Ditching rote learning: India’s affluent parents send kids to international schools
Across India, a growing number of affluent parents are transferring children from traditional Indian schools – where the focus is on examinations – to international…
Nirmala Ganapathy
Iran energy shocks give rise to urban-to-rural migration in India
Rising energy prices due to the Iran conflict are disrupting India's energy supplies, causing some migrant workers to return home.
With the Iran crisis, has India’s Middle East balancing act hit a roadblock?
Critics say India's US pivot affects its oil policy and global leadership, highlighting the need for energy resilience and balanced engagement.
After China, India is next on Canada’s foreign policy reset agenda
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit India from Feb 26 as part of a three-nation tour that also includes Australia and Japan.
India’s AI summit: Where big ambitions met hard realities
India seeks to champion an inclusive ""Global South perspective"" in AI, yet faces challenges like infrastructure and foreign tech dependence.
Fewer hurdles for Indian diaspora investors, but more needed to sweeten the deal: Analysts
India's budget removed the TAN requirement for buyers of NRI properties, simplifying transactions and easing a significant bureaucratic impediment for non-resident investors.
Indian exporters welcome tariff reprieve, but deal with US stirs unease for others
Despite domestic political controversy over the deal's concessions, analysts believe India will maintain ties with Russia, rooted in defence and nuclear cooperation.
Electronics and shrimp: Analysts cautious despite India’s export growth to China
India's exports to China increased by 36.68% (US$14.25 billion) from April to December 2025. This rise is driven by mobile phone components and naphtha, but the trade imbalance…
Building connections: India seeks to redraw energy map with green power grid plans
Key projects involve undersea cables to Singapore, links to the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and enhanced hydropower cooperation within South Asia.
Shock, disbelief as Delhi blast linked to doctors in ‘white-collar’ terror cell
Police seized 2,900 kg of explosives and weapons linked to a terror cell, revealing a "white-collar ecosystem" of radicalised professionals, with suspicion falling on doctors…