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TopicMarco Rubio

Topic: Marco Rubio

Dollar bills to battleships & now ‘Donnyland’ in Ukraine. Trump name is going unusual places

Donnyland in the Donbas? Check. Donald signature on the dollar bill? Check. The US President's name is turning into a one-size-fits-all label across the world

India awaits Australia’s confirmation for Quad foreign ministers’ meet during Rubio’s May visit

Announced by Sergio Gor last week, this will be Rubio’s maiden visit to the country since assuming office in Jan 2025. New Delhi is waiting for confirmation from Australia, it is learnt.

Rubio ‘looks forward’ to India trip next month, says envoy Gor as Foreign Secy Misri wraps US visit

India & US have seen an uptick in high-level exchanges in last few months as ties improve following conclusion of trade deal talks. Rubio to visit India for first time as US State Secy.

Trump’s cabinet was divided over war in Iran while he backed Netanyahu’s ‘hawkish’ stance—NYT report

In the weeks leading up to US-Israeli military strikes against Iran, White House was split between 'Trump the hawk', eager for action, and 'Vance the sceptic', NYT report says.

US orders embassies to fight propaganda & ‘tell America’s story’, tapping military’s psy ops unit & X

According to report in The Guardian, cable signed by Marco Rubio directs missions to leverage Elon Musk's platform to counter disinfo from Tehran, Beijing & Moscow.

British rule couldn’t make India a Christian country. Marco Rubio is no threat

Marco Rubio was all praise for missionaries in his address at the Munich Security Conference. We need to tell him something about missionaries in India—they failed to take over Indians in large numbers.

Marco Rubio at Munich was wrong. Civilisations don’t determine foreign policies

Marco Rubio is competing against JD Vance to be the next Republican presidential nominee. He is trying not to lose the MAGA base, but struggling to junk his old Republican roots.

MEA denies reports of secret Doval-Rubio meet that led to breakthrough in India–US ties

American media company Bloomberg had claimed that Doval had secretly flown to US & met with Rubio, telling him New Delhi will not be bullied & would wait out Trump’s tenure if needed.

Rubio brings back Quad in first meeting post India-US trade deal, Jaishankar makes no mention

The two leaders 'concluded their meeting by expressing their commitment to expanding bilateral & multilateral cooperation through Quad', says a readout after the bilateral meeting.

On Camera

Vijay turned reels, whistles, and fan edits into a political triumph

TVK tapped into young people with promises of employment, better governance, and youth-centric politics, framing old regimes as outdated while invoking Tamil pride and resistance to divisive agendas.

Noel Tata’s resistance to IPO creates discord in board of Indian conglomerate

At the center of the rift is the initial public offering of Tata Sons, which controls a vast collection of companies that do everything from making salt to selling luxury vehicles.

One missile, multiple warheads, many targets: India successfully test-fires Agni 5 with MIRV tech

With MIRV, India can target different different locations or the same location with a time gap. This can include decoys to hoodwink the enemy’s defence systems.

Muslim voters no longer matter to BJP. Only a new Hindu-led coalition can challenge Modi-Shah

These elections mark completion of BJP-secular party divide purely on Hindu-Muslim basis. BJP’s rivals are increasingly looking like Muslim parties though their leaders are all Hindus.