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Nov 7, 2024 | 
outlookindia.com | Kanpur Call |Aparna Pande
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Donald Trump and Narendra Modi Photo: APDonald Trump and Narendra Modi Photo: APPrime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to congratulate him on his "spectacular" victory, and said he looked forward to working together with him again to further strengthen India-US relations across technology, defence, energy, space and other sectors.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
outlookindia.com | Jordan Thompson |Toibah Kirmani |Aparna Pande |IsraelBy Toibah Kirmani
United StatesWhat will decide the US mandate? Its approach to the wars outside, Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Middle East, or the battles within—economic, race, gun violence and immigration? Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Illustration on US power Photo: Vikas ThakurIllustration on US power Photo: Vikas ThakurOutside, Israel is pounding Iran with bombs. Iran is sending back showers of missiles. Palestinians are living a hellish nightmare.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Aparna Pande
4 hours agoRecently, the list of the richest female actors in Bollywood has been released, and it’s a star from the 90s who is at the top. Also, she is a performer who has not delivered a single hit film in the last decade! Juhi Chawla has been ranked the richest actress in India! In fact, as per the Hurun …
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
theprint.in | Aparna Pande
India’s share of global trade has risen as it has signed free trade agreements with several Asian countries. GDP growth stood at 3–3.5 per cent per year during most of the Cold War, but for two decades after the 1990–91 economic reforms it hovered around 7 per cent or higher. The economic boom lifted millions out of poverty: GDP has grown from $270 billion in 1991 to $3.4 trillion today.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Aparna Pande
NowAccording to half a dozen sources, Accel, the global venture firm, is in advanced discussions to lead a funding round of $30 million to $40 million in Truemeds, an Indian online pharmacy that’s focused on providing customers with more affordable generic alternatives to costly branded …
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Husain Haqqani |Aparna Pande
President Biden hosted the leaders of Australia, Japan, and India for a Quadrilateral Summit at his home in Delaware over the weekend, to reiterate the primacy of the geopolitical challenge from China. “The Quad,” as it has become known, has evolved into America’s major mechanism for facing China’s increasingly assertive posture in the Indo-Pacific. Together, the four Quad democracies comprise 2 billion people and more than one-third of global GDP.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Arthur Herman |Aparna Pande
The key foreign relationships for American presidents have historically been with democratic allies in Europe, the Middle East and East Asia. But there is one nation that is not a formal security ally but can become a natural partner for U.S. national security and economic interests: India.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
theprint.in | Husain Haqqani |Aparna Pande
The result of India’s latest elections is in some ways a reminder of how democracies can successfully apply self-correction mechanisms. In addition to concerns about over implementing BJP’s Hindutva ideology, which equates Indianness with Hinduism, some observers were worried about the prospect of authoritarianism in India. Modi’s team tended to brush aside criticism even when it came from longstanding friends or admirers.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Husain Haqqani |Aparna Pande
At the start of India’s 44-day election exercise, during which 900 million eligible voters could cast their ballot in seven phases, pundits predicted an easy win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). But once the 640 million votes, reflecting a 67 percent turnout, were counted, the results surprised everyone, above all Modi himself.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
hindustantimes.com | Aparna Pande
Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray raised the issue of India’s alleged willingness to deploy assassination overseas as an instrument of State policy during recent visits to Delhi. India also ended up featuring in a Senate hearing on transnational repression and intimidation by countries like China, Iran, and Russia.
