R. Suryamurthy is a Contributing Editor at South Asian Herald. He has worked for The Telegraph, The Tribune, and Press Trust of India.
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On a still, sunlit afternoon, when the winter air over the Sarayu seemed almost suspended in reverence, a vast saffron flag lifted slowly into the sky above the Ram Temple’s…
India’s rupee sliding close to ₹90 per U.S. dollar has revived the argument that currency depreciation should boost export competitiveness. But trade data and new analysis from the Global Trade…
India and Canada signaled a decisive reset in their economic engagement, with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on November 24, 2025, calling for rapid progress on stalled free trade…
India’s outbound student caravan is no longer a trickle but a full-blown migration pattern, and the destinations are becoming strikingly predictable. Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom now…
India has signed its first major structured liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) import deal with the United States, a move the government says will broaden energy security as the country leans…
India’s export engine sputtered in October, hit by U.S. punitive tariffs, a slowing global economy, and a sudden spike in gold inflows that helped push the country’s trade deficit to…
India’s $280-billion IT and business-process services sector is staring at a fresh geopolitical shock from Washington, where a new Senate bill threatens to slap steep tax penalties on outsourcing. Industry…
India on November 14 notified the long-awaited Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, finally shifting its privacy law into enforcement mode and triggering an 18-month compliance countdown for companies,…
India Inc’s deal activity surged in October 2025, clocking 189 transactions worth USD 10.6 billion, according to Grant Thornton Bharat’s latest Dealtracker report. While overall deal volumes slipped 13 per…
The world’s energy map is tilting toward Asia, and India sits squarely at its center, according to the World Energy Outlook 2025 released by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The…
In a major cultural and spiritual event, the sacred relics of Lord Buddha from India’s National Museum in New Delhi will be taken to Bhutan for a public exposition in…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken Suo Motu cognizance of disturbing media reports alleging that a grieving father in Bengaluru was forced to pay bribes to an ambulance…
The U.S. Supreme Court will on November 5, 2025, hear one of the most consequential trade cases in decades — Learning Resources, Inc. v. Donald J. Trump — a legal…
There are nights that roar — and then there are nights that hum, quietly, like a prayer being answered. Last night in Navi Mumbai, under the soft shimmer of floodlights…
The Big Fat Indian Wedding is back — and it’s bigger than ever. Between November 1 and December 14, an estimated 46 lakh weddings will take place across India, generating…
India’s leading industry body, FICCI, has urged the government to end tax ambiguity that deters foreign companies—including many owned or led by the Indian diaspora—from integrating their global supply chains…
