDance 270 days to divest from TikTok or the app will be banned in the US

Also includes ban on TikTok if 🇨🇳 ByteDance doesn't divest.

(4 years ago, India banned TikTok and several other Chinese apps)

TASS also saying 'Putin and Aliyev are discussing the implementation of joint regional projects, incl the North-South international transport corridor, connecting Russia with Iran and India via Azerbaijan'

But Aliyev simultaneously warning India? 🤔
tass.com/pressreview/17…

'German police arrested the aide of a top European lawmaker working for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party over accusations he spied for China....'Jian G. is an employee of a Chinese secret service,' the German public prosecutor said in a statement Tuesday morning'

My talk at the Camden Conference in February on:

'India's Global Aspirations, and Where China & the US Fit In'
youtube.com/watch?v=u3LXIt…

TASS: 'Azerbaijan cannot simply stand by and watch as France, India, and Greece arm Armenia against it, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said...

'If we see a serious threat to us, we will have to take serious measures,' he warned.'

🤔
tass.com/world/1779473

Patrushev & Chen 'discussed strengthening ties between the 🇷🇺🇨🇳 special services & law enforcement agencies...

Iran’s NSC chief...is due to hold talks with Patrushev, as well as with representatives of Brazil, South Africa, China, India & Iraq' bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Keep seeing 'China gets all good press.' This would be news to Beijing, which constantly complains about western media reporting on Xi, Xinjiang, Chinese economy, COVID origins, Hong Kong, Taiwan, SCS etc...