Global media also traces Air India's 'corporate turnaround story in sync with India’s triumphalist narrative'. But it isn't in the clear yet; losses & scepticism may be holding it back.
The removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a serious setback to both Moscow and Tehran. Russia’s Eurasian dream and Iran’s grand strategy to create a 'Shia Crescent' have been thwarted.
In Episode 1570, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, Snehesh Alex Philip & Swasti Rao discuss India’s defence strategy, ties with Russia & need for reforms in the domestic defence industry.
Multi-role ship part of $2.5 billion deal inked with Russia in 2016. It underwent extensive post-construction tests from January this year by a team of Indian specialists.
At the same time, EAM—co-chairing an India-Russia forum with Russian 1st deputy PM—flags trade imbalance; last year, imports from Russia were $61.1 bn & Indian exports just $4.2 bn.
Pantsir had earlier lost out to South Korea’s Biho system in Indian Army’s previous bid to acquire new air defence guns in 2013. Russia had strongly objected to it being left out.
INS Tushil is first of two stealth frigates being built by Kaliningrad-based Yantar Shipyard under $2.5-billion inter-governmental deal with Russia for four ships.
Kazan is closer to India than Moscow & St Petersburg. And for a hydrocarbon deficit economy like India, Kazan's oil resources and petrochemical industry can prove strategically significant.
A multi-pronged engagement with major powers is central to India’s current foreign policy doctrine. But its Central Europe outreach clearly went beyond geopolitical balancing.
Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
Why should the West designate Russia as the devil, with whom India should not do business. They were happy enough to cosy up to China when they felt it would help them defeat the Soviet Union. At each stage of deepening of friendship with the United States, it should have been made clear to them that this is a legacy we bring in our trousseau. 2. The outgoing Biden administration has imposed extensive sanctions across Russia’s oil export sector, aimed at India and China. Let us see how the Trump administration deals with this issue. In the first term, they had ended our oil imports from Iran.
Why should the West designate Russia as the devil, with whom India should not do business. They were happy enough to cosy up to China when they felt it would help them defeat the Soviet Union. At each stage of deepening of friendship with the United States, it should have been made clear to them that this is a legacy we bring in our trousseau. 2. The outgoing Biden administration has imposed extensive sanctions across Russia’s oil export sector, aimed at India and China. Let us see how the Trump administration deals with this issue. In the first term, they had ended our oil imports from Iran.