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1 week ago | 
thehindu.com | Suhasini Haidar |G. Sampath |K. Bharat Kumar |Jagriti Chandra
U.S. President Donald Trump on April 2, 2025, unveiled reciprocal tariffs in a meeting held at the White House, which are to work as a punishment to countries around the world, including some of America’s closest trading partners. The day of announcing the reciprocal tariff was claimed by Mr. Trump as the “Liberation Day” for America.
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2 months ago | 
thehindu.com | K. Bharat Kumar
Government-owned BSNL has rarely been in the headlines in mainstream media. It threw a surprise last year when it began adding to its subscriber count between July and October while the more established private players were recording declines. November saw a reversal to the earlier status—Jio gained subscribers again while BSNL saw a decline. Has Jio regained momentum? Where do Airtel and Vodafone stand? What does it mean to you as a subscriber? Script & Presentation: K.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
thehindu.com | K. Bharat Kumar
By some accounts, four Indian rupees could have got you one US dollar in 1947. Now, you need close to 87 rupees to buy one dollar. With Trump having become the US president for the second time, the dollar has strengthened over the past couple of months, automatically weakening other currencies such as the rupee. What does the future hold for the rupee? Script & Presentation: K. Bharat KumarVideography: Thamodharan BEditing: Shibu Narayan Published - January 22, 2025 11:08 pm IST
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
thehindu.com | K. Bharat Kumar
After saying he’d ‘go to war’ to defend the US’s H-1B visa programme, Elon Musk seems to have mildly backtracked and said that the visa system is broken and needed to be reformed. Trump himself had to come out and defend the H-1B programme after his supporters turned on his Indian appointees suggesting that that was not truly ‘America first’! What’s happening in the U.S.? And why should it matter to Indians?
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
thehindu.com | Sruthi Darbhamulla |Suhasini Haidar |Vikas Dhoot |K. Bharat Kumar
2024 saw some significant elections, with key changes in the United Kingdom, the United States and India, among many others. As 2025 gets underway, the scene is set for even more elections, with potential repercussions across the globe. In Germany, the collapse of the “traffic light” coalition will mean a new election amid a general European tilt to the right.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | K. Bharat Kumar
The Adani group has been accused of corruption by a US court. An arrest warrant has been issued for Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani. The US markets regulator has also issued a summons to Gautam Adani. This prompts several questions. Does the US have legal jurisdiction in the case? What legal action does the group face in India? Can Indian legal authorities enter the picture? What options does the Adani group have? Presentation and direction: K.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | K. Bharat Kumar
A recent report showed that the Indian government is now looking to adopt a policy with multiple facets to help promote flexible fuel vehicles— on the lines of Brazil. Is it worth going down that road or will it put into imbalance parts of our food supply chain? The idea of a new flex fuel policy is to ICE vehicles on par with electric vehicles in a bid to accelerate the journey to decarbonise the economy.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | K. Bharat Kumar
Donald Trump, the US President-elect, is known to aggressively push the interests of American businesses which could mean that Indian companies’ prospects may be impacted even further. Having earlier called India the ‘King of tariffs’ and a ‘major (trade) abuser’, Trump in one of his campaign rallies this year had vowed reciprocal tariffs when he becomes President again. His actions will be mainly directed at China, but will certainly also affect India.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | K. Bharat Kumar
An urban slowdown is on. Sales of FMCG majors leave room for anxiety. Middle-income segment is likely feeling the strain. Car sales are slowing. But luxury housing is seeing positive sentiment. What exactly is happening with the economy? What is the RBI saying about this? We look at data from FMCG major Hindustan Unilever and also what Nestle India CMD has to say. Script and presentation: K. Bharat KumarEditing: Shibu NarayanVideo: S. Shiva Raj Published - October 30, 2024 11:22 pm IST
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | K. Bharat Kumar
Oil prices rise, decline, increase, dip, slide, surge. Have you seen these headlines in the recent past? And likely every time there is a sudden development in geopolitics, whether it is an economic slide in China, or the Russia-Ukraine war or the more recent military action in West Asia. What is going on in West Asia is worrisome at a humane level. The other question plaguing our minds is: how will it affect our fuel prices?
