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Friday, August 22, 2025
TopicRussia-Ukraine war

Topic: Russia-Ukraine war

China’s Qin Gang says Ukraine crisis driven by ‘invisible hand’ to serve geopolitical agenda

Foreign minister said Beijing has not provided weapons to either side of Ukraine conflict, amid threats from US on 'consequences' for China, if they send lethal aid to Russia.

‘Need to develop weapons for short & long-term conflicts’: CDS on lesson for India from Ukraine war

Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue, General Anil Chauhan said the paradigm of warfare has changed with the Russia-Ukraine war & India needs to be self-reliant in weapons production.

Want India and China to be friends, says Russia’s Lavrov, offers to help calm tensions

Russian Foreign Minister hits out at ASEAN & Quad for being 'openly aimed at ruining East Asia' with meets & summits 'minus-ing Russia & China' from regional equation.

Blinken backs Modi’s line on multilateralism in crisis, but says there are ‘workarounds’

China will face 'serious' consequences if it supplies military aid to Russia or circumvents West-imposed sanctions, US Secretary of State Blinken told reporters in Delhi Thursday.

Russia cannot be allowed to wage war against Ukraine with impunity, say US, allies

The so-called Quad group also said that the use, or threat of use, of nuclear weapons in Ukraine was ‘inadmissible.’

130 Russian tanks manned by blundering recruits ambushed, says Ukraine after 3-week showdown

Ukraine employs Javelins, Stingers, Howitzers, HIMARS, and mines to inflict resounding defeat on Russia in the coal town of Vuhledar.

As Russian troops advance, Ukraine clings to Bakhmut seeking claim to first major victory

Russia says seizing Bakhmut would open way to fully controlling the rest of the strategic Donbas region bordering Russia, one of the main objectives of its invasion a year ago.

Moscow accuses US of preparing a ‘toxic chemicals’ provocation in Ukraine

Igor Kirillov, chief of the radiation, chemical and biological defence troops of Russia's armed forces, said that Moscow 'will identify & punish the true culprits'.

Russia will not resume START nuclear talks until US listens to Moscow

The comment was made by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov who said that the 'attitude of the collective West', led by the United States needs to change towards Moscow.

Ukraine war, US-China tensions to dominate G20 foreign ministers meet in Delhi

Foreign ministers from around the world meet in New Delhi this week with host India hoping that issues like climate change and Third World debt are not overlooked.

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Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?