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Monday, July 21, 2025
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Topic: Mamallapuram

All the PM’s interpreters — the select IFS officers who translate and keep many secrets

The role of interpreters has taken on new meaning under PM Modi who is looking to forge personal chemistry with leaders via informal summits.

From Wuhan spirit to Chennai vision, Modi-Xi agree differences shouldn’t dominate discourse

Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale says PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to create a separate mechanism on trade, investment and services.

India isn’t China’s economic or military equal but Mamallapuram lets Modi stand as tall as Xi

Wearing a crisp white Tamil veshti and a cream angavastram, Modi played the storyteller to the visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping.

What can Modi-Xi agree on to call their Mamallapuram meeting a success?

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a one-on-one meeting Saturday morning in the temple town of Mamallapuram.

Mamallapuram ‘informal’ summit set to begin, Modi & Xi to discuss trade, border and Kashmir

The resort town of Mamallapuram has been turned into a fortress for the Modi-Xi summit. India & China will discuss issues that have come up since Wuhan.

Modi & Xi don’t need to sign a dozen trade pacts to make second informal summit a success

The two popular leaders will have to seriously work towards assuring their constituencies that it is imperative to keep the region free of crises.

Modi and Xi are unequal leaders who won’t tango in Mamallapuram but size each other up

There is virtually no comparison between the economic strength of India and China. And yet, Modi is employing all his resources to stand eyeball-to-eyeball with Xi.

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What India can learn from Israel about atmanirbharta in defence

India’s fledgling defence industry has struggled to translate capacity into mass production or compete globally, resulting in continued reliance on imports.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.