Geopolitics

China exits Pakistan’s $60 billion CPEC flagship project; Islamabad turns to ADB for funding

China exits Pakistan’s $60 billion economic corridor project; Islamabad turns to ADB for funding

Islamabad’s warming relations with Washington, and India’s growing closeness with China and Russia after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit…

Updated: September 5, 2025 17:57 IST

Why India pays and China escapes additional tariffs in Trump’s Russian oil crackdown? Marco Rubio explains

Last week, President Donald Trump announced an additional 25% tariff on Indian exports, citing New Delhi’s continued imports of Russian…

Updated: August 18, 2025 11:28 IST

After a massive rally, these 2 defence stocks are flashing a potential buy signal

Defence stocks have been quite the story in the Indian market recently. If you’ve even glanced at your portfolio or…

Updated: August 17, 2025 07:11 IST

Sri Lankan MP Harsha de Silva backs India as US slaps 50% tariff on Indian goods

‘Don’t mock India, they saved us’: Sri Lankan MP backs India as US slaps 50% tariff on Indian goods

De Silva, a senior member of Sri Lanka’s Samagi Jana Balawegaya party and former minister for economic reforms, highlighted India’s…

Updated: August 11, 2025 10:05 IST

Trump tariff negotiations: Pakistan lobbyist Keith Schiller (left) India's 'Trump whisperer' Jason Miller (Right).

Battle to influence Trump: India’s Jason Miller vs Pakistan’s Keith Schiller

As Donald Trump reshapes US trade policy, India and Pakistan have turned to trusted Trump insiders to sway Washington. India…

Updated: August 10, 2025 21:25 IST

Trump-Putin Alaska summit on August 15: What to expect from the high-stakes talks? Is India tariff on agenda?

Trump-Putin Meet: Announcing the meeting on Truth Social, Trump called it “highly anticipated” and promised more details in the coming…

Updated: August 9, 2025 07:46 IST

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RBI stays upbeat but Morgan Stanley sees 2025 growth losing steam, says US tariff to further weigh on outlook

Morgan Stanley projected India’s growth to slow to 5.9% in the December 2025 quarter, diverging from the RBI’s more optimistic…

August 6, 2025 17:14 IST

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Zelenskyy says he had ‘fruitful’ phone call on air defence systems with Trump, US Prez says, ‘Ukraine would need Patriot missiles’

Trump also voiced frustration over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s failure to end the fighting.

July 6, 2025 15:46 IST

Though widely recognised today as a gift from France to the United States commemorating their alliance during the American and French revolutions, Lady Liberty's original conception was quite different.

Why MAGA supporters are sharing burqa-clad Statue of Liberty image after Zohran Mamdani’s win

Mamdani’s progressive platform, focused on addressing affordability in one of the world’s most expensive cities resonated with voters, earning him…

June 25, 2025 23:11 IST

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RBI bulletin: India’s economic resilience shines despite global headwinds – Here are 5 key takeaways

India’s economy remains resilient despite global volatility, according to the RBI’s latest bulletin. Key indicators point to strong growth momentum,…

Updated: June 25, 2025 18:05 IST

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Trump warns ‘everyone’ to keep oil prices down amid rising tensions with Iran: ‘I am watching…’

In response to US strikes on its nuclear sites, Iran’s parliament greenlit the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a…

June 23, 2025 20:40 IST

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Iran-Israel war: Oil spike driven by fear, not fundamentals – Kotak says ONGC to benefit, OMCs shielded

Rising geopolitical tensions in West Asia have pushed crude oil prices up by 21–25%, but Kotak Institutional Equities says the…

Updated: June 23, 2025 18:51 IST

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Iran-Israel war: 1,000 Indian students to fly back to Delhi as Iran grants India exclusive airspace access for evacuation

The government of India announced Operation Sindhu on Wednesday, following reports of Indian students injured in Iran.

June 20, 2025 17:14 IST

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India a ‘bright spot’ amid global uncertainty, says CEA Nageswaran

India remains a rare “bright spot” in a world facing growing uncertainty, said Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran.

Updated: June 18, 2025 15:20 IST

In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Sachs argued that the U.S. response to emerging global powers is primarily motivated by the desire to maintain economic and geopolitical hegemony.

‘US will want to weaken India when they…’, says Jeffrey Sachs as he discusses US deep state with Tucker Carlson

Sachs explained that the U.S. has consistently sought to undermine any nation that develops the capacity to challenge its global…

June 14, 2025 00:17 IST

File image of a woman interacting with a humanoid robot during an AI developer conference in Wuhan, China. Even as we become more digitally interconnected, geopolitical rivalries remain fierce, often intensified by the very technologies that claim to transcend them. Photo credit: Bloomberg

New-age geopolitics: Unpacking the enduring interplay of geography and technology in the digital age

“GeoTechnoGraphy” by Samir Saran and Anirban Sarma challenges the notion that technology has ended geography, arguing instead that the digital…

Updated: May 26, 2025 13:39 IST

Trump to scrap Biden-era plan to limit sale of Americans’ personal data, Internet says,” Republicans are hurting US”

The Trump administration has taken aggressive steps to dismantle the CFPB, initially proposing to shut it down completely. It later…

Updated: May 15, 2025 16:23 IST

fter Biden released a letter on July 8 reaffirming his intent to stay in the race, Clooney considered writing an op-ed urging him to step aside.

‘Joe Biden failed to recognise George Clooney’, new book reveals, he felt ‘shaken…’

In the weeks following the fundraiser, after Biden released a letter on July 8 reaffirming his intent to stay in…

May 14, 2025 16:45 IST

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US Fed Chair Powell avoids discussing economy ahead of key fed meeting

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US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell kept things simple on Monday when he spoke at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Before anything else, he told the audience exactly what he would not be talking about.

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