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Saturday, May 16, 2026
TopicVladimir Putin

Topic: Vladimir Putin

Putin condoles Uttar Pradesh cyclone deaths in message to President Murmu, PM Modi

Kremlin has previously issued similar statements of condolence in response to disasters and security incidents in India, amid a pattern of continued diplomatic engagement between Moscow and New Delhi.

Mum is the word, if you say it again and again

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Russia turns to India, Sri Lanka for way out of its labour crisis

Kremlin estimates its economy needs 11 million more labourers by the end of the decade. The issue was high on the agenda during President Putin’s December visit to New Delhi

Foxhole ‘comrades’ to NATO membership for Russia: Timeline of Bush-Putin bromance & how it ended

Documents released covering 3 summits between the two Presidents in 2001, 2005 & 2008 showcase a relationship that began with camaraderie but ended in bitter differences over NATO expansion.

‘Pakistan a junta with nuclear weapons,’ a wary Putin told Bush in 2001, wanting West to do more

Russian President expressed concerns over Pakistan’s proliferation programme with then US President in 2001 & 2005. Bush too raised fears over Pakistan support for Iran’s nuclear plan. 

India’s once unshakeable ties with Russia are fraying

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi last week was his first since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Bilateral summits used to...

Putin’s India visit a lesson for Europe on how to maintain foreign ties when Trump is against it

The White House won't fail to see how Putin’s visit to India coincides with the US and Western sanctions on Russia and its cascading effect on India.

Modi-Putin Day 2: India, Russia talk trade deal, clean energy & agriculture amid global tariff headwinds

The 2-day state visit by Putin sees the signing of a mobility agreement & discussions on cooperation in sectors from pharma to fertilisers & civil nuclear cooperation.

PM Modi’s red carpet rollout for Putin defies US pressure

New Delhi: President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi for his first state visit to India since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, showcasing warming...

Global media’s predictions on what to expect from Putin’s India visit & his meeting with Modi

Apart from New Delhi-Moscow tango, global media also discusses shrinking space for independent media under the present dispensation in India.

On Camera

NEET paper leak came from a hole that wasn’t plugged in 2024. NTA is ignoring its problems

The students who paid Rs 5 lakh for a leaked paper and the students who paid Rs 5 lakh for legitimate coaching did not sit the same exam. That is the real scandal.

Petrol, diesel prices hiked by Rs 3 per litre as Centre moves to ease OMC losses

The hike comes amid soaring global energy costs, with government citing mounting under-recoveries and fiscal pressure on state-run oil firms

Drones no longer enablers, they’re replacing manned aircraft roles—CISC Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit

Speaking at IAF think-tank seminar, Air Marshal Dixit was backed by Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh, who said unmanned aerial systems are no longer just the eyes in the sky but ‘claws in the sky’.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.