'Getting Under The Skin Of America': Trump's Top Aide Slams India's Russian Arms Purchase
The United States has publicly expressed its displeasure on India buying arms from Russia. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has termed New Delhi's action akin to "getting under the skin of America". India has been a long-time buyer of Russian arms, an issue which has strained its ties with the U.S. Russian-supplied S-400 missile system proved to be a gamechanger for India in its conflict with Pakistan.
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Indian Express
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- Indian Express
All eyes on Sharad and Ajit Pawar as both NCP factions to celebrate 26th foundation day in city today
EVEN as both the factions of NCP are all geared up to hold foundation day celebrations on June 10 in Pune city, all eyes will be on Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar as to what stand they take on the possible merger or coming together of the two parties. Leaders and workers of both the factions are anticipating a decisive articulation of their party's position on the speculations that the two might come together in near future. The NCP was formed in 1999 by Sharad Pawar who walked away from the Congress along with PA Sangma and Tariq Anwar after openly opposing Sonia Gandhi as party president. In 2023, his nephew Ajit Pawar dealt him a severe blow as he walked away with 40 MLAs and joined hands with BJP and Shiv Sena to form the Mahayuti government in Maharashtra. On Tuesday, both the parties will hold separate foundation day celebrations. The parties will celebrate the 26th foundation day. While Sharad Pawar-led NCP (S-P) will hold its foundation at Balgandharva Rangmandir from 10 am, the Ajit Pawar-led NCP will hold its celebrations from 3 pm at Balewadi stadium. Sharad Pawar will be addressing the party workers around 1 pm while Ajit Pawar is expected to address party workers around 3 pm. From NCP (S-P), Jayant Patil, who is the state president of the party, Baramati MP Supriya Sule, Jitendra Ahwad and Rohit Pawar are expected to address the party rank and file, among others. For NCP, besides Ajit Pawar, Sunil Tatkare and Praful Patel, among others, will speak. Both the parties have not declared their agenda for the meeting. However, Sunil Tatkare, state president of NCP, denied that merger of the two NCP factions or coming together are on the agenda. ''Those things are not on our agenda. We will be discussing the forthcoming civic and local government elections and how the party should prepare for it. We will speak about the future road map for the party,' Tatkare said. NCP leader Mahesh Tapase said, 'Our party has also not announced any agenda. Whatever stand Pawar saheb takes, we will follow that. He will lay out our road map…I am not sure whether the merger issue will come up or not.' For over a month now, speculations have been rife about the possible coming together of the two factions of the NCP. While Ajit Pawar has refused to articulate views, Sharad Pawar has said that his daughter Supriya Sule will talk to party leaders and workers about it. Sule on her part said she will be discussing the issue with party workers and leaders. Last week, NCP chief spokesperson Amol Mitkari added fuel to the ongoing speculations when he said with Lord Vithal's blessings, the cousins might come together before 'Ashadhi Ekadashi.' However, Sunil Tatkare reprimanded him, saying he should not speak out of turn. 'I advise Mitkari to adopt caution when he gives out statements on behalf of the party. Mitkari is party's spokesperson. I want to tell him that once the party's position has been articulated by party president, others should not do so.' Tatkare said, 'NCP is now in Mahayuti and NDA. We are committed to our alliance. There will be no change in it…If anyone wants to come with us, they can do so under the current arrangement.' Manoj More has been working with the Indian Express since 1992. For the first 16 years, he worked on the desk, edited stories, made pages, wrote special stories and handled The Indian Express edition. In 31 years of his career, he has regularly written stories on a range of topics, primarily on civic issues like state of roads, choked drains, garbage problems, inadequate transport facilities and the like. He has also written aggressively on local gondaism. He has primarily written civic stories from Pimpri-Chinchwad, Khadki, Maval and some parts of Pune. He has also covered stories from Kolhapur, Satara, Solapur, Sangli, Ahmednagar and Latur. He has had maximum impact stories from Pimpri-Chinchwad industrial city which he has covered extensively for the last three decades. Manoj More has written over 20,000 stories. 