Economic Practices Must Be Fair: Jaishankar at BRICS Meet Amid Trump’s Tariffs

At the 2025 BRICS Summit, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, representing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, called for fair and transparent global economic practices at a time when India faces steep new tariffs from the United States. Speaking at the virtual summit, Jaishankar emphasised that BRICS must strengthen cooperation to build resilient and reliable supply chains. […]

Trump’s Tariff Shock: How a 50% Duty Could Reshape India–U.S. Trade

U.S. President Donald Trump has intensified his tariff offensive, announcing a sweeping 50% duty on a broad range of Indian exports, in what he framed as a penalty for New Delhi’s continued imports of Russian oil. But this move is more than a geopolitical signal—it’s a potentially transformative disruption for the $132 billion India–U.S. bilateral […]