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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicBrand India

Topic: Brand India

India is the most compelling story of the present era. We mustn’t squander this opportunity

The current geopolitical situation arising out of the US-China trade war and our conflict with Pakistan can be leveraged to India’s advantage. How we do so will decide the future of India.

Modi asks Indian missions abroad to make big push for ‘Brand India’, eyes export, manufacturing boost

In address to heads of Indian missions and other trade and commerce stakeholders, Modi cites scrapping of retrospective tax as a sign of consistency in govt policies.

How long till Modi’s Hindutva politics completely robs Brand India of its democracy bonus

Hyper-nationalist Hindutva politics cashes on India’s democratic credentials for external recognition and weakens those institutions and values within.

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India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.