On September 11, 2025, when the Secretary of State Marco Rubio introduced Sergio Gor as the U.S. envoy-designate to India at his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing, he called …
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United Nations@80: Legacy, Challenges, and Future Directions
by Sanjay Upadhya 5 minutes readAs the United Nations commemorates its 80th anniversary, its dual nature becomes increasingly apparent. Established in 1945 following two devastating global conflicts, the organization was conceived as a safeguard against …
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As China Slows, India Wins Credit Rating Momentum with Three Upgrades in Five Months
by R. Suryamurthy 6 minutes readIndia has notched up an unusual hat-trick of sovereign credit rating upgrades in just five months, strengthening its profile as a rare bright spot in a volatile global economy. Yet …
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The AI and Robotics Revolution: Promise and Peril for Emerging Markets Like India
by Yee Carter, Special to South Asian Herald 10 minutes readArtificial Intelligence (AI) has become the ubiquitous buzzword in the business world, especially in equity markets – almost every financial news story seems to have a mandatory inclusion about AI. …
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Opinion: Look Ahead, Not in The Rear View Mirror
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readTo read too much into what is happening in Washington, D.C., vis-à-vis what President Donald Trump is saying on Russia sanctions would be as wrong as not seeing the rather …
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President Trump’s India Envoy Nominee Presses New Delhi to Halt Russian Oil Purchases
by Anand Patelby Anand Patel 5 minutes readSergio Gor, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to India, told US Senators on September 11, 2025, that stopping India’s purchases of Russian oil would be a top …
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Resetting India–US Relations: A Strategic Arctic Opportunity
by Anand Patelby Anand Patel 6 minutes readWhen India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shook hands with China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, the headlines wrote themselves: India …
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Global Study Finds Women Still Largely Absent in News Media Representation
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 4 minutes readDespite making up half of the world’s population, women continue to account for only a quarter of the voices and faces seen or heard in the news, according to a …
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BRICS Leaders Warn of Global Instability; Jaishankar Says Multilateral System Is “Failing the World”
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 4 minutes readAt the virtual BRICS Leaders’ Summit on September 8, 2025, India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar cautioned that the state of the world today is “cause for genuine concern,” citing …
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Pakistan may have missed playing in the Hero Asia Cup for Men at Rajgir in Bihar, losing a chance to qualify for the 2026 FIH World Cup for men. However, …