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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
TopicRussia-Ukraine conflict

Topic: Russia-Ukraine conflict

Finnish Court sentences Russian man to life for war crimes in Ukraine

In a rare case of prosecution, Yan Petrovsky, also known as Voislav Torden, was convicted for activities in Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine a decade ago.

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to visit India next week

Gabbard is expected to meet Indian officials on sidelines of Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, reports say. The alleged murder-for-hire plot against Pannun could figure in discussions.

Hours after Oval Office spat, Zelenskyy says ‘grateful’ to US, quotes Trump’s favourite ex-president

‘Peace is not just the absence of war,’ says Ukraine's Zelenskyy, quoting Reagan who Trump in 2017 called his ‘favourite’ president. European leaders rallied behind Ukraine after televised spat.

A match lit by Vance, a Trump-Zelenskyy wildfire—what happened in those 10 tense minutes in Oval Office

It was a public dressing down of Zelenskyy, in which Trump and Vance seemed to be reprimanding the Ukrainian president for being reckless and ungrateful.

Transit of cheap Russian gas to EU ends as deal with Ukraine expires. How it will cost Europe

Deal between Russian energy giant Gazprom and Naftogaz of Ukraine expired on 31 December, 2024. Moldova, candidate country for EU membership, is set to be the most impacted. 

Supplying nuclear arms to Ukraine would be tantamount to an attack on Russia, Medvedev warns West

The New York Times reported last week that some unidentified Western officials had suggested that US President Joe Biden could give Ukraine nuclear weapons.

India is proactive peacemaker in Russia-Ukraine war & West Asia conflict, says Jaishankar

The foreign minister continues to highlight India's unique position of being friends with all warring parties, as it pushes to resolve conflict and build resilient supply chains.

After US ATACMS, Ukraine fires British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia

The war is at a volatile juncture, with nearly a fifth of Ukrainian territory in Russian hands, North Korean troops deployed in Russia's Kursk region and doubts over the future of Western aid under Trump.

Trump, Putin speak over phone, discuss ending war in Ukraine: report

The Washington Post reported the two men spoke about peace in Europe, while Trump expressed interest in follow-up conversations to discuss resolution of Ukraine war.

UK PM Keir Starmer to meet French President Macron to discuss Ukraine support after Trump win

The two leaders will discuss Gaza's humanitarian crisis. Britain and France advocate the need to continue supporting Ukraine against Russia to protect European continent as a whole.

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No other city is like Gurugram—’so mismanaged, yet so highly spoken of’

Gurugram has a problem of structural abandonment, whether you’re a domestic worker speaking an alien language, or the much-celebrated CEO of the new hot startup.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.