Aastha Gupta

In international negotiations, patience often precedes progress, as demonstrated by India’s extended wait for a trade breakthrough with the United States. The patience finally seems to have paid off when Prime Minister Modi and President Trump publicly announced their agreement on a trade deal. On February 7, early morning, a joint statement was released by The White House and PIB illustrating the success over the finalization of a framework for an interim agreement regarding the upcoming...

Recently a lot of headlines have been occupied by the depreciating value of the Indian Rupee (INR), when it hit ‘record low’  against the US dollar (USD) at 91, falling at a 6% rate in the year 2025. Normally when a layman picks up such news, there is an immediate negative connotation that gets associated with it. But going into the economics of this, strips away this assumption. So, to break the illusion let us take a deeper dive into the phenomenon of a declining currency.   What is meant...

“We had a bilateral arrangement with Tajikistan for the rehabilitation and development of Ayni aerodrome. This arrangement was in place for several years. After the conclusion of the agreement that we had with Tajikistan we have handed over the facility to the Tajik side. This happened in 2022.” ~ Mr. Randhir Jaiswal, Official Spokesperson.  These words mark the end of the Indian presence in Central Asia through the Ayni airbase also known as Gissar Military Aerodrome (GMA) that is located...