Trump’s tariff tangle leaves India in a twist
The US Supreme Court struck down Trump’s tariff regime, upending the trade understanding India had negotiated. With a temporary 15 per cent tariff now in place, New Delhi has room […]
Muivah’s return: A leader’s swan song
At 91, the Naga veteran comes home to warmth but little movement. His long fight for sovereignty is now a memory more than a mission.
Can ‘next-gen reforms’ fix the economy without touching the big stuff?
Modi’s new push might streamline GST and ease rules, but land and labour remain off the table. Growth, yes. Transformation? Not just yet.
How India hedged its bets on Iran, and lost
India’s seizure of Iranian tankers, timed to coincide with a US trade deal, suggests a consequential drift away from strategic autonomy, and that drift carries real risks.
Fuelling a new equation
As sanctions make Russian oil a legal, financial liability, India is forced to rebalance energy ties and turn crude politics into tariff negotiation.
Beijing’s new club
Dhaka’s hesitant participation in the cosy trilateral chat with Pakistan and China shows that the neighbourhood game is not over.