Gold, which has notched more than 50 record highs this year and delivered a 60.6% return, enters 2026 facing an unusually wide range of possible outcomes as geopolitical tensions, US …
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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Trade Potential vs Banking Reality: India’s Russia Strategy Hits Settlement Wall
by R. Suryamurthy 6 minutes readIndia and Russia may have showcased a sweeping vision to lift bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2030 at the Modi–Putin summit on Friday, but the optimism of the joint …
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New U.S. Hurdles for Indian Workers and Students Deepen Strain, Visa Fee Sparks Anxiety Across Sectors
by R. Suryamurthy 3 minutes readIndia on December 5 warned that Washington’s sweeping new restrictions on skilled-worker and student mobility have injected a fresh layer of uncertainty into the country’s tech industry and educational pipeline, …
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South Asia’s Debt Crunch Deepens as New World Bank Data Exposes Rising Servicing Burdens, Shrinking Inflows, and Mounting Solvency Risks
by R. Suryamurthy 6 minutes readSouth Asia is moving closer to a structural debt crisis, not a cyclical squeeze, as fresh data from the World Bank’s International Debt Report 2024 shows the region’s external liabilities …
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India Says WTO Tech Pact Hurt Domestic Electronics Industry, Triggering Decades of Import Dependence
by R. Suryamurthy 5 minutes readA parliamentary panel has warned that India’s decision to accept sweeping zero-tariff commitments under the WTO’s Information Technology Agreement (ITA) “effectively froze the country out of building a competitive electronics …
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OECD Sounds Alarm on Corporate Tax Exposure from Remote Work as Multinationals Brace for PE, PoEM and Compliance Shockwaves
by R. Suryamurthy 8 minutes readThe Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has fired a warning shot to multinational companies as it opened a public consultation on the tax fallout from global remote work, …
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India Confronts ‘Profit-First’ Drug Pricing as Multinational Pharma Firms Accused of Exploiting Regulatory Gaps
by R. Suryamurthy 5 minutes readA parliamentary investigation has exposed how multinational drug makers are reaping windfall mark-ups in India’s medicine market, with routine formulations showing price gaps of 600% to nearly 1,900%, signaling what …
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India Scrambles for a Policy Reset as U.S. Tariffs Knock Out a Quarter of Exports in Five Months
by R. Suryamurthy 5 minutes readThe Indian government is staring at an increasingly uncomfortable policy gap as exports to the United States contract at a pace not seen in over a decade. Officials are being …
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India’s Blockbuster GDP Masks a Tightening Fiscal Squeeze as Tax Revenues Lag Ambitious Targets
by R. Suryamurthy 5 minutes readIndia’s headline growth numbers are racing ahead, but the underlying fiscal arithmetic is tightening in ways that even a robust economy cannot fully obscure. The latest national accounts show real …
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Bahrain Eases Golden Residency Investment Bar, Betting on a Bigger Global Pull
by R. Suryamurthy 4 minutes readBahrain is making a renewed bid for global investors, softening the price of entry into its Golden Residency program and signaling a broader shift in how Gulf states are competing …