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India doubles down on bilateral trade ties with Russia amid strain in relations with US

With Jaishankar in Moscow, India & Russia finalise terms of reference for FTA between New Delhi & EAEU, as both countries seek to grow trade to $100 bn by 2030.

Delhi rejects Nepal’s claim over Lipulekh pass as Kathmandu protests India-China border trade resumption

Latest irritant in India-Nepal ties comes days after Foreign Secy Vikram Misri’s visit to the country. Nepal PM K.P. Sharma Oli is expected to visit India on 16 September.

Dhaka flags concerns over Awami League operations from Indian soil; MEA says concerns ‘misplaced’

Yunus admin says presence of exiled Awami League leaders in India could impact bilateral ties. MEA responds: Indian govt ‘not aware of any anti-Bangladesh activities’.

After Doval-Wang talks, India & China agree to go back to 2005 agreement. Why it matters

The 2005 agreement was signed by then Special Representatives NSA M.K. Narayanan and Chinese vice foreign minister Dai Bingguo.

US treasury secy slams Indo-Russia oil trade, says profits benefits India’s ‘richest families’

This follows Peter Navarro's comment that India is 'a global clearing house for Russian crude' & that the proceeds flow to India's politically connected energy titans & into Putin’s war chest.

Russia hopes to revive RIC, criticises US threat of sanctions against India

Comments by Russian diplomat in Delhi, Roman Babushkin, come amid renewed interest in the trilateral format, with India-US ties in a rough patch. EAM Jaishankar is currently in Moscow.

Russian diplomat Babushkin ‘hopeful’ about resuming India-Russia-China trilateral meet

Roman Babushkin, the Charge d'Affaires at the Russian Embassy in Delhi, highlighted signaled hope for the revival of trilateral format, especially in light of US tariffs.

Russia-India oil trade to continue, Putin to meet Modi in Delhi by end of year, says embassy official

Roman Babushkin said Moscow has 'special mechanism' to continue oil supplies to India, slashing fears about negative impact on crude trade post Putin-Modi meeting in Alaska.

De-escalation & new groups on boundary question top decisions at Doval-Wang Yi talks

China's Foreign Minister has been on a 3-day visit to India, starting Monday. Wang Yi & NSA Ajit Doval met Tuesday for the 24th round of Special Representative talks.

Foreign missions get a reminder from MEA, ‘commercial activities’ not exempt from tax

Subsequent to MEA’s annual reminder to all foreign missions, Italian Embassy’s cultural centre suspended some of its operations.

On Camera

India’s labour policy left it unable to compete with other eastern economies: Nani A Palkhivala

Liberty without accountability is the freedom of the fool. Our concept of freedom will remain impoverished until it is deepened by liberal education, wrote Nani A Palkhivala in 1995.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.