https://www.scmp.com/rss/505396/feed Sarosh Bana is the executive editor of Business India in Mumbai, India. He writes extensively for international publications and think tanks on defence & security, cyber security, international affairs, politics, strategy, power & energy, environment & conservation, foreign affairs, and social issues. He also gives talks on defence and environment. He has an M.A. in Political Science and studied Bio-Dynamic Agriculture in Switzerland and Germany. A Jefferson fellow of the US State... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Among the clutch of US-India deals signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington last month was a groundbreaking agreement on the joint production of advanced US fighter jet engines for Indian combat planes. The deal is not only part of the US’ attempt to draw New Delhi closer under the Biden administration’s strategy in its conflict with Beijing, but in the longer term will also boost India’s military capabilities in its neighbourhood and affect Russia’s role in its... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3227329/us-india-fighter-jet-engine-deal-takes-strategic-ties-new-heights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3227329/us-india-fighter-jet-engine-deal-takes-strategic-ties-new-heights?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Jul 2023 19:00:20 +0000 Though India has sought to strike a balance in the stand-off between the US-led West and Russia since the latter’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, recent developments are adding complexities to its task, for Russia’s roles as India’s primary arms contractor and middling oil supplier look set to switch. Arriving in Moscow on November 8 for his fifth meeting with his Russian counterpart since the invasion began, India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar expressed satisfaction... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3199548/indias-reliance-russian-weapons-comes-under-strain-even-its-russian-oil-imports-surge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3199548/indias-reliance-russian-weapons-comes-under-strain-even-its-russian-oil-imports-surge?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:30:09 +0000 For most Indian athletes, winning an Olympic medal is not only a sporting achievement but also a triumph of willpower and desire to succeed despite economic deprivation, government neglect, failing infrastructure and sometimes prejudice. At the Tokyo Olympics, which concluded on the weekend, 228 Indian athletes competed across 18 events, returning home with seven medals – one gold, two silver and four bronze. It was India’s best showing at an Olympics, placing them 48th out of 205 countries on... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3144567/tokyo-olympics-indian-athletes-combined-record-medal-haul-no?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3144567/tokyo-olympics-indian-athletes-combined-record-medal-haul-no?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:32:42 +0000 A humanitarian catastrophe is looming in India, threatening to overshadow the severe health crisis afflicting the country of 1.3 billion people as it experiences a three-week lockdown on account of the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping across the world. India’s teeming poor – two-thirds of the population who live on less than US$2 a day – have been the worst affected by the lockdown, which enters its sixth day on Tuesday. They find themselves quarantined with no access to food and face being brutally... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3077628/indias-coronavirus-lockdown-has-turned-health-crisis-humanitarian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3077628/indias-coronavirus-lockdown-has-turned-health-crisis-humanitarian?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2020 01:15:13 +0000