India’s economic future will hinge on how decisively it navigates the energy transition, with nuclear power and private investment set to take center stage, a parliamentary committee has warned. The …
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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JSW, POSCO Eye $7.2 Billion India steel JV as ‘Green Steel’ Demand Surges
by R. Suryamurthy 3 minutes readIndia’s JSW Steel and South Korea’s POSCO Group have signed a non-binding agreement to explore a 50:50 joint venture for a 6 million tons per annum (MTPA) integrated steel plant, …
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From Grocery Bills to Loan Repayments: How UPI Is Reshaping Indian Money Habits
by R. Suryamurthy 2 minutes readIndia’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has continued its blistering growth in 2025, with average daily transaction values climbing from about $9.1 billion in January to $10.9 billion in August, according …
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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 …
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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 …