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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicUkraine war

Topic: Ukraine war

Modi’s Russia trip shows India is no longer afraid of US sanctions like exclusion from SWIFT

Today, despite America's threats, India is adopting an independent foreign policy, buying oil in large quantities from Russia, and making payments in rupees.

‘Contractual obligations’: Russia offers compensation to families of Indians killed in war

'[Compensation to families] should have happened, according to the contractual obligations...,' Roman Babushkin, Charge d’Affaires at Russian Embassy in India, said Wednesday.

Modi raises issue of Indians stuck in Ukraine war zone with Putin, plan for repatriation in ‘final stages’

On 3 July, Jaishankar raised the issue with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and communicated ‘strong concern’ from the Indian side.

‘We need air defence systems today, not tomorrow’, says Ukraine, amid Russian missile strikes

Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine President’s Office of Ukraine, said that Kyiv doesn't need mediators to end war, but pressure applied by strong & powerful countries on Moscow.

Bring them home, say kin of 2 Kashmiri men stuck in Russia after falling for job scam

J&K Students Association, on behalf of families of Azad Yousuf Kumar & Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh, has asked Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to raise the issue in ongoing Parliament session. 

Moscow plays hardball with New Delhi over Indians recruited into Russian military for Ukraine war

About 30 Indian nationals have contacted the Russian embassy in Moscow seeking to return after they found themselves in the frontlines of a war they had not signed up for.

Putin’s worry isn’t the military. The surprise reshuffle of his defence cabinet means much more

The move is being seen as an effort to reduce the soaring costs of the war in Ukraine. It also challenges the narrative that the Russian economy is unaffected by the sanctions in the long-standing war.

Europe is Trump-proofing Ukraine on 7 counts. NATO is latest to join the pursuit

While the reality is clouded with oodles of rhetoric, Europe’s support for Ukraine today stands on seven interrelated verticals.

Ukraine foreign minister’s visit to India opens door for Delhi to shape post-war Europe

Ukraine’s outreach to India is about constructive engagement of a rising power that has bridged the broken links between East and West and North and South on many occasions.

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.