The American economy shows unsettling cracks. Stalled payroll growth, widespread job cuts, and unreliable unemployment figures hint at recessionary tremors. Yet Washington’s mix of subsidies, tariffs, and political pressure on institutions risks worsening the slowdown, raising fears of stagflation in 2025.
Read MoreJPMorgan’s decision to scale up its corporate banking presence in India comes at a defining moment. As capex surges and foreign capital seeks certainty, the move underscores how global banks increasingly view India as a long-term growth anchor.
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence is reshaping the digital economy, but at a steep cost: electricity. A Goldman Sachs report warns that data centres could drive a 165% surge in global power demand by 2030, challenging India’s energy security and climate ambitions.
Read MoreWhen Peter Navarro dismisses the Modi–Putin–Xi engagement at the SCO as “troublesome,” he betrays less an analysis of geopolitics and more a symptom of Washington’s unease at losing its monopoly on shaping global alignments.
Read MoreEvery decade tests India’s ability to balance between power blocs. From Nehru’s Bandung Conference to Indira’s Brezhnev axis, from Vajpayee’s Washington–Moscow manoeuvres to today’s Modi–Putin–Xi engagements, the story is one of continuity: India refusing to be dictated, preferring to script its own terms of engagement.
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