V.S. Seshadri - Volume I, Issue 2

DPG is deeply committed to the growth of India’s national power and purpose, the security and prosperity of the people of India and India’s contributions to the global public good. [...] These included the blocking of 232 China-linked apps and the announcement by the Geological Survey of India about a preliminary discovery of major lithium reserves in Jammu and Kashmir. [...] India-EU to establish three working groups under the India-EU TTC India and the European Union announced on February 6, 2023 the establishment of three Working Groups under the India-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC), and their Terms of Reference. [...] At the same time, their article also goes on to argue that in view of various recent developments including the structural competition between the US and China, the EU too is looking at the weaponising of interdependence that is taking place and expanding its toolbox to tackle economic distortions and security disruptions to supply chains and strategic technologies from China, but not only China. [...] Lithium reserves found in Jammu and Kashmir The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has established the presence of ‘inferred sources’ of 5.9 mn tonnes of lithium in the Salal Haimana area of Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir5.