India has formally notified the Income-tax Rules, 2026, marking a sweeping overhaul of direct tax procedures with far-reaching consequences for non-resident Indians (NRIs), as authorities expand oversight of cross-border income, …
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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India is seeking to transform its largely fragmented sports equipment industry into a global export powerhouse, with a new report from NITI Aayog laying out an ambitious pathway to expand …
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Middle East Conflict Casts Shadow on South Asia Trade Outlook Despite AI-Led Global Surge: WTO
by R. Suryamurthy 5 minutes readSouth Asia’s trade outlook is coming under increasing pressure as the ongoing Middle East conflict threatens to push up energy and fertilizer costs, disrupt supply routes, and strain food security, …
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AI Moves to Core of Indian Businesses, But Data Gaps and Trust Issues Threaten Scale: HubSpot Study
by R. Suryamurthy 4 minutes readArtificial intelligence has rapidly shifted from experimental pilots to a central pillar of business operations in India, with nearly four in five companies now deploying AI across workflows, according to …
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World Gold Council Proposes Shared Infrastructure to Scale Digital Gold Market
by R. Suryamurthy 3 minutes readThe World Gold Council (WGC) on Thursday unveiled plans to develop a shared market infrastructure aimed at accelerating the evolution of digital gold, as part of a broader push to …
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India Eyes Global Drone Hub Status as Rajnath Singh Pushes Indigenous Defence Manufacturing
by R. Suryamurthy 4 minutes readIndia must move in “mission mode” to become a global hub for drone manufacturing within the next few years, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, underlining the strategic urgency …
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TNA Wrestling, Eurosport India Seal Multi-Year Exclusive Deal for South Asia
by R. Suryamurthy 3 minutes readAnthem Sports & Entertainment said on Wednesday that its flagship promotion TNA Wrestling has entered into a new multi-year exclusive programming agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery’s sports channel Eurosport India, …
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From Remittances to Reach: India Leverages 32-Million Diaspora, Scales Up Global Aid
by R. Suryamurthy 6 minutes readIndia is attempting to run a 21st-century foreign policy on what remains, by global standards, a modest diplomatic budget—lean in size but increasingly stretched in ambition—leaning heavily on its 32-million-strong …
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The Aroma of Home: Assam’s Joha Rice Finds Its Way to Diaspora Kitchens in Europe
by R. Suryamurthy 5 minutes readA small shipment of fragrant rice from India’s northeastern state of Assam has quietly entered European markets this week — and with it, a broader ambition: to position a traditional …
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When the Gulf Burns, South Asian Homes Count the Cost
by R. Suryamurthy 7 minutes readIn a quiet village outside Kozhikode in India’s Kerala state, the first week of every month usually brings a small moment of relief. A notification pings on a mobile phone …