The collapse of the prime minister’s high-stakes efforts to transform ties with the world’s two superpowers has exposed the limits of India’s leverage.

ISLAMABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high-profile bid to court major world powers has stumbled, with his overtures to Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to the leaders of China, India and three ex-Soviet states on Friday in a flurry of calls to brief them on his contacts with the United States about the war in Ukraine.