Africa is estimated to have an abundance of rare earths but lacks exploration and extraction capabilities. German capital and green tech know-how augmented by an Indian-African workforce could be the key driver for Africa to replace China as the world‘s source of rare earths over the next decade. It would provide employment avenues for India‘s young population both at the skilled and semi-skilled levels, remittances from a new geography will come into play, and the opportunities for trade and commerce would grow. Africa would benefit as its own youth bulge would become productive
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India, China must resolve identity perceptions that lead to mistrust â ex-foreign secy Gokhale
At a virtual event hosted by Carnegie India, Vijay Gokhale said Beijing exhibited a certain deafness to India s policies and could not anticipate its reactions.
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New Delhi: India and China must resolve the gap in âidentity perceptionsâ as it leads to mistrust, distrust and misperception, said former foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale at a virtual event Thursday.
Speaking on his latest paper on Sino-India ties, published Wednesday, Gokhale expanded on the gap ‘identity perceptions’ and said that Beijing has not placed India as an important country, exhibiting a certain “deafness” towards India’s foreign policy ambitions and sensitivities.