Sunil Prasad
Indus Water Treaty: Why terrorising Indus water won’t help Pakistan
July 26, 2026
Few have described Kashmir more beautifully than the famous Indo-Persian Sufi poet Amir Khusrau who had said “If there is a paradise on earth, It is this, it is this, it is this”. Sadly, this beautiful paradise was painted with human blood and was converted into a graveyard o...
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UK-India FTA: A triumph for bilateral trade diplomacy
July 14, 2026
The world of a stable, rules-based trade policy as we knew no longer exists. In recent years, the global economic landscape has been marked by intense trade tensions, tariff wars, and shifting alliances. Amid this turbulence and uncertainty, India has been able to overcome econom...
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EU-India FTA: Redefining India’s trade policy for new global era
January 26, 2026
As the celebrations of the 77th Republic Day continue, the special guests on the occasion, the European Union delegation jointly led by António Costa, President, European Council and Ursula von der Leyen, President, European Commission, and hosts India will soon get down to the ...
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With focus on FTA, redefining EU-India partnership
December 2, 2025
In the corridors of powers in New Delhi and Brussels a silent revolution is taking place redefining the contours of European Union-India relations thanks to strengthening of strategic ties and challenges arising out of uncertainty in the global geopolitics, particularly about the...
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EU’s new strategic roadmap for India may be gamechanger in bilateral ties
October 1, 2025
Recently, the European Union unveiled its New Strategic EU-India Agenda setting out a range of areas for closer bilateral cooperation. The document hails India as the “world’s largest democracy” and a “like-minded and trusted partner”. At a press conference held in Brus...
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Lessons for EU from India-UK Free Trade Agreement
August 1, 2025
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) signed on July 24 is a milestone in the India-Britain strategic trade and economic relations. This historic agreement between the world’s fourth and fifth largest economies respectively, represents one of the mo...
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EU must immediately terminate Pakistan’s GSP trade privilege
June 20, 2025
The massacre of 26 unarmed civilians on April 22 at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir and the subsequent conflict between India and Pakistan has once again put the spotlight on Pakistan’s continued involvement in cross boarder terrorism. And in this context, EU’s reluctance to te...
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Donald Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ loses shine
May 19, 2025
With the new global trade war, the process of continental drift has already started. Global power shift is taking place at an unimaginable speed. The new global affairs are changing power dynamics and business. Continents like Europe, Asia are already in the process of looking fo...
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UK–India Free Trade Agreement: Expanding India’s global economic partnership
May 12, 2025
After three years of intense negotiations, on May 6, the United Kingdom and India finalised a historic Free Trade Agreement (FTA), marking the UK’s most significant trade pact since its departure from the European Union in 2020. The deal aims to enhance economic ties between th...
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Trump2.0 brings challenges & opportunities for India
November 29, 2024
We are living through a great strategic power shift. The emerging international order is likely to be starkly different from what the world has watched in last one decade. With Donald Trump re-occupying the White House, the changing nature of international environment signals an ...
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New European Commission can kickstart EU-India ties
September 24, 2024
After several delays, multiple leaks, political manoeuvrings, muscle flexing by Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban and a dramatic last-minute resignation of French Commissioner Thierry Breton, on September 17, the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented her new tea...
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Free Trade Agreement to change dynamics of EU-India Strategic Partnership
January 24, 2024
The dawn of 2024 has been marked by some significant developments, 2023 marked a year of historic milestones in India’s history that has captivated the nation and the world from cultural celebrations to scientific achievements. Capping the long list was that India hosted its fi...
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