By Raji Unnikrishnan
BILATERAL trade between India and Bahrain grew by almost 10 per cent this year, signalling a modest recovery of economic ties amid the countries celebrating 50 years of friendship.
Trade exchange currently stands at $1.075 billion compared with $980 million last year (2019-2020), a figure which reflected a dip amidst the pandemic from the $1.28bn the previous year (2018-19).
Almost 75pc of Indians who left the country amidst the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) returned to Bahrain, beckoning the trust of the diaspora on the kingdom’s resilience.
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