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Sunday, June 14, 2026
TopicIndia-US relations

Topic: India-US relations

From Kolkata to Quad, Marco Rubio’s India visit sparks anxiety and mockery in China

Chinese commentators saw Marco Rubio’s India visit as more than diplomacy — linking it to Quad revival, Indo-Pacific strategy, US-China rivalry and India’s balancing role.

Trump’s hard-power world has exposed India’s economic dependencies

Donald Trump has changed the rules of the global game. A previously confidently rising India finds itself in a spot.

Joining Pax Silica is not all positives for India. We must guard strategic autonomy

India’s participation in Pax Silica is integral to preventing the alliance from looking like an elite group.

US firm’s craft & India’s launch services—all about ISRO’s ‘heavy-lift’ launch of BlueBird Block-2

The launch of 'heaviest satellite ever lifted from Indian soil using Indian launcher' is being viewed as a key step in strengthening foundation for Gaganyaan programme.

A call, and a decision—Modi to attend ASEAN summit virtually, ruling out possible meeting with Trump

Modi announced decision to attend virtually in a post on X. This comes days after his call with Trump on Diwali, following which US President said India won't buy 'much oil' from Russia.

Eye on India-US ties: Why their ‘demolition’ reflects Trump’s ‘failure to take China seriously’

FT looks at how India’s Russia moves are apparently alienating the EU, too. NYT says Trump's phone calls to Modi signal the renewal of India-US relationship.

Is India recalibrating Russian oil import strategy? Saudi Arabia discount offer is key

India has indicated several times that it makes decisions to purchase oil from Russia based on commercial reasons and not geopolitics.

Amid India-US chill, Mumbai firm ties up with Texan MNC to make civil nuclear reactor equipment

An agreement to make primary coolant pumps was signed in Washington, DC, between India's CORE Energy Systems & US-based Flowserve Corporation.

Humiliation in two distinct ‘flavours’—an ‘epic mistake’ by Trump, a test for Modi

Financial Times reports on ‘the largest litigant clogging up’ Indian judicial system while NYT looks at protests in Mumbai over restrictions on pigeon feeding.

Munir wants Pakistan military to be taken seriously. He was impressing Imran’s supporters

Operation Sindhoor came as a blessing for Asim Munir. He could claim to have “won a war” and get promoted to a field marshal’s post. But the narrative hasn’t held.

On Camera

Queer protesters refuse to be a meme. Armed with painted nails & defiance

Attacks against the queer community are launched with twin purposes: to strike the fear of endless memefication in the hearts of trans people and dismiss the political movement they’re a part of.

Pakistan’s Economic Survey celebrates stability, its Budget for FY27 shows how fragile that stability is

Pakistan is seeing stabilisation without transformation, satisfied creditors without serving citizens & its most lauded fiscal achievement is deteriorating, even before it's fully realised.

Yet another AN-32 crash. Replacement of aging fleet planned since mid-2000s could see movement soon

The primary task of the over 100 AN-32s with the IAF is to deliver all that is needed for sustenance of soldiers across the country, from high altitude and mountainous terrain to the island chains.

Five challenges await Modi. First, he must shake off the past and Nehru

It’s a perfectly reasonable presumption that Modi will be around for a significant enough time for us to reflect on the challenges that lie ahead. I will list five.