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Thursday, September 11, 2025
TopicRussia-Ukraine conflict

Topic: Russia-Ukraine conflict

Fuel price shock coming, growth to suffer. Govt should roll back tax hikes for consumers’ sake

Material costs for industry will go up, pandemic recovery will take longer. But question is how long oil prices will stay high, with West avoiding sanctions on Russia’s energy sector.

Small town India’s aspiring doctors, now trapped in war zone: Why students chose Ukraine

Private contractors help many students from Tier 2 and 3 cities get admission to quality medical colleges in Ukraine that offer education at a much lower cost than in India.

Brute force or diplomatic bluff — Vladimir Putin intends to restore Soviet Union ‘glory’

Vladimir Putin's antics and Ukraine invasion have made Russia out to be a mischievous global player instead of a world leader with military prowess and soft power.

Why Buddha would be frowning at Ukraine today, and why India got it right with Pokhran 1 and 2

Would it have been so simple for Putin’s Russia to crush Zelenskyy’s Ukraine if it hadn’t given up its nuclear stockpile in 1994? India was prescient to declare itself a nuclear-armed state.

India abstains on UNSC resolution that deplores Russian aggression in Ukraine

T S Tirumurti, India's Permanent Representative at UN, stressed on dialogue as the 'only answer' to settling disputes. China and UAE too abstained from the US-sponsored resolution.

India to bring back 1st batch of Indians stranded in Ukraine, but many evacuation hurdles ahead

The process of evacuation has been made difficult because of Ukraine shutting down its airspace. Complete breakdown of public transport has further complicated matters.

Putin calls Kyiv leadership ‘gang of drug addicts’, urges Ukraine army to overthrow leadership

In a televised address, the Russian president reiterates claim that the Kyiv government engaged in 'genocide' in the Donbas region.

No vaccine yet against war, and NATO ‘think tanks’ roll into Ukraine after Russia invasion

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Russia ready to hold ‘high-level negotiations’ with Ukraine, Putin tells Xi

The official Chinese media CGTN quoted Putin as telling Xi as he spoke with his Chinese counterpart who stressed that both Moscow and Kyiv should resolve the raging crisis through talks.

Germany ‘extremely limited’ on help to NATO against Ukraine, ‘reliant on gas, oil’

German Army Chief Alfons Mais said he was ‘more or less blank’ on NATO assistance, thought he would never experience another war.

On Camera

Why India works. And why Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan keep breaking down

People who say India should be a Hindu Rashtra need to take a long, hard look at Nepal. Its population is overwhelmingly Hindu and yet it has made no difference to that nation’s stability.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?