A joint statement issued on February 6, 2026, said the United States and India have agreed on a framework for an Interim Agreement on reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade. The …
Politics
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Opinion: Resetting Ties is Now the Challenge
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readBetween a best deal and a sellout, people of India are a witness to an ongoing shouting match between the government and the opposition on what exactly the deliverables are …
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“Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agree than to disagree.” — Dean Acheson In early August last year, President Donald Trump, in his usual …
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U.S. and India Announce Trade Deal, Tariffs To Be Reduced
by SAH Special Correspondent 3 minutes readU.S. President Donald Trump announced on February 2, 2026, that the United States and India have agreed to a trade deal following a conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. …
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Bangladesh’s 2026 Election and the Geopolitics of a Likely Hung Parliament
by Shahidul Alam Swapan 5 minutes readAs Bangladesh moves toward its next general election, expected to take place on February 12, the prospect of a hung parliament is no longer a peripheral concern but a central …
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Democratic Mayors and Advocacy Groups Call for Unity Ahead of 2026 Midterm Elections
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 7 minutes readThe Latino Victory Fund, AAPI Victory Fund, and The Collective PAC hosted the “Power in Unity” reception on January 29, 2026, in Washington, DC, issuing a call for solidarity among …
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India’s Budget 2026: Fiscal Discipline for the Boardroom, Austerity for the Bazaar
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 5 minutes readFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s ninth consecutive Union Budget is less a populist overture than a technocratic manifesto. With a fiscal deficit target of 4.3 percent of GDP and a record …
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Opinion: Uncertainty and Doubts of Direction
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 6 minutes readNo one was expecting quick fixes at the start of 2026. If anything, there was a conviction that the New Year was going to see the persistence of old conflicts …
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Extortion Fears Mount Across Canada as Community Leaders and Parliament Press for Federal Action
by Prabhjot Singh 5 minutes readFear linked to extortion rackets is intensifying across Canada as local, provincial, and federal authorities struggle to contain a problem that has spread into multiple communities, particularly those with large …
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The Credibility Gap: Structural Dissonance in India’s Economic Survey 2025-26
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 7 minutes readWhen Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2025-26 in Parliament on January 29, the document was ostensibly a review of the past year and a roadmap for the …