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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicPresident Donald Trump

Topic: President Donald Trump

US-Afghan peace deal relies on old flaws, dated assumptions. Taliban of 2020 has changed

Afghan deal menu was made by Pakistan, cooked by US, paid by Doha. Taliban gets the starter, Pakistan & Trump campaign gets main dish, Afghan govt, the dessert. 

Morning after Ahmedabad: How Modi & Trump have taken India-US ties to the next level

Trump realises that it is only India, despite its weakening economy, which can even think of taking on the dragon next door.

After Namaste Trump, India and US to strengthen strategic, defence & energy ties

India and the US are expected to sign $6 billion worth of defence deals on President Donald Trump’s 36-hour visit, which begins Monday.

On Melania Trump’s itinerary, a likely trip to AAP govt’s ‘happiness class’ in Delhi school

During her Delhi visit on 25 February, Melania Trump is likely to take a look at various activities that students at government schools engage in.

Modi is Trump’s man, the ‘odd’ GST fire & crisis aboard Maha Vikas Aghadi Express

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

Trump says US has ‘terminated’ ISIS leader Baghdadi’s ‘number one replacement’ too

President Donald Trump tweets that US troops have killed the man 'most likely' to succeed Baghdadi, but doesn’t reveal his name.

Post Saudi attack, the politics around Trump-Rouhani talks get trickier

The attacks in Saudi Arabia have sparked a discussion of how the US and its allies should retaliate, casting a pall over the fitful efforts at diplomacy.

Trump’s failure to follow through on bluster leaves him little room to corner Iran

President Donald Trump has boxed himself in with the Saudis and continues to blur the line between serving US national interest and his own self-interest.

Trump says US ‘locked & loaded’ after Saudi attack, raises bipartisan alarm

The prospect of a strike on Iran in retaliation for an attack that didn’t target Americans or even a country with which the US has a defense treaty is proving divisive in Washington.

Trump was right to cancel talks with Taliban but all is not lost

Most insurgencies end in a negotiation. If the Taliban are unwilling to accept a peaceful outcome the US should walk away from the table.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.