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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicVladimir Putin

Topic: Vladimir Putin

Global Pulse: Trump continues to make life of immigrants harder & Russia’s corruption

In the US Trump continues to attack immigrants, this time it is the South American caravans. Meanwhile, the UK has decided to stop being a haven for Russian oligarchs, and Trump could run over Korean unity.

A journalist explores Russia’s return to totalitarianism through its personal histories

In her magnum opus, ‘The Future is History’, Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen seeks to describe what she sees as Russia’s return to totalitarianism.

Global Pulse: What makes the legend of Putin bigger than Trump’s

Vladimir Putin seems to overshadowing Donald Trump in the global power play.

Global Pulse: The world should fear Xi Jinping, Russia’s dose of nationalistic entertainment

Xi Jinping might just be the most powerful leader in the world today, and that should make the international community wary.

Global Pulse: The US gun lobby still has no reason to worry, Putin’s war on the West

Experts fear there will be no policy change even in the wake of one the deadliest mass shooting in America’s history.

Global Pulse: Trump is tired of leading the world, Theresa May is left alone on a sinking ship

Donald Trump is urging world leaders to become inward looking, and embracing and encouraging a post-American world.

Global Pulse: Trump-Putin bromance ends badly, US senate wants sanctions on Pak and Afghan women reclaim their names

TRUMP-PUTIN DALLIANCE COMES TO A BITTER END “We waited for quite a long time that, perhaps, something will change for the better, we held out...

Global Pulse: Trump finds new reason to stay in Afghanistan, North Korea’s gaming-addicted elite and a new terror outfit in Pakistan

TRUMP HAS A NEW REASON TO STAY IN AFGHANISTAN: BUSINESS   A skeptic of sending more troops to Afghanistan, Donald Trump has found a reason to keep the US engaged in the war-torn region – the country's vast mineral wealth.

Global Pulse: French military chief quits, Suu Kyi’s press freedom reputation hit and Putin’s off limits for Hollywood

FRENCH MILITARY CHIEF QUITS IN FEUD WITH MACRON France’s top military officer, General Pierre de Villiers, resigned Wednesday, in response to a public feud with...

Global Pulse: Trump-Putin’s secret meeting, a new Ukranian state and the Chinese art of positive trolling

TRUMP AND PUTIN HAD SECOND UNDISCLOSED MEETING After a widely-scrutinized meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 meeting nearly two weeks ago, U.S....

On Camera

How Saba Azad became the accidental voice of Bengal’s language protests

Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.