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Losing India would be a strategic disaster in face of China-Nikki Haley

 1.Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, warned that US-India relations are at a breaking point and must be repaired quickly if Washington hopes to contain China’s global ambitions.In a Newsweek op-ed published Wednesday, Haley said the Trump administration cannot afford to let tariffs and disputes over Russian oil drive a wedge between the world's two largest democracies.

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/losing-india-would-be-a-strategic-disaster-in-face-of-china-nikki-haley-glbs-2774408-2025-08-21

2.Amid the US imposing a 50% tariff on India, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has pushed to increase trade with Russia, encouraging Russian companies to engage "more intensively" with their Indian counterparts.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amid-trump-tariffs-s-jaishankars-push-for-russian-companies-to-engage-intensively-with-india-9127768

3.Opposition and ruling party MPs exchanged barbs in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday over the government’s claim of bringing in political morality through three new bills allowing the removal of elected representatives arrested on serious criminal charges and held in custody without bail for more than 30 days. 

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/amit-shah-bills-remove-elected-reprsentatives-pm-cm-ministers-tabled-lok-sabha-august-20-2025/article69955226.ece

4.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Mumbai Suburban, Palghar, Thane, Raigad and Ratnagiri districts for Thursday, with the regions expected to experience heavy rains. Mumbai continued to battle severe waterlogging following nearly three days of relentless rainfall, with showers persisting on Wednesday.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai-rain-live-updates-mumbai-under-orange-alert-rain-expected-to-subside-101755648381006.html

5.The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts has achieved a sustainability milestone with five of its Palace properties—Chennai, New Delhi, Jaipur, Udaipur, and Bengaluru—earning the prestigious EDGE Advanced Certification by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group. With a certified footprint of 2.41 million sq. ft., The Leela now holds South Asia’s largest EDGE Advanced-certified hotel portfolio.

https://hospitalitybizindia.com/uncategorized/leela-hotels-earn-south-asias-largest-edge-green-tag/

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