Time to broaden strategic ties

Nitin Pai: Time to broaden strategic ties.

One of India’s principal challenges in east Asia is that New Delhi’s strategy can only be effective if it builds sustainable geoeconomic relationships with countries with whom it shares geopolitical interests.

India often miss the geoeconomic dimension. For instance, in discussions about energy security or arms supplies, it goes unnoticed that we generally buy fuel and weapons from countries that are not among our top trading partners.

New initiative to fight unemployment

A joint youth initiative launched by Al-Ghad Forum and Google at TEDxRiyadh here Sunday aims at finding job opportunities for the unemployed, providing safe housing for every citizen and resident of the Kingdom and developing an environment-friendly behavior among the people.

Princess Nouf bint Faisal bin Turki, president of Al-Ghad Forum, declared her all-out support for the initiative (named Tamayuz), adding that it would promote a number of values such as innovation, positive approach, building hope, self-dependence and the readiness to take responsibility.