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Friday, November 21, 2025
TopicIndia-US

Topic: India-US

‘Drugs, guns & a meeting with Amanat’: NYPD had been watching Pannun plot accused Nikhil Gupta for 10 yrs

Court filings reveal Gupta was on NYPD and DEA radar since 2013, with agents tracking his alleged money laundering, drug links, and (finally) conversations tied to Pannun murder plot.

Indian PSUs to buy LPG for 1-year from US as reliance on Russia reduces

In its first ever structured deal, Indian LPG companies are set to import almost 10% of their total needs from US. Trump has been pushing India to purchase more American energy.

Disclosures to US Senate claim lobbyists with links to Pakistan also hired for RSS; organisation denies

State Street Strategies hired Squire Patton Boggs, a Washington-based legal firm that also does work with Pakistan govt, to lobby on behalf of RSS in March, according to the documents.

India signs deal with General Electric to procure 113 US engines for Tejas fighter jets

Rollout of Tejas Mk-1A fighters, crucial to India's air strength, has been delayed due to slow deliveries from GE of 99 engines ordered in 2021, of which only 4 have arrived so far.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

India-US deal should be a model for inclusive trade, not just a symbol of diplomacy

If India-US trade deal proceeds, it must be accompanied by robust safeguards—both at the domestic and WTO levels.

Good progress achieved in trade negotiations, says Modi after his second call with Trump in a month

This is 2nd call between 2 leaders within month; they had not spoken between June & September. Earlier this week, Senate confirmed Sergio Gor as new Ambassador to India.

Jaishankar on trade deal with US—compromises needed on both ends, but India has ‘certain red lines’

Speaking at the closing session of the Kautilya Economic Conclave in Delhi, the EAM stressed India needs to diversify relationships in new world order.

Hyderabad student ‘shot dead’ at US gas station, 2nd Indian national killed in Texas within a month

Chandra Shekhar Pole, had completed his Bachelor’s in Dental Surgery and then moved to the US for higher studies. He was working at the gas station part-time.

On Camera

India can face multi-front conflicts with hostile Dhaka. New Delhi missed chance to engage BNP

India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.