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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicPresident Vladimir Putin

Topic: President Vladimir Putin

Kept waiting, Pakistan PM Sharif gate-crashed Putin-Erdogan meet? Russian media post sparks row

A 'video' circulated by RT showed Shehbaz Sharif waiting to meet Putin and allegedly gatecrashing another meeting, before the channel backtracked, saying the clip may have been misleading.

Next stop, revisionist central & Donald reporting for Putin duty

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

2+2 = Vande Mataram, and how to insult Nehru, volumes 1, 2, 3…

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

The Great smoke screen & Indi-No-Go

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

Putin visit to India was all about easy camaraderie. A diplomatic and Make in India success

Modi and Putin touched upon trade. The target is to elevate India-Russian trade to $100 billion from $68.7 billion.

Hugs, car rides, but no deals—Modi-Putin meet exposes weaknesses of both countries

Russia’s constraints are far greater than New Delhi is willing to recognise, and the consequences will be for New Delhi to bear.

India-Russia persist with ties not due to Soviet-era nostalgia. They see a new strategic logic

Vladimir Putin's visit to India is not just another box to be ticked in the fixture of diplomatic calendars, but one shaped by an imperative to revisit the relationship.

The gifts for Putin: Saffron from Kashmir, marble chess set from Agra, silver tea set from Bengal

The gifts, representing different facades of Indian diversity, were presented to the Russian President ahead of the banquet at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

‘Game being played’: Congress bristles at Tharoor invite to Putin banquet while Rahul, Kharge snubbed

'I don't know the basis of the invitation. This is all done by the govt...by Rashtrapati Bhavan. What do I know? All I can say is that I am honoured to have been invited,' Tharoor said.

The ‘primary culprit’ behind rupee free fall & why India can’t turn away from Russia

BBC reports on Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan & Kajol’s London visit to unveil a statue to mark 30 years of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.