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Friday, August 8, 2025
TopicIndia-US relations

Topic: India-US relations

Modi-Trump bonhomie changes nothing for India. Get real, Hindutva fans

Trump is determinedly isolationist. He is not interested in being friends with foreign countries. He only wants to show Americans how he has whipped foreign governments into line.

India-US ties stuck in cute acronyms. Delhi must wait out the chaos

A US that makes peace with Beijing and leaves the Indo-Pacific to Chinese influence will harm New Delhi.

As 2 ‘friends’ meet, how Modi will walk Trump’s tightrope & still get what India wants

Global media reports on how both leaders view foreign policy as transactional & how the meeting will set the tenor for trade, immigration & threat of an increasingly assertive China.

US deportations are typical Trump theatrics, redrawing American borders with permanent markers

The deportation of 104 illegal Indian immigrants from the US, transported in a military aircraft while chained and handcuffed, sparked an uproar in Parliament. But Trump isn't done yet.

Trump & Modi discuss PM’s potential visit to US in February, purchase of American security equipment

In their first call since Donald Trump's inauguration, the US president stressed the importance of a 'fair' bilateral trade relationship between India and the US.

Trajectory of US-India relations under Trump 2.0 & Dalit sanitation workers’ ‘losing battle’ at Kumbh

Global media also covers Jaishankar's characterisation of India-China relations as based on 'mutual respect, sensitivity, and interests', alongside Oyo's new moralistic policy.

US to drop Indian nuclear firms from restricted list, says NSA Sullivan. ‘Turn page on past frictions’

The step signals America’s ‘belief’ in ties with India, Jake Sullivan said during his two-day visit to India. He met with Jaishankar, Modi & counterpart Doval during the short stay.

SubscriberWrites: UNCLOS and Indo-US relations

The US violated India's EEZ under UNCLOS, asserting freedom of navigation. This raises concerns over future security ties and the need for India to strengthen its own defence strategy.

Watch CutTheClutter: The happiest world capitals and the ones most worried by Trump’s return, and why

In Ep 1549 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses what Trump's victory means for global politics amid 2 wars & geopolitical upheavals, & India-US ties going ahead.

Carnegie India report on iCET highlights successes & strategic path forward for India-US ties

New Delhi: “The mood was great” over the India-US initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET), but is the partnership really delivering and what’s...

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.