American strategy has shifted from courting India as a counterweight to China to demanding economic alignment on U.S. terms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/29/world/indias-options-in-a-trumpian-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #india #us #indiausrelations #narendramodi #donaldtrump #china #tariffs

India plans to repatriate some 500 of its nationals who fled over the border into Thailand following a military raid on a notorious scam center in Myanmar, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/asia-pacific/crime-legal/india-repatriation-myanmar-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #india #myanmar #thailand #anutincharnvirakul

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stayed away from a regional summit in Malaysia this week to avoid exchanges with U.S. President Donald Trump that could hinder his party's odds in state polls, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/asia-pacific/politics/modi-asean-trump-pakistan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #india #narendramodi #asean #malaysia #us #donaldtrump #pakistan

With tens of millions more workers than India's employers can accommodate, a movement is gaining steam across the government and business sectors to begin exporting them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/27/india-valuable-export-workers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #india #jobs #immigration

Arriving passengers hailed direct flights between India and China resuming after a five-year suspension, with the move being seen as important for trade and a symbolic step as the two nations rebuild relations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/asia-pacific/politics/india-china-direct-flights/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #india #china

The U.S. is seeking to expand its strategic relationship with Pakistan but those ties don’t come at the expense of Washington’s relations with India, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/world/politics/us-pakistan-india-rubio/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #pakistan #india #marcorubio #us

As fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated, Islamabad accused India of fueling the conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/19/asia-pacific/politics/india-taliban-ties-pakistan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #india #taliban #afghanistan #pakistan #amirkhanmuttaqi

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India’s oil refiners said they expect to reduce the purchase of Russian crude following remarks from U.S. President Donald Trump that the nation would halt all buying, but they are awaiting clarification from New Delhi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/india-refiners-russia-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #india #russia #us #oil #energy #donaldtrump #narendramodi

India's foreign ministry said on Thursday that it was not aware of any telephone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday. 🤣

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/not-aware-any-modi-trump-conversation-wednesday-indias-foreign-ministry-says-2025-10-16/

#usa #india #geopolitics

Cheap labor and English proficiency helped make India the world's back office. Now, AI systems are subsuming jobs in technical support and customer care — even though many consumers still prefer to deal with a person. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/16/tech/ai-chatbots-india-call-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #india #jobs #ai #tech

A former White House National Security Council staffer and current State Department adviser has been arrested and charged with illegally keeping more than 1,000 pages of classified documents at his home. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/world/politics/white-house-india-espionage-act/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #india #espionage #china

Do you know any #globalSouth #artist interested in #climate and/or #futurism #art ?

#africa #india #brazil #southAmerica #latinamerica #argentina #chile #colombia #southeastAsia #philippines #indonesia #singapore #middleEast #thailand #cambodia #climateChange #illustration

Do you know any #globalSouth #artist interested in #climate and/or #futurism #art ?

#africa #india #brazil #southAmerica #latinamerica #argentina #chile #colombia #southeastAsia #philippines #indonesia #singapore #middleEast #thailand #cambodia #climateChange #illustration

Two emerging-market giants hardest hit by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade wars are deepening their ties, betting a united front will help them endure the U.S. broadsides and find new markets to skirt tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/15/markets/trump-trade-lula-modi-markets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #india #brazil #narendramodi #luizinacioluladasilva #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

@cstross @quixoticgeek

Everyone forgets #India. There's a plausible case to be made that India just waits out the now inevitable demographic timebomb that has been ticking away for years in the Russian Federation, and just takes over the Russian Far East by dint of being the majority people left there.

I first came across this idea via a random recommendation of #ElviraBary, but xe is not the only person talking about this.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=JKRqEj5PpDU

#RussiaUkraineWar #Russia #demographics

An #India- #Japan alliance could prove monumental for the #solar industry. The International Solar Festival at the #OsakaExpo set an optimistic tone for future partnerships to both counter #China & the increasingly anti-solar #US

More in @japantimes

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/27/energy/india-japan-solar-links/

#climate #WorldExpo #solarpower #clean energy #renewables

Pretty fascinating - can a chat app with a #Tamil name really be a threat to #Whatsapp's dominance at the #chatapp in #India

Of course, I'd rather see the government mandate a secure, interoperable standard that wouldn't force anyone onto a single platform - and promote resiliency, but that's sadly far outside the realm of possibility these days.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/made-in-india-message-zohos-arattai-logs-100x-increase-in-user-traffic/articleshow/124265223.cms

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate two landmark transit projects worth nearly $4 billion in Mumbai, marking a milestone in his administration’s effort to modernize infrastructure in India. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/asia-pacific/politics/modi-adani-airport-metro-mumbai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #india #narendramodi #gautamadani