Russia Looking Forward To Intensify Negotiations On Free Trade With India: Deputy PM

New Delhi: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov on Monday, said that his country is looking forward to intensifying negotiations on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India.Addressing the Russia-India Business Dialogue, Manturov who is also the Russian minister of industry and Trade said, "Together with Eurasian Economic Commission, we are looking forward to intensifying negotiations on Free

April 17, 2023
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‘We Need To Boost Trade From India,’ Russian Deputy PM Manturov On Trade Imbalance

New Delhi: Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Valentinovich Manturov on Monday expressed his desire to boost trade with India in order to balance Russia’s merchandise trade deficit with India."That’s one of the issues which we just discussed with your colleague, so because of lack of input from India, it’s not enough to use the Rupee so we need to boost the

April 17, 2023
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Coming Together On Defence

The hitch is that multiple conflicting interests intersect at the SCOTHE upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers’ meet in New Delhi would attract global attention, given the continuing war in Ukraine, the evolving Russia-China proximity and the military standoff at LAC. The ministers will discuss pressing regional security matters — tackling counter-terrorism, cutting

April 17, 2023
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IAF Team That Was Enroute To France For Exercise Orion Carries Out Quick Halt In Egypt

IAF contingent that was enroute to France takes a quick halt in EgyptAn Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent on Saturday, April 15, departed for France to participate in multilateral international Exercise Orion at Mont-de-Marsan, an Air Force base of the French Air and Space Force (FASF). The exercise will be conducted from April 17 to May 05, 2023, which would be the maiden overseas exercise for

April 16, 2023
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India-Armenia Partnership Civilizational, Will Turn Into Strategic Partnership Soon: Envoy

Amid expanding defence cooperation, Armenia to soon have a Defence Attaché at its embassy here, it has been learntStating that the increasing political cooperation between Armenia and India must be “institutionalised in a long-term cooperation” between the two countries, Armenian envoy in India Youri Babakhanian said, adding that some day they will turn this into a strategic partnership and that

April 16, 2023
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Peru Compliments India For Giving Voice To Global South In G20

New Delhi: Peru on Saturday complimented India for giving voice to the South in the G20 and inviting President Dina Boluarte to participate in the Voice of Global South Summit, held earlier this year, according to a Ministry of External Affairs press release.On Saturday, the 2nd India-Peru Joint Commission Meeting was co-chaired by Saurabh Kumar, Secretary (East) and Ignacio Higueras, Vice

April 16, 2023
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‘Unacceptable, Will Not Tolerate That Behaviour’: UK Parliamentarian On Indian High Commission Attack

New Delhi: United Kingdom House of Lords Member Baroness Verma on Saturday called the attack on Indian High Commission in London "unacceptable", adding that the vandalism of any mission in her country would not be tolerated."I think first of all it is unacceptable that any mission should be attacked and I’m glad that they’ve taken some very strong steps to making sure that that message is out

April 15, 2023
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India-Russia Friendship Walkathon ‘Shows How Strong Our Friendship Is,’ Says Russian Consul General

Chennai: Oleg Nikolayevich Avdeev, Russian Consul General to South India, on Saturday organised an India-Russia friendship walkathon saying that the event "shows how strong our friendship is.""Diplomatic relations between the two countries started in 1947, even before India formally attained independence. Every year we mark this event–the anniversary of this event with different functions. For a

April 15, 2023
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HAL TEJAS MK-1A And The Continuing Struggle With Botswana F-5 Fighter Replacement Efforts

by Girish LingannaThe Botswana Defence Force (BDF) is now negotiating with the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited of India to purchase several of the company’s TEJAS fighter planes, according to the website ‘African Intelligence.’ Botswana’s interest in the plane has been reported numerous times, and the website has provided no specifics about the transaction.Since 2013, the BDF has been

April 11, 2023
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Ukraine Looking At India To Help End Russia’s War, Says Minister

MEA secretary Sanjay Verma with first deputy minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzhaparova in New Delhi on MondayUkraine seeks enhanced engagement with India, including a resolution to the war with Russia. Ukrainian First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova delivered a letter from President Volodymyr Zelensky seeking a phone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and

April 11, 2023
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