The Latest Breaking News from Narendra Modi

Can the new India-China bonhomie reshape trade and hurt the US in Asia?

Trump’s tariffs and shifting geopolitical winds have pulled India and China closer. That could undercut the US-led Quad.

Al Jazeera · Aug 23, 2025

Meet the complainants behind the Assam FIRs against journalists

In Assam, three recent FIRs have turned the spotlight on a pattern: journalists critical of the government hauled up under a new sedition-style law. There’s another trend – the complainants in at least two of the FIRs ostensibly had links to the BJP or the RSS student wing ABVP.

Newslaundry · Aug 22, 2025

China says it stands with India against ‘bully’ Trump’s trade tariffs

Chinese envoy slams US for using tariff as ‘a bargaining chip’ to demand exorbitant prices

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025

India and China hail warming ties amid Trump-induced geopolitical shake-up

Countries agree to resume trade links and work to resolving border dispute after visit to Delhi by top diplomat Wang Yi

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2025

‘Sitting on a volcano’: Two Indian temples clash as politics and faith mix

The Jagannath temple in Puri has been among Hinduism’s most sacred shrines for 1,000 years. Can an upstart challenge it?

Al Jazeera · Aug 20, 2025

Trump’s tariffs replace diplomacy as other US tools of statecraft are discarded

Measures meant to rebalance America’s economy are wielded instead against the likes of Canada, India and Brazil ‘to compel loyalty to the president’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 20, 2025

India’s Modi meets China’s top diplomat Wang as Asian powers rebuild ties

Ties between the two nuclear-armed Asian powers have made ‘steady progress’, India’s PM Modi says.

Al Jazeera · Aug 19, 2025

NCERT’s Op Sindoor primer: Modi quotes, Make In India plug, Shah cameo

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has introduced two modules on Operation Sindoor for the preparatory, middle and secondary stages, aimed at students from class 3 to class 10.

Newslaundry · Aug 19, 2025

Has Trump really ended ‘seven’ wars?

President Trump has repeatedly taken credit for ending wars at a rate of ‘about one a month’ since returning to office in January. James Liddell takes a closer look at the president’s peacemaking record

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2025

Apologise on social media for ‘objectionable’ cartoon in 7 days: SC to MP cartoonist

Cartoonist Hemant Malviya informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that he would issue an apology on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms for publishing an objectionable caricature of the RSS and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bar and Bench reported. 

Newslaundry · Aug 19, 2025