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    Will Modi’s charm melt Trump?

    2023-05-11T11:06:30+00:00June 16th, 2017|2017/2018, June 2017, Last Word, Year|

    The Indian PM’s visit to Washington will be crucial to determine how much the US President is in a mood to listen. The Indian political leadership has, since Independence, rooted for a multi-polar world. Now, with Donald Trump’s US voluntarily pulling back from its role as world’s peace keeper of last resort, India is close to being granted its 70-year-old wish. But, in keeping with the old Indian proverb that more troubles are caused by wishes that are granted than [...]

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      Four countries in six days: Prime Minister Modi makes a European connect

      2020-03-16T09:01:10+00:00June 16th, 2017|2017/2018, Hot Spot, June 2017, Year|

      The Indian Prime Minister was on a packed tour of Germany, Spain, Russia and France in May/June and has returned with a slew of agreements and promising pacts for the future. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Berlin at the start of his European tour, the term used to describe the visit was the opening of a “new chapter” in the bilateral relations between India and Germany. The PM set off for his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at her [...]

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        India-Israel: Close allies in keeping peace and order

        2018-05-31T06:16:31+00:00June 16th, 2017|2017/2018, Cover Story, June 2017, Year|

        Politically and strategically, Israel is India’s most trusted ally in West Asia, writes a political senior columnist. Twenty-five years ago, in 1992, India and Israel formally established full diplomatic relations and exchanged ambassadors. In 2003, Ariel Sharon, Israel’s prime minister at the time, travelled to India, becoming the first head of government from Tel Aviv to do so. This month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will become the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel. This will be a historic moment [...]

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          The sun will continue to shine

          2018-08-02T10:48:49+00:00June 15th, 2017|2017/2018, June 2017, The Americas, Year|

          The US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord will not have much impact on the fight against global warming as India and others take the lead in embracing renewable energy. Just as US President Donald Trump’s repudiation of the Trans Pacific Partnership provided Chinese President Xi Jinping the opportunity to present himself as the prime defender of the globalised trading order, the US walkout of the Paris Climate Pact has presented Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the rare chance of [...]

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            The craze for that foreign degree

            2018-08-02T10:48:44+00:00June 15th, 2017|2017/2018, June 2017, Sector Focus/Education, Year|

            The love for foreign education among upwardly mobile Indians is not new, but with the economy prospering and domestic education not keeping pace with aspirations, it has turned into a near obsession. Every year, more than 250,000 students venture out of India in search of better education in universities in the US, Europe, South East Asia and Australia. These numbers makes India the country with the highest student mobility in tertiary education after China. It should not necessarily come as [...]

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              Time ripe for closer India-GCC ties

              2018-06-08T13:24:28+00:00June 15th, 2017|2017/2018, Emerging Markets, June 2017, Year|

              India has historically had close economic ties with the Arabian Peninsula, especially the Gulf region along its eastern shores, writes a banking expert. The first historically recorded maritime trade route in the world was, in fact, between the Indus Valley civilisation and the civilisation of Dilmun, which was located on the island of Bahrain and the adjacent shore of Saudi Arabia. Goods, including cotton and spices, were acquired by merchants from Dilmun. Through most of history, goods flowed from India [...]

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                India’s clean energy dynamics after Trump’s Paris exit steady for now

                2020-03-12T08:25:43+00:00June 15th, 2017|2017/2018, June 2017, The Americas, Year|

                US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Accord may be a chance for India to shine, writes an energy expert.

                Trump’s pullout from the Paris Accord on climate change has brought India to the fore. Two claims are especially puzzling. One, the treaty lets India (and China) not do much till 2030, and that India is looking for developed countries to pay them $2.5 trillion for its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). India’s NDC calculations were taken with their own calculations, and have very little to do with the US (or any other country).

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                  Bonds that go beyond Brexit

                  2018-06-08T11:46:23+00:00June 15th, 2017|2017/2018, India-UK, June 2017, Year|

                  India’s strong economic fundamentals, low inflation and interest rates on a declining trend are ideal for bond investors, writes a financial markets expert. London & Partners, the Mayor of London’s official business development company, has long been focusing on attracting inward investments into London, which is arguably the cultural and business capital of the world. This initiative, which started well before Brexit, sought to reinforce London as the gateway between America and Asia. It could become very important for London [...]

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                    India-Israel: Past tense, future perfect

                    2018-08-02T10:16:51+00:00June 15th, 2017|2017/2018, Cover Story, June 2017, Year|

                    When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Israel in July, not only will he be bringing the otherwise warm relationship between the two countries out of the closet, he will also be marking the 25th anniversary of the establishment of formal and full-fledged diplomatic relations between the two countries. Modi’s visit, the first by an Indian Prime Minister to Israel, also marks the decisive de-hyphening of the relationship with India’s traditional support for the Palestine cause. Modi will not be [...]

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