Moscow accumulated large rupee reserves from selling discounted crude to India in aftermath of 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, with part of the trade settled in the local currency.
The account of the India-US trade deal being a threat to India-Russia ties relies on a historically fixed and emotional understanding of India-Soviet/Russian ties.
Vladimir Putin's visit to India is not just another box to be ticked in the fixture of diplomatic calendars, but one shaped by an imperative to revisit the relationship.
A state visit to India by Russian President Vladimir Putin comes at a particularly delicate moment. The two countries hope to strengthen what they call a ‘special and privileged strategic partnership’.
Envoy Denis Alipov said last week that Moscow had stopped recruiting Indians to armed forces since March 2025. However, 27 Indian families claim their kin were duped & recruited recently.
German companies are handing Beijing sensitive supply chain information, which is demanded by Chinese officials before they approve exports of rare earth elements, used in an array of modern products.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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