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After Jaishankar meet, Rubio says Trump administration may ‘fix’ tariffs on India; calls out Europe on Russia sanctions | India News

[ad_1] US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has suggested that the Donald Trump administration may be willing to “fix” the additional 25 per cent tariffs imposed on India over its purchases of Russian oil.In an interview with NBC News, Rubio said the US expects European nations to step up their own sanctions against Moscow. “I […]

‘India coming to the table’: Trump advisor Navarro again slams ‘highest tariffs’; rakes up Russia oil ahead of trade talks

[ad_1] India-US trade deal talks: US President Donald Trump Trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday continued with his attacks on India over tariffs and trade deal, saying that it has the ‘highest tariffs’. Navarro’s remarks come at a time when Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have called India-US relationship important.Asked about the India-US trade […]

Trump goes into damage control mode, says nothing to worry about US-India ties

[ad_1] TOI correspondent from Washington: Slipping into damage control mode after he and his lieutenants singed ties with India with incendiary remarks, US President Donald Trump on Friday said US and India have a special relationship and there is “nothing to worry about.“Hours after his “Truth Social” post saying he had lost India and Russia […]

‘India will say sorry and make a deal’: US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick

[ad_1] US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick The TOI correspondent from Washington: Taking a cue from from MAGA Supremo Donald Trump‘s stubborn stance on tariffs, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday signaled a hardening of US position on tariffs saying he expected India to say “sorry” and make a deal with the President after its […]

‘Without US, the world would die’: Donald Trump boasts of economic might, calls America ‘hottest and best’

[ad_1] US president Donald Trump made tall claims about the country’s economic and global influence, saying that “without US, everything in the world would die,” he said, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday. He emphasized the rapid growth of the US economy during his first term, saying, “I made it really big […]

‘Colonial-era trope’: Hindu group flags Peter Navarro’s Brahmin remark; urges Donald Trump to sack him

[ad_1] Peter Navarro (File photo) A Hindu advocacy group, HinduPACT’s American Hindus Against Defamation (AHAD), on Tuesday demanded the dismissal of top US official Peter Navarro from President Donald Trump’s team, condemning his remarks as “inappropriate and Hinduphobic.” The group objected to Navarro’s reference to caste and his “portrayal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in […]

‘How do you feel?’: Lindsey Graham again blames India over Russian oil trade as Kyiv reels from deadly strikes; says it is ‘experiencing cost of supporting Putin’

[ad_1] File photo: US Senator Lindsey Graham (Picture credit: AP) US Senator Lindsey Graham on Thursday renewed his warning to countries purchasing Russian oil, directly naming India as facing consequences for what he called support to Moscow’s war machine.In a post on X, Graham wrote, “India, China, Brazil and others who prop up Putin‘s war […]

Five episodes that soured the Trump-Modi bromance

[ad_1] TOI correspondent from Washington: The friendship between Donald Trump and PM Modi — dubbed a bromance by the media– began to come unstuck late in Trump’s first term, and continued to fray despite efforts to re-kindle it in the US President’s second term, according to multiple accounts from White House insiders and current and […]

Who is Sergio Gor – Trump’s pick to be US Ambassador to India? | World News

[ad_1] There’s a ribald urban legend about the moon landing. Supposedly, when Neil Armstrong was a boy, he overheard his neighbour Mrs. Gorsky refusing a sexual favour to her husband with the barb: “You’ll get that when the kid next door walks on the Moon.” And so, the story goes, before stepping onto the lunar […]

It’s T-Day: India braces for impact as Trump’s 50% tariff kicks in today | India News

[ad_1] The TOI correspondent from Washington: The United States on Monday declared what is effectively a limited trade war on India, notifying a 50% tariff (25% taxes plus 25% penalty) on most goods imports from India.Issued by the department of homeland security, the notification said the tariffs are in response to “threats to the United […]