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Beyond Signatures

India’s recent trade diplomacy has produced an unusual paradox. New Delhi is negotiating or concluding trade agreements with a range of partners even as questions persist about what earlier agreements have actually delivered.

Beyond Hormuz

The geopolitical shock created by the Iran conflict is forcing countries far beyond West Asia to confront an uncomfortable reality: energy security can no longer be built around a single region, a single route or a single set of political assumptions.

Years of Grace

It was in 1982 that Dr Grace McCann Morley was bestowed the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India for her stellar contributions to the establishment of the National Museum in New Delhi.

Under Pressure

The latest round of indirect talks between Washington and Tehran has produced a familiar paradox: diplomacy is moving, yet the region feels more militarised than it did before the meetings began.

Quiet Warning

A rise in the unemployment rate from 4.8 per cent to 5 per cent may look like statistical noise, the kind of decimal-point movement that excites economists more than ordinary citizens.