Anil Padmanabhan

1 week ago | stratnewsglobal.com | Anil Padmanabhan

Recently, the International Monetary Fund released the latest numbers on the national income of countries, including India. It transpired that India’s gross domestic product (GDP) doubled in the last 10 years ended 2024. However, this aggregate masks more than it reveals. It buries the fact that India is growing at multiple speeds. A case of countries within a country. The top 20 percent of the population have a per capita income comparable to developed countries.

1 week ago | stratnewsglobal.com | Anil Padmanabhan

Last week, Ather Energy, a startup that originated in the IIT Madras Incubation Cell, successfully closed its IPO. Having successfully evolved from a startup to a commercial venture, Ather Energy has emerged as the poster boy of the incubation cell. Coincidentally, this development came about on the heels of the announcement from the incubation cell that it had birthed a record 104 deeptech startups last year. Cumulatively, it is home to about 460 startups.

3 weeks ago | stratnewsglobal.com | Anil Padmanabhan

Latest trade data released by the government reveal that India’s trade deficit with China has claimed a lifetime high of $99.2 billion. Not only have imports grown, but exports from India to China have slowed. More worryingly, this surge in imports is dominated by intermediate products. China is the largest suppliers in all industrial product categories. The obvious question then is whether India’s economic sovereignty at stake?

4 weeks ago | stratnewsglobal.com | Anil Padmanabhan

Since 2 April, the world economy is on a rollercoaster. President Donald Trump’s Liberation Day for US trade has injected an unprecedented level of uncertainty. The subsequent flip-flops have only made a bad situation worse. India too has been singed. Even while the country scrambles together a Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) with the United States to evade the tariff onslaught, it is being made aware of its long ignored Achilles Heel—lack of global competitiveness of Indian industry.

1 month ago | stratnewsglobal.com | Anil Padmanabhan

Last weekend, leaders of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral and Technical Cooperation) countries, converged in Bangkok to give a fresh start to this regional body consisting of countries flanking the Bay of Bengal. Coincidentally, the meeting happened just around the time when the world was soaking in the impact of Act-II of President Donald Trump’s tariff war. Most analysts fear that the US action could hurt the world economy, particularly global trade.