Pulwama Terror Attack News
Nitin Pai: How to dissuade Pakistan from deploying terrorism
Deterrence is widely misunderstood. The extent to which Pakistan can be deterred is debatable, but to discourage it, India should employ a multipronged diplomatic and security strategy.
4 min read1 Jun 2025India’s next victory should be in its battle for narrative dominance
As New Delhi sends delegations abroad to make India’s point, post Operation Sindoor, the country’s challenge of diplomacy is to take charge of the story globally. In geopolitics, as in military strategy, the side that frames the question often controls the answer.
5 min read20 May 2025The IMF’s Pakistan loan spotlights the case for voting power reform
For too long has the International Monetary Fund (IMF) been dominated by a handful of rich countries. But a multilateral institution whose decisions reflect outdated economic realities can’t serve the interests of its members well. An upcoming review offers the Fund a chance to restructure itself.
4 min read13 May 2025Nitin Pai: India must stay the course in its old contest with Pakistan
We’re clearly winning the long battle. Each terror strike pushes Pakistan further into a corner. India’s response to the horrific attack in Pahalgam must take a wide view of the scenario.
4 min read4 May 2025Pakistan must wake up and smell the geo-economic brew
Economic dynamism increasingly drives today’s world. It dictates military heft and power equations. Any country that doesn’t understand what’s brewing on this front will be vulnerable. Post Pahalgam, it’s about time Islamabad got this memo.
3 min read30 Apr 2025Mint Quick Edit | India can gain Indus leverage over Pakistan
Don’t understimate the power of long-range coercive diplomacy, whose use India has signalled with its suspension of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty. It’s a tool that hasn’t been tested.
1 min read25 Apr 2025India weighs complete trade halt with Pakistan as tensions escalate
Such a suspension would severely disrupt Pakistan's economy, which depends heavily on imports of vital goods such as fruits, vegetables, pharmaceuticals, organic chemicals and sugar from India.
4 min read24 Apr 2025Kashmir simmers but Pakistan’s game has no winners
The massacre of tourists in Kashmir’s Pahalgam has come as a rude shock. The public discourse in India is now dominated by the question of how the country will retaliate.
4 min read23 Apr 2025Even Pakistan will know who the real Shiv Sena is..: Uddhav Thackeray, CM Shinde reacts
In a big blow to the Thackeray-led faction, the Election Commission earlier this year allotted the 'Shiv Sena' name and its poll symbol 'bow and arrow' to the group led by CM Shinde.
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GIFT City – An investing oasis?
If you’re a company, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, or GIFT City for short, is where you want to be. At least, that's what the government wants you to believe. Even prior to launching in 2015 as a special economic zone (SEZ), some companies rushed to set up offices there. But since then, progress has been slow. Since the pandemic, companies have begun to move to Gandhinagar, as the government has increased benefits. The game-changer came in 2024, when the GIFT City exchange allowed listed companies to appear on both the Indian and foreign markets. Mint’s coverage of GIFT City stretches from its various schemes to attract MNCs, its exchange, and office spaces issues.