In an 'Off The Cuff' conversation with ThePrint's Shekhar Gupta, Heisbourg talks about Putin’s strategic blunders in the Ukraine war and its economic fallout for Moscow.
India was among over 50 countries that abstained from a United Nations vote to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council, and has not imposed sanctions on Moscow.
India looking at 'several options' to do business with Russia in light of the economic sanctions slapped on the country by the US and the European Union over its war on Ukraine.
Navy is heavily dependent on Ukraine for gas turbine engines, while IAF runs Antonov An-32. Spare parts are stocked, but supply from Ukraine may be affected later.
Addressing the Eastern Economic Forum Friday, the prime minister said energy & policy are major pillars of India's 'special & privileged strategic partnership' with Russia.
While India and Russia refer to their relationship as ‘uniquely strong’, a certain ‘chill’ is believed to have set in over Delhi’s growing ties with Washington.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who was on a hurricane tour to India, said the two countries are ‘going to deepen military and technical cooperation’.
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
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