scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Saturday, December 20, 2025
Topic2+2 MEET

Topic: 2+2 MEET

India ‘never stopped’ talks with US on trade, ‘unjustifiable’ tariffs; discussed it at 2+2 meet

Trump's additional tariffs of 25 percent came into force Wednesday, raising India’s total export duties to 50 percent.

US State Secretary Antony Blinken, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to visit India for 2+2 dialogue

The two will meet their Indian counterparts, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi this month.

On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.