Singapore: India remains a key strategic focus, with momentum building steadily through both inbound and outbound business engagements, said Neil Parekh, chairman of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI). Over the past year, SICCI has hosted multiple Indian delegations in Singapore, including senior government, institutional and university-led groups, creating direct dialogue with…
The Union Budget 2025–26 is being sold, predictably, as another exercise in social spending dressed up as reform. But buried beneath the predictable headlines and partisan sparring is a quieter, more consequential shift: women are no longer being positioned merely as recipients of state support, but as economic actors—entrepreneurs, workers, producers, and stakeholders in India’s…
When former US President Donald Trump reportedly picked up the phone to call Prime Minister Narendra Modi late on Tuesday night (as per IST) to seal a trade understanding that trims tariffs to an 18 percent threshold, it was more than a transactional moment. It signalled a revival—real or symbolic—of a political chemistry that once…
New Delhi: BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Monday hailed the India-US trade agreement, saying it would provide new momentum to the Indian economy and also give new impetus to the country’s goal of attaining a developed status. His remarks came soon after US President Donald Trump spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and announced…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the trade deal between the US and India will elevate strategic partnership between the two countries, paving the way for stronger trade ties and mutual growth. In a post on X, Shah said the deal will greatly benefit both nations and their people, with business…
New Delhi: The TMC-EC faceoff over the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal intensified on Monday as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee walked out of a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging he was being “arrogant” and that the poll panel was working at the behest of the BJP. Election…
New Delhi: The Congress took a swipe at the government on Monday after the US ambassador to New Delhi confirmed that President Donald Trump has spoken with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying it now seems to be a routine that India gets to know of its government’s actions only from Trump or his appointees. In…
New Delhi: India and the US agreed to a trade deal under which Washington will bring down the reciprocal tariff on Indian goods to 18 per cent from the current 25 per cent, US President Donald Trump said on Monday after a phone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Trump claimed India will move forward…
The Budget Session of Parliament was always expected to be noisy. What it did not need was a manufactured storm around selective, unofficial excerpts from the yet-to-be-cleared memoirs of former Army Chief General M.M. Naravane, dragged into the House to score political points rather than to illuminate policy. On the second day of proceedings, instead…
On January 30, 2026, President Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh, a former Federal Reserve Governor from 2006 to 2011, to succeed Jerome Powell as Chair of the Federal Reserve. Warsh’s term as Chair would begin in May 2026, pending Senate confirmation, which appears likely given Republican control of the chamber. The announcement sent immediate ripples…
