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Tuesday, April 28, 2026
TopicIndia-US ties

Topic: India-US ties

India-US ties driven not by dusty formalities but clear-eyed interests—US under secy of war Colby

US Under Secy of War for Policy Elbridge Colby at an event in Delhi said US-India don't need to agree on everything to cooperate effectively, but 'interests converge on fundamental issues'.

Don’t want anyone to buy Russian oil, India has made commitment—US envoy Gor as Delhi enters Pax Silica

India, however, has maintained that any purchases of Russian oil is a business decision for its firms, without clarifying if any political commitment was made to the US. 

‘Commitment to reciprocal & balanced trade based on mutual interests’—India-US joint statement on deal

The agreement comes after a year of back and forth and frosty ties between the two countries. Read full text of the joint statement.

Trade deal sorted, India & US move on to pending defence pacts—P-8I aircraft first, engines next

Defence Acquisition Council likely to take up P-8I procurement, cleared in 2019, in third week this month. Proposed joint production of GE F414-INS6 engine also on agenda.

Trump announces India-US trade deal soon after ‘call with Modi’, tariffs lowered from 25% to 18%

US President further wrote, in a lengthy Truth Social post, that he would reduce reciprocal tariffs from 25 percent to 18 percent, in a lengthy Truth Social post. India is yet to react.

Why India shouldn’t risk joining Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’

One very strong and strategic reason for India to not join Trump’s Board of Peace is that it is in reality an alternative to the UN.

New Delhi to be invited to join Pax Silica initiative, says Sergio Gor, new US envoy to India

Next call on trade between the two sides to occur Tuesday, says the ambassador-designate who arrived in India Friday & is set to present his credentials to the President Wednesday.

MEA should stop living in dread of Trump. We’ve lived through Nixon before

Donald Trump seems to have rejected the old assumptions. He does not care that India is the world’s largest democracy. As for the Indian market, he wants access on his own terms.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

US Ambassador-designate Sergio Gor to arrive in India next week

The formal takeover comes at a time when bilateral ties between the two countries have hit a rough patch over tariffs and other matters.

On Camera

Buddha comes home to Ladakh exposition: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

The Government of India recognises Ladakh as one of the most important living centres of Buddhist culture in the world. We are committed to safeguarding its unique cultural traditions.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

What theaterisation could look like: Rotational CDS, three-star theatre commanders in initial years

The proposed structure envisions the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) rotating between the Army, Navy and Air Force, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.