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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicIndia-BRICS

Topic: India-BRICS

India’s Russian arms purchases, BRICS membership get under America’s skin—Trump’s commerce secy Lutnick

Lutnick believes a US-India trade deal will be signed in the 'not-too-distant' future, defends President Donald Trump's call for bringing 'advanced manufacturing' factories to the US.

India open to new BRICS partners, but says decision should be ‘unanimous’ in hint at Pakistan’s bid

Russia and China are understood to support Pakistan's entry into BRICS, with Russian deputy PM having expressed public support for its bid last month.

How India is boosting its strategic & economic ties with distant Latin America, Caribbean

Trade interests in Latin America & Caribbean mainly concern edible oil, gold, critical minerals. Diaspora in Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago helped but India still behind China.

On Camera

SC decision on menstrual leave is feminist. Rani of Jhansi didn’t use period as an excuse

Women officers in the forces routinely manage the physiological realities of menstruation. Making menstrual leave mandatory would be two steps backwards for them.

India-US trade deal to be signed after Trump administration decides new global ‘tariff architecture’

New Delhi is examining the legal implications of the latest set of American investigations into Indian exports under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, it is learnt.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.