New Delhi’s growing optimism around the delivery of the two remaining S-400 Triumf air defence systems belies the long and complicated journey of the deal.
US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick Friday urged New Delhi to reduce its reliance on Russian defence platforms and hit out at BRICS for its de-dollarisation efforts.
Global media also traces Air India's 'corporate turnaround story in sync with India’s triumphalist narrative'. But it isn't in the clear yet; losses & scepticism may be holding it back.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to pick Russia for his first official visit overseas since assuming a third term is strategically important...
There’s never a dull moment in Eurasia. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be skipping the Shanghai Cooperation Summit, soon to be held in Kazakhstan, the long...
PM Narendra Modi has an opportunity to play peacemaker at the most important peace summit since World War II. India’s well-established relationship with Russia is the key.
In maiden visit to India, Ukraine foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba did not get commitment from New Delhi on attending its peace meet. A meeting with PM Modi also did not materialise.
India and Vietnam won't take an overtly transactional or unsentimental approach towards Russia. It's the West that needs a dose of 'affectionate politics' in calculating Russia’s global clout.
Each billion dollars we spend on GPUs and AI hardware is akin to planting more neurons in the simulated brain we are building. And this brain is expanding — quickly.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
Wonderfully written.
It would have been helpful to also mention loss of Wagner protectorates in Africa that may have been providing Russia with critical minerals that Russia is now dependent on China for.
Another key feature is the lack of support to Armenia that is, in many ways, a mini-Russia.
It means that India is caught in a difficult bind vis-a-vis Russia and the Western bloc. If the new bill passes in the US Senate, India may have to face its wrath for the oil it purchases from Russia. If Ambani / Adani are able to ‘persuade’ the Trump administration, we may be safe.
Neither the private sector of USA nor the govt sector of Russia could deliver GE404 jet engines and S 400 respectively on time.
Wonderfully written.
It would have been helpful to also mention loss of Wagner protectorates in Africa that may have been providing Russia with critical minerals that Russia is now dependent on China for.
Another key feature is the lack of support to Armenia that is, in many ways, a mini-Russia.
It means that India is caught in a difficult bind vis-a-vis Russia and the Western bloc. If the new bill passes in the US Senate, India may have to face its wrath for the oil it purchases from Russia. If Ambani / Adani are able to ‘persuade’ the Trump administration, we may be safe.