Sudhi Ranjan Sen

India Working On First Major Free Trade Pact In A Decade

India News | Shruti Srivastava and Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bloomberg | Wednesday June 2, 2021

India and the UK are intensifying talks to remove non-tariff barriers and foster greater market access as they work to stitch together the South Asian nation's first major free trade pact in a decade.

"Entire Families" Wiped Out By Covid In Rural India: Report

India News | Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bibhudatta Pradhan, Shruti Srivastava and Ruth Pollard, Bloomberg | Tuesday May 18, 2021

After devastating India's biggest cities, the latest Covid-19 wave is now ravaging rural areas across the world's second-most populous country. And most villages have no way to fight the virus.

Yogi Adityanath's Response to Covid Crisis Spurs Controversy

India News | Shruti Srivastava, Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Upmanyu Trivedi, Bloomberg | Friday May 14, 2021

As India's hospitals filled up and long queues emerged outside crematoriums last month, local journalist Anuj Awasthi says he had a big scoop. Oxygen supplies were being diverted away from his district in Uttar Pradesh.

How India's Vaccine Drive Crumbled And Left A Country In Chaos

India News | Bibhudatta Pradhan, Archana Chaudhary and Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bloomberg | Friday April 30, 2021

When India launched its Covid-19 vaccination drive in mid-January, the chances of success looked high: It could produce more shots than any country in the world and had decades of experience inoculating pregnant women and babies in rural areas.

"It's Like A War": Inside A Delhi Hospital Desperate For Oxygen

India News | Ruth Pollard and Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bloomberg | Wednesday April 28, 2021

At his crowded emergency room in central Delhi, Ali Raza can't focus much on when the next delivery of oxygen will arrive -- 12 of his 20 doctors are down with Covid-19, and the patients just keep coming.

Choosing The Next Dalai Lama And The Fight Involving India, US, China

India News | Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bloomberg | Thursday April 15, 2021

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama-the spiritual leader of Tibetans, who lives in exile in India-turns 86 in July. The choice of his successor is shaping up to be a struggle between India and the U.S. on the one hand and China on the other.

Secret India-Pakistan Peace Plan Brokered By UAE Royals: Report

India News | Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bloomberg | Monday March 22, 2021

About 24 hours after military chiefs from India and Pakistan surprised the world last month with a rare joint commitment to respect a 2003 cease-fire agreement, the top diplomat of the United Arab Emirates popped over to New Delhi for a quick one-day visit.

India To Buy First US Armed Drones At $3 Billion To Counter China, Pak

India News | Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bloomberg | Wednesday March 10, 2021

India plans to buy 30 armed drones from the U.S. to boost its sea and land defenses as tensions persist with neighbors China and Pakistan, according to officials with knowledge of the matter.

India's Visa Restrictions For Chinese Hurt Taiwan Tech Giants

India News | By Shruti Srivastava and Sudhi Ranjan Sen, The Bloomberg | Thursday February 18, 2021

Geopolitical tensions between India and China are beginning to hurt some of Taiwan's biggest technology companies, including suppliers to Apple Inc. and hindering New Delhi's much-vaunted incentive program for electronics manufacturing.

India Has Plenty Of Covid Shots, Not Enough Willing To Take Them

India News | Bibhudatta Pradhan and Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bloombeerg | Wednesday January 27, 2021

Most of the world is struggling to secure enough vaccines to inoculate their populations. India has the opposite problem: Plenty of shots, but a shortage of people willing to take them.

4 Of India's Most-Wanted Insurgent Leaders In China In October: Report

India News | Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bloomberg | Monday December 7, 2020

Indian officials say China is assisting rebel groups that have stepped up attacks on its border with Myanmar in recent months, opening another front in the conflict between two nations already engaged in a deadly standoff in the Himalayas.

India's New Rules On Who Can Visit And Who Isn't Allowed

India News | Sudhi Ranjan Sen and Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg | Thursday October 22, 2020

India is reopening its borders to international visitors in a bid to revive economic growth even as the South Asian nation battles the world's second-worst coronavirus outbreak.

India Buys Winter Gear From US On "Urgent Basis" Amid China Row: Report

India News | Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bloomberg | Monday October 19, 2020

India has bought high altitude warfare kits from the U.S. on an urgent basis, officials with the knowledge of the matter said, a sign that the country is preparing for an extended winter deployment after talks to ease tensions along its border with China stalled.

"Root Cause Of Tension": China After India Opens 44 Border Bridges

India News | Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bloomberg | Tuesday October 13, 2020

India opened dozens of new bridges -- many of them providing all-weather access along its disputed border with China -- in a move that could provoke a fresh round of tensions.

India's New Curbs On Visas, Schools To Stem China Influence: Report

India News | Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bloomberg | Friday August 21, 2020

India is stepping up its curbs on Chinese activity in the country, adding extra scrutiny for visas and reviewing Beijing's links with local universities, as relations between the two nations continue to nose-dive.