At a time when India-US relations were at their frostiest in decades, the youngest ever American envoy to India drove into the embassy compound in a BMW with flashing blue & red lights.
The present punishing visa rules, restrictive employment regime and discriminatory immigration system will not facilitate bilateral trade. A return to normalcy is a precondition.
The main draw at this year’s summit was Trump’s appearance, his first since 2018. The US President spent an hour attacking and defending Europe in the same breath.
‘I will work with Trump on any agenda that benefits New Yorkers. If an agenda hurts New Yorkers, I will also be the first to say so,' said Zohran Mamdani.
In the context of the new emerging global order, India was required to reshape and nuance its foreign policy. It has done so, based on core national interests. Will the EU do the same?
Move comes a day after India was designated by Trump administration as a major drug transit country, and multiple US deportations and visa restrictions earlier this year.
Thanks to Trump’s sudden decision to target India rather than any other country with massive tariffs, many things that ought to have been done earlier are now falling into place.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
Great article! I think Biden will likely lose this election and it will be mostly his fault. Although logically, he should win but just as the author puts it, Americans perception can offer differ wildly from the reality and Trump, for all his flaws, seems to have unlimited credibility with at least a third of Americans.
Is President Biden upto another four and a half years in the job when, during the debate, he clearly seemed not up to it even now.
Great article! I think Biden will likely lose this election and it will be mostly his fault. Although logically, he should win but just as the author puts it, Americans perception can offer differ wildly from the reality and Trump, for all his flaws, seems to have unlimited credibility with at least a third of Americans.