BRICS
Strengthening the BRICS of Emerging Global Order
As India hosted the 18th BRICS leaders’ summit in New Delhi from Sept 12-13, 2026. The grouping is riddled with paradoxes and duality of its purpose. Now is the time for…
South Asia
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Modi-Xi in New Delhi: BRICS Creates a New Opening for India-China Relations
When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi for the BRICS Summit, the symbolism was impossible to miss. After nearly seven years, China's President was back in India. But…
Diaspora
What India Gets Out of the BRICS
As a host of Global South leaders, ranging from Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping to Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto and Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed fly into a security gridlocked BRICS…
BRICS
BRICS Challenges U.S.-Led Economic Order, but Stops Short of Building a Rival System
BRICS leaders on Saturday adopted a broad economic and political declaration challenging unilateral tariffs, sanctions and the governance structure of the global financial system, while stopping short of endorsing a…
Canada
Canada Confronts Trade War and Domestic Strains
Is Canada going through one of the most difficult periods in its recent history? The question has become a subject of debate among business leaders, financial experts and ordinary Canadians…
Diaspora
U.S. Immigration Rule Changes Raise New Risks
A rapid succession of U.S. immigration and visa policy changes is reshaping the landscape for Indian professionals, students and their families, raising the prospect of higher costs, tighter scrutiny and…
Diaspora
Don’t Be Shy! Sees Alia Bhatt on the Other Side of the Camera as She Launches Four New Faces
Best Friends, breakups, and bad decisions: Prime Video’s Don’t Be Shy! promises a messy, funny, and heartfelt young adult rom-com, premiering September 25. The trailer was launched on September 11 at the…
Australia
West Australian Indian Film Council Launches at Government House, a Century After Perth’s Fearless Nadia
Nearly a century after Perth's Fearless Nadia, the West Australian Indian Film Council (WAIFC) launched at the Government House Ballroom in Perth on September 11, 2026, with her story providing…
Diaspora
USCIS H-2B Cap Signals Tighter Race for Temporary Work Visas
The rapid exhaustion of the first-half H-2B visa quota for fiscal year 2027 is more than another routine immigration deadline. For foreign workers seeking one of the relatively few legal…
Diaspora
Modi-Pezeshkian Meeting Raises Stakes for BRICS Declaration
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, coming barely a day before BRICS leaders are expected to negotiate a final summit declaration, has sharpened the central diplomatic…
BRICS
Modi, Putin Pair Trade Diplomacy with Peace Push
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin reviewed the expanding economic and strategic relationship between their countries on Friday, while also discussing conflicts in West Asia and the…
BRICS
BRICS Pushes Financial Alternatives as Trade Fragmentation Deepens
BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors have stepped up efforts to reduce the vulnerability of emerging economies to trade protectionism and dollar-centered financial systems, backing measures to expand local-currency…
Africa
BRICS 2026: India’s Big Diplomatic Test Begins in New Delhi
New Delhi is poised to become the diplomatic center of gravity of the Global South on September 12 and 13 as India hosts the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam,…
Central Asia
India, Russia Move to Fast-Track Investment Treaty
India and Russia are moving to fast-track negotiations on a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), signaling an effort to give their expanding economic relationship a more durable investment architecture even as…
Diaspora
9/11: A Nation Shattered, A Family Reborn
It started out like any other morning, chaotic and disorganized, with our two young daughters screaming for attention as my wife and I got ready for work. That’s when the…
Diaspora
Film Review: Mahaprabhu Jagannath is a Winner all the Way
This devotional is a winner all the way. The story of how Lord Jagannath (of Puri) demolished the ego of Aham, an erstwhile ideal student of a sage, with the…