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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
TopicIndia-Russia

Topic: India-Russia

MEA says ‘pressing hard with Russia’ for early discharge of Indians duped into fighting in Ukraine

At least 20 Indians have reached out to Indian embassy in Moscow for help. Travel agents tricked them, saying they were travelling on tourist visas to countries like Australia.

‘Just want to go home,’ says Karnal youth ‘duped into joining Russia army’. Family approaches MP

19-yr-old Harsh Kumar had gone to Russia on tourist visa last Dec, says he was caught by police in Belarus along with his companions & handed over to Russia army.

Several Indians who worked as support staff to Russian army discharged after India’s demand, MEA says

Ministry of External Affairs said India remains committed to actively pursuing with Russian authorities all relevant cases of Indian nationals for early discharge from Russian army.

MEA asks Russia to release Indians in its army, urges its citizens to ‘stay away’ from Ukraine war

In its statement, ministry of external affairs says it's aware few Indians had signed up for jobs in Russian army, which has been recruiting nationals from other countries in support roles.

58% young urban Indians want greater economic engagement with China, ORF survey finds

Survey conducted last year among 5,000 respondents aged 18-35 across 19 cities. Survey report launched Monday by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

‘Russia can rely on India’: Putin praises Modi’s leadership, commends India’s foreign policy

Putin lauded India’s ‘Make in India’ initiative and said Russia is one of the highest investors in the country and is further looking forward to making huge investments.

India dials Russia, calls on Iran. Talks focus on Red Sea, Chabahar & Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

Jaishankar’s 2-day visit to Iran saw push to energise International North-South Transport Corridor connecting Indian ports to Russia via multi-modal transport corridor.

Russian oil price for India at 12-month high in November

Since the imposition of the price cap in December 2022, India has mostly paid above the $60 ceiling for Russian oil that had still proved cheaper than the similar grades from elsewhere.

Jaishankar, Lavrov agree to establish Chennai-Vladivostok Maritime Corridor between India & Russia

The corridor, which is around 5,600 nautical miles long, will reduce transportation time of cargo from Russian Far East to India to around 24 days from current 40 days.

Jaishankar in Russia on 5-day visit. Rupee-ruble trade, Chennai-Vladivostok corridor on agenda

Besides holding bilateral talks, the external affairs minister is also slated to attend programmes in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

On Camera

Move over Ed Sheeran, Rihanna. The only pop star India wants more of is Diljit Dosanjh

Sheeran’s concert in Mumbai on Saturday was a roaring success. But the most viral moment was when Dosanjh joined him, and brought the house down.

Complaints to RBI ombudsman up 68% in FY23, banks biggest cause for customer grievances

Data shows large public sector banks received highest number of complaints in absolute terms, but fared better than several private banks when looked at on complaints-per-branch basis.

Tiger Triumph-24 — India-US tri-services exercise to boost coordination begins

The exercise will be simulated to undertake HADR operations in a ‘friendly island nation’, where troops will execute amphibious landing ops.

CAA comes not with a bang, but with a whimper. Without NRC, it will fade into academic debate

For BJP, CAA was strategic move that did not quite work out because those it would benefit could’ve been accommodated under existing laws, and new entrants would remain excluded.