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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicTrump tariffs

Topic: Trump tariffs

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.

The math is clear — buying Russian oil is now a losing deal for India

India’s Russian oil purchases have effectively meant a transfer of gains from millions of workers in labour-intensive sectors to a few large refiners.

Not bound by deadlines, India sends trade proposals to Washington. Ball now in Trump’s court

The India-US trade negotiations have seen several challenges in sectors such as agriculture, dairy and poultry. But Trump Monday announced that a deal is close.

India has ‘stopped’ getting Russian oil, will cut tariffs ‘at some point’: Trump

‘Right now they don’t love me, but they’ll love us again,' Trump said, reiterating that an India-US trade deal is close

Delhi & Beijing search for new normal & why India can be the ‘juggernaut’ of women’s cricket

In other global news, Travis McMaster's Cocoon moves back to China after its retaliation against US President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Former US President Obama urges Democrats to push back against Trump’s ‘lawlessness & recklessness’

Obama blasted what he called Trump’s 'shambolic' tariff policy and deployment of National Guard troops at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

Trump cuts China tariffs to 47% after meeting Xi for rare earth exports, fentanyl crackdown

Busan: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had agreed to reduce tariffs on China to 47% in exchange for Beijing resuming U.S....

India’s ‘most valuable export’ & impact of Trump sanctions on Russian oil giants

Global media also discusses Emirates NBD buying a 60 percent stake in RBI & how Indian doctors carry US rural healthcare on their shoulders.

Pollution does not appear to be an emergency for Indian govt, writes global media amid Diwali smog

Reports in international publications also say Modi is 'risking farmers' wrath' with trade talks with Trump administration, and tariffs have hit India’s garment manufacturing hub hard.

India showed how to handle Trump without succumbing to his tantrums. Modi must be complimented

As a responsible growing global power, India has avoided getting into any slanging match with the US. Now it must negotiate to bring US tariffs down.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.