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'Shashi Tharoor in a saree': Priyanka Chaturvedi shares clip, Congress MP responds with humour
Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor found himself in the spotlight in a humorous exchange with Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on a podcast. Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi (left) with Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor (right)(PTI ) When asked in an ANI news agency podcast with Smita Prakash about posting pictures with Prime Minister Modi and anticipating public reactions, Chaturvedi quipped, 'I sometimes love irritating people, because they are so invested in my life, where is she going next, where's she going next?' Prakash then joked, 'You're basically Shashi Tharoor in a saree.' Chaturvedi laughed, saying, 'I don't know whether that is a compliment for Shashi or for me, but I am going to tell Shashi.' The clip was later shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Chaturvedi, drew a witty response from Tharoor, 'Thanks Priyanka. I consider myself flattered either way.' Priyanka Chaturvedi said she first shared her picture with Narendra Modi on Instagram, which then spread on X and other platforms. She recounted in a funny, imitating tone, 'We had said she went on the Parliament delegation, and it happened there.' Chaturvedi was part of the Group-2 delegation led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad that visited European nations to highlight India's stance against terrorism. The visit came shortly after India conducted Operation Sindoor targeting terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. She also criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI), saying public trust in the poll body is waning. 'Day by day, new names are being added and removed from the rolls. Now, the system has been exposed. We have seen their press conference, and the language used was deeply unfortunate. Today, people no longer trust the Election Commission. The public will surely ask why their confidence is not being earned. It seems the Commission is focused only on winning the BJP's trust,' the leader told ANI. (With ANI inputs)
Hindustan Times
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Zelensky-Trump meeting LIVE: Ukraine president returns to US months after Oval office spat
US Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, as President Donald Trump listens, in the Oval Office of White House on Feb 28 Zelensky-Trump meeting LIVE: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday landed in Washington for a meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump at the Oval Office of the White House, the same site where his last visit in February ended with a verbal spat that saw their talks cut short and left question marks over the long-desired Ukraine-Russia More The Trump-Zelensky meet on Monday comes after the US President met Russian premier Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday to discuss the Ukrainian conflict, vowing to run any proposals by both Ukraine and its European allies before agreeing to a deal. Shortly after the Putin summit, Trump invited Zelensky to the White House Oval Office. Trump-Zelensky meet | Key points – European leaders will join Ukraine President Zelensky in Washington on Monday during the meeting with Donald Trump, a follow-up to a summit between Trump and Putin in Alaska on Friday that failed to lead to a ceasefire. – Trump, who dropped his prior insistence on a ceasefire in favour of a broader peace deal after the Alaska talks, claimed late Sunday that Zelensky could end the three-and-a-half-year war "almost immediately, if he wants to," but added that Ukraine is not getting back 'Obama given Crimea'. – "Remember how it started. No getting back Obama given Crimea (12 years ago, without a shot being fired!), and NO GOING INTO NATO BY UKRAINE. Some things never change!!!", Trump posted on Truth Social. – After landing in Washington, Zelensky responded with a pointed message of his own: 'Russia must end this war, which it itself started.' "We all share a strong desire to end this war quickly and reliably… Ukrainians are fighting for their land, their independence," Zelensky said on X. "I hope that our joint strength with America, with our European friends, will force Russia into a real peace." – Zelensky and Trump are expected to meet one-on-one before joining leaders from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, NATO chief Mark Rutte, and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, according to the White House. –Zelensky-Trump meeting time: Trump's bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will take place at 1.15 pm (local time) (1715 GMT) (10.45 pm IST) on Monday at the White House, Reuters reported, quoting a White House press guidance issued on Sunday.
The Hindu
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China refines Russian oil and sells to global market, Europe can do more on sanctions: Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Russian oil that China is buying is being refined by Beijing, and that refined oil is then sold into the global marketplace. "Well, if you look at the oil that's going to China and being refined, a lot of that is then being sold back into Europe. Europe's also buying natural gas still. Now, countries are trying to wean themselves off it, but there's more Europe can do with regard to their own sanctions," Rubio said in an interview with Fox Business on Sunday (August 17, 2025). He was responding to a question on whether Europe is still buying Russian oil. To a follow-up question on whether sanctions are being contemplated against Europe for continuing to buy oil and gas from Russia, Mr. Rubio said: "Well, I don't know about (sanctions) on Europe directly, obviously, but certainly there are implications to secondary sanctions. "If you put secondary sanctions on a country – let's say you were to go after the oil sales of Russian oil to China – well, China just refines that oil. That oil is then sold into the global marketplace, and anyone who's buying that oil would be paying more for it or, if it doesn't exist, would have to find an alternative source for it. "So, we have heard, when you talk about the Senate bill that was being proposed – where there was a 100% tariff on China and India – we did hear from a number of European countries – not in press releases, but we heard from them – some concern about what that could mean," he said. He added that he doesn't want to get into a tit-for-tat with the Europeans on this matter. "I think they can play a very constructive role here in helping us get to that point," he said.
