Editorial

India’s external debt reached a staggering $736.3 billion by the end of March 2025, up 10% from $668.8 billion a year ago, according to data released...

The global order has entered into an era where multilateral forums are increasingly being used for diplomatic tightrope-walking rather than...

Launching from NASA’s iconic Kennedy Space Centre, the Axiom-4 mission might seem to be just another space odyssey. However, it is a bit different as...

Hours after President Donald Trump triumphantly announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, bombs and air strikes again cascaded the skies over the...

The grim findings of Global Peace Index 2025 have hardly come as a surprise in a world embroiled in multiple conflicts and consequential economic...

The spectre of a global energy shock has returned to haunt the world’s markets, and this time, it arrives with sharper teeth and narrower passageways....

Trade and terrorism are often uneasily yoked together in the geopolitics of South Asia. The recent decision by India to impose a trade ban on imports...

The latest border flare-up between Cambodia and Thailand has grown well beyond a routine diplomatic spat. What began with a short but lethal exchange...

The wholesale inflation rate in India dipped to a 14-month low of 0.39 per cent in May while retail inflation softened to 2.82 per cent—a 75-month...

Air India, once the crown jewel of Indian aviation, finds itself in the throes of an unrelenting operational and reputational crisis. The cancellation...

The ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran has taken their bilateral diplomacy into an abyss. Their economic credentials also stand challenged—a...

In the past couple of days, the war clouds in West Asia—always gloomy—have darkened dangerously. Israel and Iran—two longstanding adversaries— have...