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Monday, November 3, 2025
TopicIndia-US

Topic: India-US

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.

Surat diamond hub ‘direct casualty’ of Trump’s tool of ‘political coercion’ & ‘choked’ Bengaluru

President Donald Trump’s tariffs on India continue to attract global media attention. Financial Times reports on the ‘unsustainable boom’ in India’s Silicon Valley—Bengaluru.

India will absorb Trump tariff impact due to its Achilles’ heel

Like China, India remains a big domestic market, which will continue to attract investment, but the US tariffs will make India unattractive for future investments.

Indian embassy in Washington hires new lobbying firm amid tensions with US

Mercury Public Affairs LLC, the firm that hired Susie Wiles, current chief of staff to Trump, as a lobbyist between 2022 and 2024, will be paid $75,000 a month.

Trump’s MAGA politics is forcing Modi to change course of Indian diplomacy

No Indian prime minister can offer the kind of concessions Trump seeks in agriculture.

Beijing to Moscow—How Delhi’s multi-capital diplomacy put Washington on notice

All of a sudden, the great game of diplomacy has taken a modified path for India. The burden to put the pressure back on Washington has fallen on New Delhi.

Silence & compromise will embolden the bully—Chinese envoy targets US over 50% tariff on India

Speaking at summit organised by Chintan Research Foundation, Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong said an Asian century can only succeed with a developed India and China.

India doubles down on bilateral trade ties with Russia amid strain in relations with US

With Jaishankar in Moscow, India & Russia finalise terms of reference for FTA between New Delhi & EAEU, as both countries seek to grow trade to $100 bn by 2030.

Indian foreign policy is in free fall. Can we balance national pride with new power reality?

Unless dramatic reversals take place, the core of India’s foreign policy, which, at least since 2000, has focused on the US, Pakistan, China, and Russia, stands on the verge of collapse.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

On Camera

A fitting tribute to Pakistan’s General Shanti

Durrani as NSA was a leap for Pakistan. No surprise that he didn’t even last a year in that job. He chafed after 26/11, seeing it as a deliberate Army/ISI betrayal.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

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.

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.