What Are The Aims Of India's Indo-Pacific Policy?

India's historical focus on its continental borders has overshadowed its maritime ambitions, but that is changing quickly, notes Ajai Shukla. IMAGE: The Indian Navy carries out the TROPEX exercise......

'US trying to temper expectations of India'

'Having India as a credible deterrent vis-a-vis Chinese ambitions in the Indian Ocean and South Asian region is a desirable short-term outcome.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, US President......

Retain Obama's policy towards India: Tellis urges Trump

Possible US envoy says India must get assurance against China, reports Ajai Shukla. As President Donald Trump's administration and policies take shape, Ashley Tellis, whom the Washington Post......

A distracted America is set to pull back from Asia

'Clearly, from the Indian viewpoint, the US retrenchment from Asia cannot be happening as good news.''The abandonment of the US' pivot to Asia exposes the US-Indian partnership to be a mere......

Chris Wood trims exposure to Indian equities by 1 point

Global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, Christopher Wood, has cut his exposure to Indian equities by one percentage point in the Asia-Pacific ex-Japan relative-return portfolio, and Australia......

Strait of Hormuz closure: How it will impact India

US strikes on Iran's three main nuclear facilities have once again raised concerns that Tehran might shut down the Strait of Hormuz - one of the world's most critical chokepoints, through which a......

Money pulled from China finds way to Asean countries, not India

The outbreak of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and unprecedented lockdowns in China have roiled its equity market and also that of Hong Kong. After the crisis-hit Sri Lanka, China and Hong......

India Inc net profit share in GDP now just shy of 5% after robust Q2

India Inc’s net profit as a percentage of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) is just shy of reaching 5 per cent, bolstered by strong earnings growth in the second quarter of 2023-24.......