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Stronger India–Nepal ties need smoother borders. At Delhi talks on 16–17 September, both sides reviewed market access, digital customs and rail-road links to ease legitimate trade and curb smuggling. Fewer delays. More trade. That’s the goal.

"Pakistan will go to any extent to safeguard the kingdom of Saudi Arabia" Pakistan DG ISPR (spokesperson of Rental Army)

“Any extent” is a press line. The same army still has a runway crater open at Mushaf after 490 days. It cannot keep its own strip intact. It is offering to guard someone else’s kingdom. Words are cheap. Sorties are not.

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"Pakistan will go to any extent to safeguard the kingdom of Saudi Arabia" Pakistan DG ISPR (spokesperson of Rental Army)

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The US has imposed sanctions on 11 key actors within Cuba’s economic and defense sectors under E.O. 14404. The designations target four state-run nickel extraction enterprises, four military R&D firms, and three senior officials, aiming to curb revenue diversion to the military elite. #US #Cuba #Sanctions

3/3 Free for the user doesn’t mean free to run. Banks and payment apps still pay for servers, staff and fraud protection. The argument for a limited merchant fee is simple: give Indian competitors a viable business. Challenge that argument with facts, Rahul.

2/3 A “tax on every Indian”? Personal transfers, small shopkeepers and purchases under ₹2,000 remain free under this fee structure. Your daily chai isn’t the target. Explain who actually pays before telling the whole country it is being taxed.

1/3 Rahul Gandhi, American apps and American payment rails are two different things. PhonePe and Google Pay dominate the app market, but standard UPI runs on India’s NPCI network. Visa and Mastercard don’t collect this 0.4% fee. Where is the “surrender”?

Read the India paragraph. Trump welcomes PM Modi’s efforts against illegal opium cultivation and backs closer drug-policy cooperation. India is on the broader transit/production list—not among countries judged to have “failed demonstrably” on drug control.

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China has pulled back some troops, but 10 combat brigades remain behind the front. Its highways can bring them back. India’s troops remain ready, backed by roads built after 2020. Fewer Chinese troops today does not mean less danger tomorrow. Hold firm.

A pullback you can reverse on a highway is not a settlement. Some troops have moved. Ten combat brigades have not. India’s posture after 2020 was built for that fact, not for a quieter photograph.

Defense News IN @DefenseNewsIN

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China has pulled back some troops, but 10 combat brigades remain behind the front. Its highways can bring them back. India’s troops remain ready, backed by roads built after 2020. Fewer Chinese troops today does not mean less danger tomorrow. Hold firm.

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Major strategic discovery in West Bengal. The Geological Survey of India has confirmed an advanced G2-stage deposit of critical alkali metals in Purulia’s Jhalda-II block, identifying roughly 1.78 lakh tonnes of mineralised ore. Key assay concentrations include: • Caesium: 0.4% (atomic clocks, defence sensors) • Lithium: 0.3% (energy storage, EV batteries) • Rubidium: 0.1% (quantum computing, fibre optics) With 100% import dependency on caesium and rubidium, this find bolsters the National Critical Minerals Mission. The Centre plans to auction the block, though domestic commercial scaling will hinge on developing advanced hydrometallurgical refining capabilities. Prime asset for strategic self-reliance.

The US House debate over the Russia Sanctions bill exposes a clear divide in Washington. While some push to slap up to 100% secondary tariffs on buyers of Russian crude—explicitly naming India—pragmatists are pushing amendments to strip the clause entirely. Weaponizing trade against key Indo-Pacific partners risks rupturing the very supply chains and strategic architecture Washington needs most. The fight now shifts to waivers and amendments.

ANI Digital @ani_digital

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US House set to vote on Russia sanctions bill naming India for possible 100 per cent tariffs Read @ANI Story | aninews.in/news/world/us/… #USHouse #RussiaSanctionsBill #India #Tariffs

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The US House moving a bill with up to 100% secondary tariffs on buyers of Russian crude makes for sharp headlines, but the ground reality is far more complex. India supplies ~40% of America's generic medicines, anchors electronics supply chains, and forms the core of Indo-Pacific strategy. Disrupting that harms US consumers and industry just as much. Expect the real fight to center on Section 115 national security waivers and energy rebalancing—not an outright trade war.

Business Today @business_today

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India to face 100% tariffs? US House moves Russia Sanctions bill, final vote tomorrow ow.ly/zhSe106EOte

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Modi’s BRICS line was not anti-West theatre. It was a warning about method. Weaponise technology and critical minerals, and shared growth breaks. Delhi’s job was to say that from the chair — and get the room to sign it.

A global LNG price spike needn’t hit your gas bill equally hard. Blending cheaper domestic gas with contracted and spot LNG can cushion the shock. But protection depends on the supply mix—pooling spreads costs; it cannot make expensive imports cheap.

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BRICS left Delhi with a 140-paragraph text and no common currency.
What it did write down: unilateral tariffs and secondary sanctions, WTO repair, IMF reweighting, Pahalgam by name, local-currency rails, no weaponising critical minerals.
Consensus without naming Washington. The addressee still understood. Chars: 278

3/3 A vegetarian banquet could accommodate dietary restrictions while showcasing Indian cuisine. Rahul Gandhi and Pawan Khera can question the selection. Turning it into an accusation of cultural shame gives a dinner menu a divisive meaning it cannot prove.

2/3 Rahul’s “80%” needs context. NFHS-5 found 83.4% of men and 70.6% of women aged 15–49 eat fish, chicken or meat daily, weekly or occasionally. Those figures include occasional eaters. They do not establish what guests wanted at one banquet.

1/3 Another needless divide over food. Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition, cites non-vegetarian numbers while Pawan Khera calls the BRICS menu an “imposition”. Vegetarian cuisine belongs to India’s diversity too. Serving it insults nobody.

@FrontalForce Mudi must resign.