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Imperilled Indians
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The death of 13 Indians and the disappearance of three others in the unabating US-Iran conflict should end any illusion that this is merely another distant geopolitical crisis. For India, West Asia is not an abstract theatre of great-power rivalry...
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Pyrrhic Peace
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The uncomfortable conclusion emerging from Donald Trump’s understanding with Iran is that while wars are expensive, failed wars are even more so.
After months of military confrontation, repeated threats of escalation and lofty declarations about reshaping the Middle East, Washington...
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When Barrels and Bullion Fall Out
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As conflict in West Asia continues unabated, India finds itself confronting
the rising cost of economic patriotism
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On 10 May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood before a crowd in Hyderabad and asked Indians to change how they...
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Much Criticism, Little Action
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Amid mounting economic pain, Maharashtra’s Opposition is losing the plot on price rise.
As tensions between the United States and Iran roil energy markets, crude prices have surged, currencies have wobbled and inflationary tremors have spread across much of the...
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The Iran Crisis and India’s Gathering Fiscal Storm
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As the war in West Asia continues to drive up crude prices and fiscal pressures, India’s economic resilience is being severely tested.
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It has been nearly three months since the West Asian conflict began, and its ripple...
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Fuel Shock
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The latest increase in petrol and diesel prices — the fourth hike in just 11 days — underlines how vulnerable India remains to geopolitical turmoil and its own unfinished reforms in the energy sector.
Brent crude surged again after fresh...
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Chaos Diplomacy
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Donald Trump has always understood one thing better than most modern politicians that markets respond to perception. In the grinding drama over Iran, the American president appears to have weaponised uncertainty itself. One day he hints at a diplomatic breakthrough...
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Price Spiral
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With the renewed conflict involving Iran sending tremors through global energy markets, India once again stares at creeping inflation. Oil prices are rising, the rupee is under pressure and the costs of everyday essentials from milk to transport, are beginning...
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Oil Shock
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The renewed conflict involving Iran, America and Israel has pushed global oil markets into panic while revealing India’s dangerous dependence on imported energy and vulnerable maritime chokepoints. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unusually stark appeal to Indians to conserve petrol, diesel...
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A Veto That Shakes NATO
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France’s surprise veto with Russia and China exposes a fraying Western consensus, raising awkward questions about NATO’s future.
For seven decades, the choreography of great-power diplomacy has been comfortingly predictable: when push came to shove at the United Nations, France...
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Closing the World’s Jugular
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Trump’s Hormuz blockade seeks to weaponize a chokepoint that history shows is far easier to disrupt than to control.
Across centuries, for rulers and states alike, to command a narrow strait has been to wield power far out of proportion...
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Stability at the Edge of Turbulence
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Amid war-driven oil shocks and a weakening rupee, the RBI opts for caution and reform.
India delivered a strong performance in 2025, with growth estimated at 7.6 percent and inflation contained at 1.95 percent, setting the stage for continued momentum...
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