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Iran war is squeezing the global economy-and exposing new ironies

New Delhi, March 14 -- The headlines this week were again dominated by the Iran war, which has now entered its second week. It is difficult to ignore, given the scale of its potential impact on the gl... Read More


Operation Epic Fury sparks a high-stakes balancing act in India

New Delhi, March 7 -- This week the focus is on the widening war in West Asia, which matters to us as there are 9-10 million Indian expatriates in the region. It's now day 7 of Operation Epic Fury, l... Read More


US Supreme Court's end to Trump's tariff tantrum boosts India's hand

New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- US President Donald Trump has suffered his biggest legal setback yet in his second term, just ahead of the US mid-term polls scheduled later in 2026. The US Supreme Court on 20 ... Read More


Mint Explainer | Bangladesh's political transition and what it means for India

New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Bangladesh will have a new prime minister on Tuesday, with Tarique Rahman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) set to take the oath in Dhaka. Senior foreign representatives ... Read More


A new government in Dhaka, a new equation for India

New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- This week's biggest headline is the elections in Bangladesh, which have brought the centre-right Bangladesh National Party (BNP) to power. The scale of the victory is striking: 2... Read More


Mint Explainer: Will the latest round of US-Iran talks succeed?

New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- As Iran and the United States return to the negotiating table over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, the geopolitical stakes have shifted. While Iran enters these discussions, which be... Read More


India-US trade deal brings relief-with strings attached

New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- India has struck another trade deal-this week with the US. Call it a deal with President Donald Trump if you like, but the bottom line is this: In the space of a fortnight, New De... Read More


Trump tantrums push Europe to look east

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- Negotiations for "the mother of all deals", which has been almost 20 years in the making, finally concluded this week. In EU President Ursula von der Leyen's own words: "We are ... Read More


Mint Explainer | Will India join Trump's board of peace?

New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- Last week, US President Donald Trump launched the board of peace (BoP) to oversee interim governance and rebuilding of Gaza. European countries like the UK and France declined to... Read More


Davos, Trump, and the fragile future of multilateralism

New Delhi, Jan. 24 -- The air in Davos this year was thick with trepidation. It wasn't just anxiety about the global economy that weighed on those gathered at the World Economic Forum. Looming larger... Read More