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Sunday, December 21, 2025
TopicTrump administration

Topic: Trump administration

US cancels temporary protection for Myanmar nationals, cites upcoming elections as ‘improvement’

The status will expire for the roughly 4,000 Myanmar nationals in the US benefitting from it on 26 January, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that justified the move.

Chandigarh firm among those sanctioned by US for ‘missile propellant chemical supply to Iran’

The US Department of Treasury imposed sanctions on 32 entities based in India, UAE, China, & others for supply of controlled chemicals to Tehran.

Why a ship carrying Russian oil shifted its cargo off Mumbai’s coast

The cargo was transferred from one blacklisted tanker to another sanctioned ship, meaning there’s been no attempt to hide its origin, and the crude is heading for Kochi

Illegal Indian immigrant truck driver, ‘high on drugs’, arrested in US for running over 3 people

Jashanpreet Singh, 21, arrested for gross vehicular manslaughter. In August, another illegal Indian immigrant was arrested for killing three people while taking an illegal U-turn.

New great game afoot in Central Asia. Pakistan, Trump & promise of critical minerals, Balochistan port

Islamabad’s latest attempts to woo Trump are through the offer of critical minerals and now a $1.2 billion port project roughly 100 km from the Chinese-built port of Gwadar.

Trump sends 10-point memo to schools & colleges on ideology, enrolment, staff hires

The Trump administration has asked US educational institutes to sign a deal on some sweeping terms after President Donald Trump alleged that universities harbour 'anti-American' & anti-conservative values.

US sanctions 2 Indians for supplying ‘prescription pills filled with fentanyl’ to American citizens

This comes week after visas of some Indian executives were revoked over links to trade in fentanyl precursors. Synthetic opioid termed main cause of death of Americans aged 18-45.

University of California sues Trump administration for ‘stifling academic freedom’

Following the US govt's attempt to freeze federal funds for the university, the lawsuit claims the govt is trying to 'implement a playbook to threaten colleges and universities.'

US State Dept sentences employee to 4 yrs in prison for selling defence information

The US Justice department announced that Michael Schena, 42, was sentences for conspiring to collect and transmit defence information to authorities in China.

Recognition of Palestine will cause more problems, warns US Secy of State Rubio

Marco Rubio, in a meeting with his Ecuadorean counterpart, said, 'We told them all, we said if you guys do this recognition stuff, it’s all fake, it’s not even real, if you do it, you’re going to create problems.'

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.