Daily Archives: August 4, 2025

Amidst trade turmoil, U.S. to send White House advisor Ricky Gill to Delhi for IMEC conference

Ricky Gill, who is the Special Assistant to the U.S. President for National Security Affairs and the U.S. National Security Council’s Senior Director for South and Central Asia, has been invited by India’s National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) to discuss the future of the long-delayed India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) on August 5 and 6.…

India continuing to buy oil from Russia: Report rebuts Donald Trump’s ‘good steps’ claim; decision guided by national interest and global energy stability

Hours after US President Donald Trump claimed that he had heard that India is no longer going to buy oil from Russia, government sources said oil refiners continue to purchase crude from Russian suppliers. “Indian oil refiners continue to source oil from Russian suppliers. Their supply decisions are guided by price, grade of crude, inventories,…