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Oil tanker with cargo from sanctions-hit Russian firm idles off Mumbai

The Ailana reached waters off Mumbai on 24 October, and has been nearly stationary since then, with the cargo still aboard. US had sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil PJSC two days before.

Russia’s super-missile test shows a new, expensive technological race—with dire outcomes

The test raises a question. Why have Russian nuclear strategists now invested in the Burevestnik, when the US abandoned nuclear ramjet propulsion in 1964?

Trump sanctions Russian oil companies as Moscow holds nuclear drills

The sanctions come a day after plans for a Trump-Putin meeting fell apart. US accuses Russia of lack of commitment toward ending the war in Ukraine.

Precise & proven: The Tomahawk, America’s prized missile wanted by Kyiv & feared by Kremlin

After initially showing interest in supplying the long-range missile to Ukraine, Trump appeared hesitant following his meeting with Zelenskyy, a day after his phone call with Putin.

India isn’t toeing Trump’s line any longer & how bankruptcy code to end ‘defaulter’s paradise’ fared

Global media also discusses Trump's assertion that India will not buy oil from Russia & his strange tariff strategy that strengthens China.

In annual update, MI5 chief identifies security threats to UK from Russia, Iran, China

Ken McCallum delivered the annual threat update Thursday, warning of 'new era' with 'overlapping threat' from both terrorists & state actors, & tech-driven threats. Read full speech.

War expanding? Trump says Kyiv can ‘win all of Ukraine’ back from Russia with NATO support

Trump has repeatedly expressed desire to end the war, but has previously said it’d likely involve Ukraine giving up some territory. Kyiv has consistently rejected this suggestion.

India takes a relook at Russian Su-57, but not for its stealth. Here’s why

India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.

7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes eastern Russia

The U.S. National Weather Service’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued a tsunami advisory following the quake.

Eye on India-US ties: Why their ‘demolition’ reflects Trump’s ‘failure to take China seriously’

FT looks at how India’s Russia moves are apparently alienating the EU, too. NYT says Trump's phone calls to Modi signal the renewal of India-US relationship.

On Camera

Shah Rukh Khan’s India is about love, not hate. Chak De! India to My Name Is Khan

This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.