India, Nov. 4 -- New Delhi will be keeping a close eye on the US midterm election results, in which the Democrats handed Donald Trump's Republican Party a heavy defeat. The results are on expected lines, though the margin exceeded forecasts, which had favoured Democrats to win both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

In recent times, India has watched closely the White House's approach to tariffs, Pakistan and MAGA policies. After the midterm results, all eyes will be on the road ahead for two of the world's largest democracies.

President Trump has sided with Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir, claimed credit for the Operation Sindoor ceasefire between New Delhi and Islamabad, and once called India a "dead economy" (subsequent...