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US-India trade deal may repair commerce but not strategic rupture

President Donald Trump meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India at the White House in Washington, on Feb 13, 2025.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Feb 3, 2026

US President Donald Trump (right) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC, on Feb 13, 2025.

US to cut tariffs on India to 18%, India agrees to end Russian oil purchases

US President Donald Trump (right) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC, on Feb 13, 2025.

Modi takes aim at Trump’s tariffs with a budget to shield India

The latest outlines of India’s plan to live in the new world order dominated by the US president came on Feb 1 in an annual budget announcement.

India dismisses Epstein e-mail referring to Modi’s Israel visit in 2017

While India’s Ministry of External Affairs on Jan 31 acknowledged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel in July 2017, it rejected the characterisation of his trip in the email.

Modi ally L.S.K. Devarayalu proposes social media ban for India’s teens as global debate grows

India, the world’s second-biggest smartphone market, is a key growth market for social media apps and does not set a minimum age for access.

India, EU wrap up talks for landmark trade deal amid strained US ties

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, next to India's President Droupadi Murmu, as they arrive to attend the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India.

Carney likely to visit India in early March as Canada trade pivot intensifies, envoy says

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference before a cabinet planning forum at the Citadelle in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada January 22, 2026. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger

India PM Modi’s party elects youngest-ever president with eye on youth vote

Mr Nitin Nabin is the BJP’s youngest president.

Not ‘Indian’ enough: Lynch mobs in India find a new target

Unlike the far-right attacks over the past decade that targeted minority communities in India for their race, caste or faith, mob violence today is defined by a new, warped xenophobia.

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