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Singapore bourse sued by National Stock Exchange in futures dispute

The National Stock Exchange of India sued Singapore Exchange Ltd. in a Mumbai court, posing a threat to one of the most widely used offshore futures contracts by investors worldwide.

Look to India for returns, not China’s Belt-and-Road, funds say

As the Chinese initiative is primarily for Beijing to exert its influence over the region, investors are not seeing much possibility of financial returns. 

Here’s how to find the cleanest public bathroom in any airport

When you're coming off a flight, try and skip the restroom nearest to the gates.

Bubbling crude oil prices spell triple-whammy setback for India

Asia’s No. 3 economy faces a wider trade deficit, a worsening of stretched government finances, and slower economic growth if oil prices remain stubborn at the current level.

India isn’t building a military to take on China

If India wants to rise to the challenge and balance China, it needs to increase its military capability.

India is the most attractive distressed market for this debt trader

Cleaning up India’s stressed loans has been a big priority of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in order to attract investments to the country. 

There is a growing frustration with US inactivity on the global scene

Amid widespread alienation of former allies, Trump administration’s outreach to India and Japan is vital.

Global Pulse: A new ‘end of history’?

Is there anything really unprecedented about this era? Or are we, like past generations, taken over by “the parochialism of the present"?

‘Strategic claustrophobia’ will cause more Doklam-style tensions between India & China

Doklam is not a one-off incident, with Asia's giants experiencing strategic claustrophobia, it is likely that minor events will blow up to become issues of national security needing more bilateral consultations.

Asia’s power brats

While we latch on to Vajpayee-the-ideal-PM aspect of the survey, we are missing out a very significant point: that power equations are changing so fast that a telecom moghul is at the top of the most powerful men list.

On Camera

India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?