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Friday, January 30, 2026
TopicG7 summit

Topic: G7 summit

Modi craves Western approval while pretending to be above it

Modi govt needs to focus on building domestic capabilities and reducing internal polarisation. India’s foreign policy should not be shaped by delusion and narcissism.

India-Canada resume diplomatic ties months after Nijjar row, envoys set to return to Ottawa, New Delhi

Meeting on sidelines of G7 summit in Canada, Narendra Modi & Mark Carney agreed to name high commissioners, resume consular and diplomatic services, and restore partnership.

Canada PM’s G7 invite to Modi amid ‘deeply strained’ ties & grief turns into anger after Air India crash

International publications also trace Air India's journey in the aftermath of the Ahmedabad crash.

G7 is no more than a relic of the past. India should focus more on G20, BRICS

Canada's flip-flop on G7 invitation to India shows it is somewhat less inclined on quickly reseting the bilateral ties and begin a new chapter of peace and development.

How Trump’s visa freeze has hit Indian students, parents hard & King Kohli’s IPL moment

Global media also reports on outrage over the death of a 10-year-old rape victim in Bihar due to hospital mismanagement, and chances of Modi skipping this year’s G-7 summit.

India’s ‘long arm’ in Australia & end of Modi’s ‘diplomatic purgatory’ at G7 — what global media reported

New Delhi: The “long arm of the Indian state is reaching Australians”, reports ABC News, Australia, discussing India’s alleged intelligence operations on foreign soil and spread...

Defence & investment in focus at Modi’s 2nd set of G7 meetings with Italy’s Meloni, Japan’s Kishida

Modi met Giorgia Meloni and Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy. He also had a brief interaction with US President Joe Biden and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.

UK-India FTA to Indo-French defence ties, takeaways from Modi’s 1st set of G7 bilateral meetings

Modi, on his first overseas trip since becoming PM again met with Macron, Sunak & Zelenskyy in Italy Friday. Secretary (West) Pavan Kapoor will represent India at Geneva Peace Summit.

G7 draft confronts China’s ‘unfair’ business competition

The draft summit statement stressed the G7 was not trying to harm China or thwart its economic development but would 'continue to take actions to protect our businesses from unfair practices, to level the playing field and remedy ongoing harm'.

Investors relieved as Modi 3.0 takes charge & it’s bread over bigotry for voters, say global reports

Spotlight also on India-Russia ties amid G7 summit & Modi's challenge to take India forward amid a changing geopolitical landscape.

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India-EU FTA will change how US looks at trade with New Delhi. We must be ready

For India and the EU, the reliance on the US for security needs and on China for goods and services is associated with greater risks and vulnerability to major disruptions.

Borrowing to survive: Indian households are saving more, why are they still in debt?

RBI data shows personal loans tripled in six years, with rising slippages; real wages halved as middle class uses loans to maintain lifestyle fuelled by social media.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.