Shashi Tharoor said that it was India's successful strikes "and not Mr Trump", that led Pakistan to appeal for peace with India back in May.

On India's southern coast, V. Srinivas thrived for two decades by farming shrimp, as the country became the top supplier of the delicacy to the United States. Now, Donald Trump's 50% tariff threat is forcing many to consider other ways of making money.

Saurabh Mukherjea, Founder and CIO of Marcellus Investment Managers says India's biggest GST revamp in 8 years is "much needed" which will help boost the Indian economy. However, he doesn't think it will entirely neutralize Trump's tariffs if they were to stay at 50%.

Their relationship is defined by a bloody border dispute, a vast power imbalance and a fierce contest for influence across Asia. Yet, President Donald Trump’s latest trade war may be achieving the unthinkable: pushing India and China into a wary but tactical embrace.

Relations plummeted in 2020 after security forces clashed along the border. The violence, the worst in decades, left 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese soldiers dead, freezing high-level political engagements.

Markets welcomed the news of proposed tax cuts set to bolster domestic consumption in India, which faces the prospect of steep U.S. tariffs.

Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice evaluated President Trump's Friday meeting with Vladimir Putin during an appearance Friday evening on MSNBC. Rice said it was a diplomatic victory for Putin to get such a "warm welcome" from Trump on U.

A scheduled trip by a U.S. trade delegation to India later this month has been called off, according to reports. Several rounds of talks on a bilateral trade deal between the U.S. — the world's largest economy — and India, the world's most populous nation and itself a major economic power, have so far failed to yield an agreement.