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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
TopicIndia-Russia

Topic: India-Russia

Putin India visit in December, Lavrov to come first as FTA, energy, nuclear, defence take centre stage

One of the key developments likely on the trade front is the beginning of formal talks on a Free Trade Agreement on goods between India and the Eurasian Economic Union.

India says NATO chief’s claim that Modi spoke with Putin on Trump tariffs ‘baseless, unacceptable’

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte Thursday suggested that Trump’s tariffs on India led to New Delhi pressuring the Russian President to explain his plan on Ukraine. 

Trump blows hot & cold on India amid White House ‘frustration’ at inability to contain Russia

Global media highlights Donald Trump asking EU to hit India & China with 100 percent tariff, days after proclaiming on social media he’d ‘always be friends’ with PM Modi.

Navarro to Loomer—Trump’s team is making India new frontline of MAGA politics

It's a wolf pack unleashed on India, and Peter Navarro is leading it. The week gone by has been critical for Indian diplomacy amid the tensions with the US.

India & Russia always ‘stood shoulder to shoulder’ Modi tells Putin, calls for end to Ukraine war

New Delhi: Amid strained ties with the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised Monday that India and Russia have always “stood shoulder to shoulder...

‘Maharaja of tariffs’, ‘laundromat’ for Russia—Trump aide Navarro’s latest broadside at India

Trump’s trade counsellor has upped the ante against India’s trade with Russia. Last week, he wrote an article, accusing India’s 'oil lobby' of funding Russia’s war.

US picking on India for trade concessions—ex-MEA adviser responds to Trump adviser’s ‘Russia oil math’ take

Global media looks at how US-India relationship is in jeopardy, while Pakistan has 'quietly & successfully navigated Trump's political world'.

If India stopped buying Russian oil, China would gain and global prices would go up

The West should thank India for buying Russian oil and stabilising the global market.

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.

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Debt target to central schemes, expect three significant changes in Budget 2026

The absence of major adjustments in tax rates has meant a decline in general interest in the annual budgets, with less curiosity about what they contain. Budget 2026 could change that.

Grounded no more: Andhra govt revives no-frills Dagadarthi airport near Nellore to boost south coast link

As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.

Army chief lambasts Chinese infra push in Shaksgam Valley. ‘We consider it illegal action’

Speaking at annual press conference, Army chief reiterated that India does not recognise 1963 Sino-Pakistan border pact under which Pakistan illegally ceded Shaksgam Valley to China.

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.