10,000 of which are byline stories. Most of the stories pertain to civic issues and political ones. The biggest achievement of his career is getting a nearly two kilometre road done on Pune-Mumbai highway in Khadki in 2006. He wrote stories on the state of roads since 1997. In 10 years, nearly 200 two-wheeler riders had died in accidents due to the pathetic state of the road. The local cantonment board could not get the road redone as it lacked funds. The then PMC commissioner Pravin Pardeshi took the initiative, went out of his way and made the Khadki road by spending Rs 23 crore from JNNURM Funds. In the next 10 years after the road was made by the PMC, less than 10 citizens had died, effectively saving more than 100 lives. Manoj More's campaign against tree cutting on Pune-Mumbai highway in 1999 and Pune-Nashik highway in 2004 saved 2000 trees. During Covid, over 50 doctors were asked to pay Rs 30 lakh each for getting a job with PCMC. The PCMC administration alerted Manoj More who did a story on the subject, asking then corporators how much money they story worked as doctors got the job without paying a single paisa. Manoj More has also covered the "Latur drought" situation in 2015 when a "Latur water train" created quite a buzz in Maharashtra. He also covered the Malin tragedy where over 150 villagers had died. Manoj More is on Facebook with 4.9k followers (Manoj More), on twitter manojmore91982 ... Read More
Time of India
an hour ago
- Time of India
Baker McKenzie appoints Sunny Mann as next Global Chair
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has elected Sunny Mann , head of its international trade practice group, as the firm's next Global Chair . He will take over the reins in October for a four-year term, succeeding Milton Cheng, who has led the firm since 2019. Mann advises companies on compliance and investigations regarding export controls, trade sanctions and anti-bribery rules, working from London, New York and Washington D.C. He also chairs Baker McKenzie's Geopolitical Risks Taskforce and oversaw the Firm's support to clients responding to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The team was at the forefront of the market, having advised around one quarter of each of the Fortune 100, FTSE 100, CAC 40 and DAX 40 communities on geopolitical disruption, including responding to the Russian invasion and the ongoing trade and tariff wars. 'It is an immense privilege to have been elected by my fellow partners to the role of Global Chair in our great Firm. Over its 75 years' history, our Firm made its name supporting clients to navigate cross-border complexity,' said Sunny Mann, Firm Chair-Elect. 'Given the levels of change and market disruption we are now witnessing around the world, I am confident that with our unparalleled international reach, there is no firm better placed to support clients navigate the complex and turbulent demands of our current global climate,' he added. In his new role, Mann will be part of the firm's global management committee , which will see an expanded leadership structure effective 1 July 2025. The committee will include regional CEOs Alex Chadwick ( EMEA ), Colin Murray (Americas), and Steven Sieker (Asia Pacific), along with partners Scott Brandman , Amar Budarapu, Pamela Church, Matthew Dening, Andre Gan, Karen Guch, Isabella Liu and Christian Vocke, reflecting the firm's diverse global footprint. 'I am grateful to Milton, our current Chair, and the outgoing leadership team for their years of dedicated service. I very much look forward to working alongside the incoming Global Management Committee,' said Mann in a media release. 'Above all, I am excited to collaborate with my 13,000+ brilliant colleagues across over 70 offices globally, and it is this collective, pan-global strength that gives me great optimism for our future,' he added. The leadership transition comes at a time when global law firms are navigating an increasingly complex regulatory and geopolitical landscape, with clients seeking strategic legal counsel across jurisdictions. Baker McKenzie is among the world's largest law firms, with about $3.4 billion in gross revenue last year. The firm employs over 4,500 lawyers through the Swiss Verien model.
NDTV
2 hours ago
- NDTV
Wall Street Investors Wait And Watch As US, China Hold Trade Talks In UK
Wall Street stocks were little changed early Monday as investors awaited details from trade talks between the United States and China in London. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down 0.1 percent to 42,710.60, while the broad-based S&P 500 Index was flat at 5,999.11. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index crept up 0.1 percent to 19,550.16. There is "some optimism that momentum could be maintained" in the markets, with the S&P 500 not far from a new all-time high, said Sam Stovall of CFRA Research. "But we'll have to wait and see whether the economic data, the trade negotiations will continue to be supportive," he added. On Monday, representatives from the world's two biggest economies gathered in London for trade talks. A US delegation led by Treasury chief Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer began a round of negotiations with a team headed by Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. All eyes are on whether both sides can reach a longer-lasting truce, after temporarily de-escalating staggeringly high tariffs in May. But tensions over export controls underscore the challenges that both countries are grappling with. Markets will also be monitoring US inflation figures due midweek. Among individual companies, shares of Warner Bros. Discovery surged more than 12 percent in early trading after it announced Monday that it will split into two companies as it seeks to build up its streaming business.
