India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address from the Red Fort on August 15, 2025, recast India’s push for indigenous defense technology as a matter of strategic survival, anchoring …
R. Suryamurthy
R. Suryamurthy
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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From Terror Response to Tech Revolution: Modi’s 2047 Plan Targets Total Self-Reliance
by R. Suryamurthy 4 minutes readPrime Minister Narendra Modi marked India’s 79th Independence Day on Friday with his longest-ever address from the Red Fort, delivering a 103-minute roadmap to a “Viksit Bharat” by 2047 that …
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Handshake or Hardball? What’s Really at Stake in a Modi–Trump United Nations General Assembly Bilateral
by R. Suryamurthy 4 minutes readPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s possible meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of next month’s United Nations General Assembly is shaping up less as ceremonial diplomacy and more …
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India’s Toll Trap: Motorists Pay Full Price for Half-Built Highways
by R. Suryamurthy 3 minutes readIndia’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has sharply criticized the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for allowing toll collection on incomplete …
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on key members of the BRICS grouping are triggering a diplomatic and economic response that could strengthen the bloc’s cohesion and increase its challenge …
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India’s foreign policy is at a crossroads, and Parliament knows it. In a pointed observation tabled in Parliament this week, the Standing Committee on External Affairs, chaired by Shashi Tharoor, …
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PM Modi’s Defiant Stand on Farmers Signals Strategic Shift as U.S. Escalates Tariff War
by R. Suryamurthy 3 minutes readIndia’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 6, 2025, mounted a sharp defense of India’s rural economy in response to fresh U.S. tariff hikes, declaring that the country would “never …
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Double Standards and Tariffs: U.S. Slaps India, Spares China
by R. Suryamurthy 7 minutes readThe Trump administration’s announcement of sweeping new tariffs on Indian goods has sent tremors through India’s trade and diplomatic circles, raising urgent questions about the durability of the India-U.S. strategic …
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India Slams ‘Unfair’ U.S. Tariff Hike, Keeps Retaliation Option Open
by R. Suryamurthy 4 minutes readIndia signaled on August 6, 2025, it would take “all actions necessary” to protect its national interests after Washington moved to double tariffs on Indian goods to 50 percent in …
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Ind-Ra Sees Small Exporters Most at Risk as US tariff Gap with Asia Closes
by R. Suryamurthy 3 minutes readIndia’s relative advantage over rival Asian exporters in the US market has eroded sharply after Washington’s latest tariff measures, curbing the upside once expected from April’s China+1 supply chain shift, …