PM Modi’s significant reliance on NSA Ajit Doval and their shaping, especially, of India’s neighbourhood policy, seems to have tipped the balance in Russia’s mind.
The White House statement is in reference to PM Modi's comment – 'this is not the era for war' – during his interaction with Vladimir Putin, which was welcomed by the US.
From a burdened Nehru to a smirking Putin, each portrait sketched by AICC’s former national secretary Dalbir Singh and showcased at Delhi’s Russian Centre of Science and Culture, had its own story.
Millionaire Pavel Antov was found dead in Odisha's Rayagada on 24 December. Multiple top executives of Russian state-owned Gazprom died under suspicious circumstances this year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations, a stance Washington has dismissed as posturing because of continued Russian attacks.
Zelenskyy said Global South needs to be saved from “Russian tyranny” & brave Ukrainians are fighting Russians like US troops fought Hitler’s forces during Christmas of 1944.
Modi and Putin met in September on the sidelines of a bloc summit in Uzbekistan and have spoken on the phone a number of times this year, including on Russia's war in Ukraine.
Russia has been forced into a series of significant retreats in the face of Ukrainian counter-offensives, waged with increasing stocks of Western weaponry, in east & south Ukraine since July.
The rebuilding load will have to be shared among the western allies but the West is also keen on making Russia foot the bill for its destruction of Ukraine.
Modi has been balancing India’s interests, playing US & Russia and keeping China off his back. You can trust him to exploit this year-long opening to India’s benefit. And to his own.
The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.
Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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