India 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 …
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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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 …
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India’s Markets Hold Steady Despite $1.5 Billion FPI Outflows and a Spiking Import Bill
by R. Suryamurthy 5 minutes readIndia’s October macroeconomic landscape reflects an economy increasingly shaped by shifts in global capital flows and widening trade imbalances, even as domestic fundamentals remain broadly stable. The latest Monthly Economic …