India, April 14 -- Financial markets are rattled, old alliances are strained, and a new economic order is emerging from the turbulence. For India, it's both a warning and an opening

In the world of economics and global finance, leaders are expected to act like chess grandmasters - calculating moves, predicting ripple effects, and maintaining balance. However, U.S. President Donald Trump has never played by the conventional rulebook. Instead, he behaves more like a quark - an unpredictable, elementary particle that defies classical physics - shaking the very structure of global trade. His recent tariff decisions, especially the 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs and the astonishing rise of Chinese levies to 125 per cent, have sent shockwa...