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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
TopicModi-Putin meet

Topic: Modi-Putin meet

‘Don’t take relationship for granted,’ says US envoy to India days after Modi-Putin meet

Media reports suggest that senior US officials tried to see whether meeting between 2 leaders could be rescheduled as NATO was hosting 75th Founding Day celebrations in Washington DC.

Modi-Putin meeting should open US’ eyes. This is how you protect national interest

Despite NATO’s fulminations against Russia, Ukraine’s entry into NATO or EU is unlikely. It's futile then to expect India to persuade Putin to agree to a ceasefire.

Ministry of tomato, tomahto & qualms about off-key question paper

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Modi tells Putin that ‘heart bleeds’ when children are killed, day after lethal strike on children’s hospital in Kyiv

The pointed remark by the visiting leader was an implicit rebuke to Putin, after September 2022 when he told the Russian leader that 'today's era is not an era of war'.

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy slams Modi-Putin hug, calls its huge ‘disappointment’, ‘devastating blow’

The remarks come amid Modi's visit to Russia. Modi shared a hug with Putin Monday after arriving at the Russian President's suburban residence, Novo-Ogaryovo, located outside of Moscow.

Stronger energy ties, more trade to dominate agenda when Modi meets Putin today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting Friday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Uzbekistan.

Putin’s visit is a defining moment for India-Russia ties. It’s a telling message to China

Russian president’s visit comes at a time when geopolitical friendships are in a state of flux. But Putin and Modi won’t loosen their very special embrace.

When Modi meets Putin, he should move India away from the cycle of ‘appeasement by arms buy’

Washington is convinced the Narendra Modi government values the fact of the production of something/anything in India, and not what is produced.

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.