🔗 Links shared from the comments
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Indian rupee slides to all-time low on US visa hike & subdued foreign flows: Visa fee hikes and US tariffs are compounding pressures on the rupee, with concerns about equity flows into India’s IT sector.
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Why the Pakistan–Saudi Arabia defence pact is unsettling India: Riyadh’s commitment to treat aggression against Pakistan as aggression against itself is seen as a direct security challenge to India.
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Doug Macgregor thread on the Saudi–Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defense Pact: Macgregor outlines how Saudi–Pakistani defense ties, backed by China and linked to Iran, could reshape the balance of power in Asia.
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World Bank warns of Pakistan’s failing growth model: The World Bank says Pakistan’s growth model no longer supports poverty reduction, with income gains stalling and poverty at an eight-year high.
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Rail-based Agni Prime missile test-fired: India successfully tested a rail-mounted Agni Prime ICBM, underscoring advances in indigenous missile technology and delivery systems.
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