Nearly a decade after it was announced, India’s first high-speed rail project is moving into its execution-heavy phase, with the government targeting the start of bullet train operations from August …
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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ISRO’s LVM3 Sets New Heavy-Lift Benchmark with BlueBird Block-2 Commercial Launch
by R. Suryamurthy 4 minutes readIndia’s space agency on Wednesday successfully placed the BlueBird Block-2 communications satellite into low Earth orbit, marking the heaviest payload ever launched by an Indian rocket and underscoring the growing …
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Record Market Gains Mask Fragile Foundations as India Eyes $16 Trillion Economy
by R. Suryamurthy 5 minutes readIndia’s stock market is riding the strongest wealth-creation wave in its modern history, yet the foundations of this surge are far less stable than the headline numbers suggest. Motilal Oswal’s …
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U.S. Tightens Birth Tourism Scrutiny as Digital Vetting Widens for Indian Visa Applicants
by R. Suryamurthy 5 minutes readThe United States has issued an unusually blunt warning to travelers attempting to use tourist visas as a pathway for securing American citizenship for newborns, signaling a broader tightening of …
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India’s Stalled Trade Negotiations Show the Cost of Policy Overcorrection
by R. Suryamurthy 7 minutes readThe coming week will test India’s trade diplomacy more sharply than officials may admit. With Deputy U.S. Ambassador for Trade Rick Switzer landing in New Delhi on December 10–11 for …
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Cyclone Ditwah Exposes the Cracks in Sri Lanka’s Recovery, Moody’s Says, as Economists Warn of a ‘Re-Default Trap’
by R. Suryamurthy 6 minutes readSri Lanka’s fragile post-default recovery is facing its most serious test yet, with Moody’s Ratings warning that the island is now the most credit-exposed economy in South and Southeast Asia …
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Gold Set for Another Turbulent Year in 2026 as Geopolitical Risks, Fed Policy and Recycling Trends Pull Prices in Opposite Directions
by R. Suryamurthy 5 minutes readGold, 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 …
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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 …