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US President Donald Trump has ruled out any trade negotiations with India until a dispute over tariffs is resolved, following the Trump administration’s decision to double tariffs on Indian goods from 25% to 50%.The White House issued an Executive Order imposing an additional 25 percentage points in tariffs on Indian imports, citing national security and foreign policy concerns specifically
Ajit Doval, India’s National Security Adviser, visited Moscow on August 7,
2025, for high-level discussions with top Russian officials, including the
Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, Sergey Shoigu, and Russian President
Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin.
These meetings underpin the ongoing efforts by both nations to deepen their
"special and privileged strategic partnership,"
Otterpool Park’s 8,500 homes will run on solar power and batteries – with enough renewable energy to help keep lights on elsewhereOne of Britain’s first all-electric towns to be built with almost no reliance on fossil fuels could soon help to power the…
The US-India defence relationship, once hailed as a cornerstone of 21st-century strategic cooperation, has entered its most turbulent period since diplomatic ties were established. President Donald Trump’s imposition of escalating tariffs on India—now reaching 50% combined with an additional penalty for Russian oil purchases—has fundamentally disrupted what was previously considered a mutually
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit India later this year, likely by the end of 2025, with dates almost finalised according to Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval during his visit to Moscow.Though the exact timing is not officially confirmed, the visit will be a significant event amid escalating tensions between New Delhi and Washington, driven largely by India’s
The Yarlung Zangbo dam project by China, which will surpass the Three Gorges Dam with a capacity of around 70 gigawatts, is a massive hydropower endeavour located in Tibet on the upper Brahmaputra river.This project has raised significant geopolitical concerns because it gives China strategic control over the river water that flows downstream into India and Bangladesh, affecting millions of
The United States, under the Trump administration, has imposed 50 percent tariffs on both Chinese and Indian goods, but with very different rationales and implications for each country. White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro clarified that while tariffs on China have been reciprocal and primarily trade-focused, the tariffs on India are driven by national security concerns, specifically
The imposition of an additional 25 percent tariff by US President Donald Trump on Indian goods, effectively raising the total tariffs on Indian exports to the US to 50 percent, signals the worst crisis in US-India relations in the past two decades according to foreign experts like South Asia analyst Michael Kugelman.This escalation stems primarily from India’s continued imports of Russian oil,
A senior US administration official has stated there is "no comparison" between India’s massive imports of Russian oil, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, and the relatively modest US imports of Russian goods, which amount to less than 1% of the value of Indian imports from Russia.The official accused India of "intentionally taking advantage" of the Ukraine war to dramatically increase its
US President Donald Trump announced on August 6, 2025, an executive order imposing an additional 25% tariff on Indian imports, raising the total US tariff burden on India to 50%. This action, justified by Trump as a “punishment” for India’s continued and increased purchase of Russian oil despite ongoing US and Western sanctions against Moscow, marks a significant escalation in the recent US-India