Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a two-day visit to Israel on Wednesday in what both governments billed as an opportunity to build closer relations by making common cause against terrorism – and which some observers viewed as a ticking clock on potential American action against Iran, since a strike would not be likely until Modi leaves Israel.
Brazil and India finalized a deal on critical minerals and rare earths on Saturday, followed by an agreement between Brazil and South Korea on Monday to increase their cooperation on minerals, technology, cultural exchange, and trade.
India on Friday joined the Pax Silica framework, a U.S.-led effort to create a secure supply chain for critical technologies that would be immune to meddling from China. India’s membership had been in doubt due to trade tensions with the United States under President Donald Trump.
India sought to make a splash in the world’s fastest-growing tech industry this week by hosting an A.I. Impact Summit in New Delhi, with a who’s-who of industry leaders and artificial intelligence visionaries on the guest list. The summit was a public-relations disaster, because the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi evidently underestimated how much rivalry and personal animosity exists in the A.I. world.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a two-thirds majority of parliamentary seats in Thursday’s election.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that India has not indicated it will stop buying Russian oil, as claimed by President Donald Trump on Monday.
Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri appeared to confirm President Donald Trump’s claim that New Delhi would be expanding Venezuelan oil purchases in comments on Monday, stating that India was already buying Venezuelan oil and has refineries specially outfitted to handle crude from that country.
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States and India have reached a trade agreement and that India has committed to stop buying Russian oil.
A private plane carrying a deputy chief minister crashed in an open field in western India on Wednesday.
The European Union has agreed to open its borders to mass immigration from India as it signed the largest free trade agreement in the history of the bloc.
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised an “uninterrupted” supply of cheap oil to India after meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, defying President Donald Trump’s effort to use tariff pressure to get India to stop funding Putin’s war machine in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for meetings with top officials, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Ukraine war ‘peace’ talks were “difficult” but “necessary”, Russia’s Putin said, adding coming to a consensus on Ukraine “is no easy feat”.
Top Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday that the Russian government is extremely interested in helping India expand its use of nuclear power, indicating it will be a top priority for Vladimir Putin when he visits the country this week.
The government of South Africa on Thursday announced an investigation into how 17 of its citizens became mercenaries on the battlefields of Ukraine. The men are sending “distress signals” pleading for rescue, and their families claim they were tricked into fighting.
At least nine people were killed when a car exploded near the historic Red Fort in New Dehi, India on Monday evening. The incident is being investigated under India’s counter-terrorism law, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seemed convinced that the deadly explosion was a deliberate act.
Hundreds of people gathered at the India Gate in New Delhi on Sunday to protest air pollution, brandishing slogans such as “I Miss Breathing.”
The Chinese government on Thursday insisted its massive oil imports from Russia are “legitimate and lawful” and threatened “countermeasures to firmly defend its sovereignty” if President Donald Trump pressures Beijing to stop buying Russian oil.
The External Affairs Ministry of India issued a statement on Thursday indicating that the country is seeking to “expand our energy procurement” from the United States, following President Donald Trump telling reporters the day before that New Delhi is planning to limit its Russian oil purchases.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry’s response to the Gaza ceasefire deal on Thursday was tepid and sour, expressing doubt that anything less than the creation of a Palestinian state would bring peace.
According to data from analytics firm Kpler, Russia remained India’s top supplier of oil in September, despite heavy pressure from the United States for India to scale back its imports and choke off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s funding for his war in Ukraine.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave an address to the nation on Sunday in which he told his citizens to stop using “foreign made” products.
The Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Tuesday that trade discussions with a U.S. delegation to New Delhi were “positive” and “forward-looking.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised President Donald Trump for imposing “secondary sanctions” on India in response to its massive purchases of Russian oil, stating in an interview this weekend that doing so was the “right idea.”
The headlines have lately been filled with stories of rising tension between the U.S. and India, sparked by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and his insistence on India cutting back its purchases of Russian oil, but Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal was upbeat on Tuesday about the prospects of signing a trade deal by November.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China on Monday. Xi and Putin used the event to tout their vision of a new post-American, post-European world order, and seemed intent on fitting India into that vision.
President Donald Trump remained highly critical of trade with India on Monday, calling it a “one-sided disaster” that has not benefited the United States.
Economic analysts predicted this week that the money India saved by importing huge amounts of discounted Russian oil will be more than wiped out by President Donald Trump’s punitive tariff increase, which took effect on Wednesday.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated a factory in the town of Hansalpur that will manufacture an electric vehicle (EV) called the Maruti Suzuki e-Vitara.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi revealed on Monday that he received a phone call from his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, updating him on the results of the latter’s in-person meeting with President Donald Trump last week.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday repeated his vow to protect Indian farmers from competition with tariffs and trade barriers, even as President Donald Trump’s punishing retaliatory tariffs of up to 50 percent on Indian goods threaten to take effect.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone conversation on Monday with his Indian counterpart, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in which he reinforced President Donald Trump’s position that New Delhi must cut off its purchases of Russian oil.
India appears to have taken one of its first concrete retaliatory actions against President Donald Trump’s tariffs, as three Indian officials told Reuters on Friday that arms purchases from the United States have been put on hold, and a planned visit by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh to Washington has been canceled.
Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval touted his government’s “strategic partnership” with Russia on Thursday after meeting with Russian military officials.
At least four people are confirmed dead, and almost a hundred are missing, after a flash flood wiped out the small riverside village of Dharali in northern India.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged his citizens to buy local products, and scheduled a rare diplomatic visit to regional adversary China, as trade negotiations with the United States came to an impasse this week.
Five ships from the Indian and Philippine navies conducted a two-day “joint sail” on Sunday and Monday, marking the first time naval forces from the two countries have patrolled together in the South China Sea.
India’s state-owned oil refineries stopped buying Russian oil last week, after President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Moscow’s oil customers they could face crushing secondary sanctions for financing the war in Ukraine.
India’s political opposition is furious with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for failing to secure a trade deal with the United States.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed the new avenues for Indian migrants to Britain will “inject new energy” into the UK economy.
