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Bridging Oceans, Building Regions: India-New Zealand FTA and Potential of South Asian Integration

New Delhi, May 13 -- On April 27, 2026, India and New Zealand signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA), marking a major transformation in their bilateral economic relationship. Concluded within a ... Read More


Homage to an Iconic Ray Film Whose Popularity Spans Generations and Cultures

New Delhi, May 13 -- In spite of being one of the hottest months of the year, May often brings many reasons to celebrate, with music, lyrics and stories paying homage to several literary and cultural ... Read More


Strait of Hormuz: More than a Regional Flashpoint; Prolonged Instability Could Ripple Across Continents

New Delhi, May 12 -- For decades, the Strait of Hormuz functioned as one of the world's most critical free waterways, a narrow but vital maritime corridor through which oil, gas, trade, and global com... Read More


Trump-Xi Reset Could Leave India Strategically Exposed

New Delhi, May 12 -- When United States President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14 and 15, the world will parse every signal on tariffs, Taiwan and trade. In New De... Read More


A New Era in India-ADB Relations: Will Play a Defining Role in Shaping Asia's Economic Future

New Delhi, May 12 -- The evolving partnership between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and India has, by 2026, become one of the most strategically significant development collaborations in the Indo-P... Read More


How India's Monetary Policy Shapes Nepal's Economy: Nepal Needs Greater Monetary Flexibility

New Delhi, May 11 -- Nepal officially adopted the current exchange rate peg of NPR 1.6 per INR in 1993, with implementation beginning in 1994, an era when the internet was still a novelty and Nepal's ... Read More


Renewing Ties with Bangladesh: An Agenda for the new Indian High Commissioner

New Delhi, May 11 -- India-Bangladesh relations suffered a serious setback during the unconstitutional Interim Government of Md Yunus after Sheikh Hasina's ouster from power and exile to India in Augu... Read More


Two Visits and Strategic Signalling: Sri Lanka at Focal Point of Indian Ocean diplomacy

New Delhi, May 10 -- In a single week, Sri Lanka has hosted two strategically important leaders from the region, President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives and Vietnamese President To Lam, signaling tha... Read More


Dying Rivers, Disappearing Species: Zoological Cost of Pollution in Pakistan and India

New Delhi, May 10 -- Rivers have always shaped the political and economic foundations of South Asia, but contemporary debates surrounding the Indus and Ganges systems remain narrowly centred on water ... Read More


Climate Migration: The Next Global Humanitarian Crisis?

New Delhi, May 9 -- Human beings have always migrated from one place to another. Sometimes for jobs. Sometimes for safety. Sometimes for a better life. But today a new and ever more urgent reason is d... Read More