'Politics now trumps economics, have to hedge against all odds'

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER S Jaishankar on Saturday said politics increasingly trumps economics in the present era, and in an “uncertain world”, it is important that “we continuously diversify supply sources to guarantee national needs”.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jaishankar was addressing a gathering after being conferred an Honorary Doctorate by IIM-Calcutta at its campus. He also said India has been actively pursuing self-reliance and making itself a manufacturing base for industries.