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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
TopicTrump 2.0

Topic: Trump 2.0

Air India crash probe: WSJ report says black-box recording puts focus on senior pilot’s ‘actions’

Global media looks at why India may have to employ ‘strategic altruism’ with Trump, Tesla’s India entry & the ‘unsolved mystery’ of KL Rahul’s low batting average in the England Test series.

US Supreme Court allows Trump to scrap temporary protected status for Venezuelans

350,000 Venezuelans living in the US might lose deportation protection provided under the administration of previous president, Joe Biden.

Why Trump’s executive order lowering prescription drug prices won’t rattle Indian pharma industry

The order aims to slash drug prices by up to 80%. Indian industry had been on edge since March amid threats of reciprocal tariff on pharmaceutical products.

Americans split on foreign aid, US power. 49% view India favourably—Pew survey

The report comes at a time when the Donald Trump administration has moved to dismantle the US foreign aid infrastructure & advanced an 'America First' stance.

Amid Trump’s crackdown, FBI arrests Wisconsin judge for helping illegal immigrant avoid arrest

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan is facing two charges for hindering and concealing the person from arrest.

Ukrainians in US asked to leave country, Dept of Homeland security chalks email to ‘error’

Dept of Homeland Security assured Ukrainians legally living in the US that parole program created after 2022 Russian invasion of that country had not been terminate & the terms of their parole remain unchanged.

Denmark PM to visit Greenland days after US VP Vance’s trip

Vance had received a frosty reception from authorities in Denmark & Greenland amid Trump's repeated expressions of interest in 'buying' the arctic island.

Trump promises ‘exciting time’ for US auto industry, levies 25% tariff on imported vehicles

The tariff will come into effect on 2 April and is set to impact imports from South Korea, Japan & Europe. It will also affect US brands choosing to assemble cars abroad.

US Senate confirms Indian-origin Jay Bhattacharya as Director of National Institutes of Health

Bhattacharya, a professor at Stanford School of Medicine, co-authored 'the Great Barrington Declaration', an alternative to lockdowns proposed in October 2020.

‘World’s coolest dictator’ & his steel pit—all about El Salvador prison where Trump’s dumping deportees

Over the weekend, hundreds of migrants—some allegedly affiliated with criminal gangs—landed in El Salvador’s brutal prison system, despite a hold on the deportations by a US judge.

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Bads of Bollywood can’t get more brazenly nepo. The joke’s on us

After watching the most discussed series on Netflix, I was planning to write an asterisk-heavy column. As a tribute to the asterisks in its...

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

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.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.