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Hafta 575: The Naravane book row, WaPo layoffs, and TM Krishna on ‘making democracy a culture’

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by musician and author T.M. Krishna and defence analyst Ajai Shukla for a conversation that spans Parliament flashpoints, billionaire ownership in journalism, and the deeper cultural fight over India’s national symbols.

Newslaundry

MEA Rejects Bloomberg Report on Doval–Rubio Meeting Ahead of India–US Trade Deal

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday strongly rebutted a Bloomberg report that claimed National Security Adviser Ajit Doval had met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio before India and the United States finalised their trade agreement.

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Lok Sabha Thanks President Murmu Without PM’s Reply Amid Opposition Protests

In a rare development, the Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a resolution thanking President Droupadi Murmu for her address to a joint sitting of Parliament during the Budget Session—without the Prime Minister’s reply to her speech. This marks the first such instance since 2004.

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Woody Allen, a Florida mansion rulebook and a Paris ‘wife hunt’: stories you may have missed from the Epstein files

The huge batch of newly released files provides extraordinary detail on the extent of the disgraced financier’s network

The Guardian - UK

Why India needs Ambedkar’s federal blueprint for the delimitation deadlock

In 1976, at the height of the Emergency, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi froze delimitation – the redrawing of parliamentary and assembly constituencies – effectively locking India’s political map in place. The freeze, meant to last until 2001, outlived her government. But decades later, the Narendra Modi government seems determined to…

Newslaundry

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump: ‘We are now at the women-should-smile-more stage of his presidency’

Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s testy reaction to a female reporter’s question about the Epstein files

The Guardian - US

British tourists ordered to leave India for putting up ‘Free Palestine’ stickers

Couple accused of violating visa rules by engaging in political activities in western town that draws Israeli tourists in large numbers

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Rupee Hits a Three-Week High And the India-US Trade Deal Is the Reason

The Indian rupee strengthened sharply on Tuesday, climbing to its strongest level in three weeks against the US dollar after news broke that India and the United States had reached a long-awaited trade agreement. The move marked one of the currency’s best performances in recent months, drawing renewed interest from…

Times Life

Jeffrey Epstein Brokered Secret Meeting Between Qatari and Israeli Leaders

The late sex trafficker brought together former prime ministers from both countries while trying to help Qatar out of its diplomatic isolation.

Reason

Trump claims he has a trade deal with India – but what has really been agreed?

Agreement leaves key questions unanswered as fine print and details remain elusive

The Independent UK

‘Modi rediscovered zeal, economy outperforming expectations’: Economist’s India optimism binge

For an outlet that prides itself on cool detachment, The Economist has lately sounded unusually starry-eyed about India.

Newslaundry

US–India Trade Deal Announced After Months of Tariff Tensions

The United States and India have announced a long-awaited trade deal, bringing an end to months of uncertainty triggered by steep tariffs imposed by Washington on Indian exports. The agreement, revealed on February 2, comes after prolonged negotiations marked by escalation, pauses, and backchannel diplomacy.

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Everyone’s won! Trump. Modi. And the politics of premature celebration

No one yet knows the terms of a trade deal that could significantly alter how India powers its economy. That has not stopped New Delhi and Washington from launching into full celebration mode.

Newslaundry

Trump to lower tariffs on India after Modi 'agrees' to stop buying Russian oil

Trump said that India would also start to reduce its import taxes on US goods to zero and buy $500 billion worth of American products. Trump has long had a warm relationship with Modi, only to find it complicated recently by Russia's war in Ukraine and trade disputes.

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The Independent UK

Trump announces US-India trade deal that cuts tariffs to 18 per cent

Trump says India will remove trade barriers for American goods and stop buying Russian oil

The Guardian - UK

Pakistan boycott shows growing divide between cricket’s commercial needs and political reality

Latest row to hit the T20 World Cup raises difficult questions for the sport’s governing body, with a lucrative TV deal to protect amid the toxic politics

The Guardian - US

Trump says he will cut tariffs on India after Modi agrees to stop buying Russian oil

US president made announcement on Truth Social after a Monday call with India’s prime minister

Newslaundry

Convicted sex offender Epstein’s files show Anil Ambani was in touch over deals and govt issues

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The Independent UK

India's budget boosts infrastructure spending while vowing fiscal discipline

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has presented an annual budget focused on sustaining economic growth despite volatile markets

Euronews

Podcast: Chocolate, wine, whiskey - the ingredients of the EU-India trade deal

The deal was signed after nearly two decades of on-and-off negotiations between Brussels and New Delhi.

The Guardian - UK

The post-US world is already taking shape – look at the massive EU-India trade deal

The ‘mother of all deals’ is as much about the tariff-heavy geopolitics of the Trump era as it is about bilateral trade, says Asian studies professor Ravinder Kaur

The Mary Sue

Donald Trump was too distracted playing emperor. Meanwhile, the EU and India just sealed a deal he never saw coming

Of late, Donald Trump has been trying too hard to live upto his dictator title by proposing to annex one country after another. In the first week of January, Trump’s military, under his orders, effectively abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on narcoterrorism charges. Following this, he has sometimes subtly and…

Times Life

Ajit Pawar Biography: A Life of Leadership, Struggle & Service

Ajit Pawar was the politician who served in the position of Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the longest time. Serving in the position for six terms non-consecutively, he was working under multiple governments including the cabinets of Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde, Prithviraj Chavan and Uddhav Thackeray. In fact, he…

International Business Times UK

Deputy CM Ajit Pawar Death Confirmed in Indian Plane Crash With No Other Survivors – What Caused the Tragedy?

Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has been confirmed dead after a Learjet 45 plane crash in Baramati with no survivors.

The Independent UK

A private plane crashes in western India and kills a deputy chief minister and 4 others

A private plane carrying a deputy chief minister has crashed in western India, killing the official and four other people

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