Kiran Sharma

New Delhi

Staff Writer at Nikkei Asia

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन Journalist @NikkeiAsia I Ex-@PTI_News I Views are personal! [email protected]

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Vance to meet Modi in India as U.S.-China tariff war rages

6 days ago | asia.nikkei.com | Kiran Sharma

NEW DELHI -- U.S. Vice President JD Vance is set to hold key talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a four-day visit to the South Asian nation beginning on Monday, with the two leaders expected to discuss pressing issues such as Washington's sweeping "reciprocal" trade tariffs and mounting geopolitical tensions in the region and beyond.
India speeds up arms procurement to hasten military overhaul

1 week ago | asia.nikkei.com | Kiran Sharma

NEW DELHI -- India is seeking to streamline its defense procurement by expediting the acquisition process to upgrade its military equipment in a timely manner amid technological advancement and an accelerating regional arms race. India's Defence Acquisition Council last month approved guidelines to make the arms and equipment acquisition process "faster, more effective and efficient," according to an official statement.
India's Modi agrees to step up defense cooperation with Sri Lanka

2 weeks ago | asia.nikkei.com | Kiran Sharma

COLOMBO -- India and Sri Lanka on Saturday agreed to beef up cooperation on defense, energy and other sectors during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the island nation, where New Delhi and Beijing compete for influence.
Modi meets Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing, Bangladesh's Yunus

2 weeks ago | asia.nikkei.com | Kiran Sharma

BANGKOK -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a crucial bilateral meeting with Myanmar's leader, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who is on a rare foreign trip to the Thai capital to attend a regional summit with a civil war at home and as the country grapples with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake last week that left over 3,000 people dead.
India, Thailand, 5 others sign maritime pact as Trump tariffs revealed

3 weeks ago | asia.nikkei.com | Kiran Sharma

BANGKOK -- A grouping of India, Thailand, Myanmar and four other Bay of Bengal nations on Thursday inked a maritime transport cooperation agreement that would boost regional connectivity and trade, even as U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping new reciprocal tariffs.
India seeks to offset Trump tariffs by negotiating bilateral pacts - Nikkei Asia

4 weeks ago | asia.nikkei.com | Kiran Sharma

NEW DELHI -- India has stepped up efforts to strike trade deals with other countries in an apparent bid to minimize the impact of U.S. President Donal
India seeks to offset Trump tariffs by negotiating bilateral pacts

4 weeks ago | asia.nikkei.com | Kiran Sharma

NEW DELHI -- India has stepped up efforts to strike trade deals with other countries in an apparent bid to minimize the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's looming tariffs, even as New Delhi and Washington are finalizing the framework for a "mutually beneficial" bilateral trade pact.
India respects Mauritian sovereignty over Chagos Islands, Modi says

1 month ago | asia.nikkei.com | Kiran Sharma

NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday backed Mauritius' claim over the Chagos islands -- home to a U.S.-U.K. military base -- amid efforts to reach a formal treaty to resolve a decades-old dispute between London and Port Louis. "A free, open, secure and safe Indian Ocean is our shared priority," Modi said in Hindi during a joint media appearance with Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, against a backdrop of China's expanding influence in the region.
India, EU aim for free-trade deal by year end as Trump tariffs loom

1 month ago | asia.nikkei.com | Kiran Sharma

NEW DELHI -- India and the European Union are aiming to conclude an ambitious free trade agreement by the end of this year, their leaders announced on Friday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, along with 27 EU commissioners, is in India on a two-day trip that began on Thursday.
India vows to crush Maoist 'menace' after fresh violence

1 month ago | asia.nikkei.com | Kiran Sharma

NEW DELHI -- After a decadeslong insurgency that has cost thousands of lives, India's government is vowing to eradicate Maoist guerrilla groups described as the nation's biggest internal security threat. India's Maoist insurgency stretches back to 1967 when an armed uprising exploded in West Bengal state's remote Naxalbari village and set off the spread of Communist rebels -- commonly known as Naxalites -- to other parts of the country.