File photo: PM Modi and US President Donald Trump (Pictur ecredit: PTI, AP) TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed he has an assurance from Prime Minister Narendra Modi that New Delhi is tapering down its purchase of Russian oil to help stop the Russia-Ukraine war, even as an Indian trade…
Amid United States pressure to halt Russian oil purchases as part of efforts to end the Ukraine war, India’s Ambassador to Russia, Vinay Kumar, has firmly rejected Washington’s punitive tariffs on Indian goods, stressing that New Delhi will continue buying oil from wherever it secures the “best deal”. Speaking to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency,…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at an event in the East Room of the White House, on July 30, 2025, in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday (July 31, 2025) said President Donald Trump and the whole trade negotiation team had been “frustrated” with India over the trade…
As global economies navigate an increasingly protectionist and politically volatile era, the importance of sound, mutually beneficial trade agreements cannot be overstated. The recently concluded India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which is set to be signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s visit to the UK on Thursday, serves as a timely reminder that effective trade…