Weathering Foreign Policy Storms In 2023

Foreign policy is always a work in progress and ups and downs are built into the foreign policy process.What is permanent is national interest.Hopefully, this year, which will witness general......

Russia's Supply of S-400 Missiles Moving 'Smoothly'

IMAGE: The S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems.   Russia and India are "very motivated" to ensure that the defence cooperation between the two strategic partners is "uninterrupted" by......

Indian Corporate Refugees Say 'Dasvidania' to Moscow

'If a stranger refuses to pet my Russian dog, what treatment can I expect for myself?'Geetanjali Krishna reports from Dubai. IMAGE: Vkusno & tochka, which opened in Moscow, June 12, 2022,......

Russia begins delivery of some components of 2nd S-400 regiment

Notwithstanding its continuing military strikes against Ukraine, Russia has started supplying some components of the second regiment of the S-400 Triumf missile defence system to India, people......

Crude import from Russia declines to lowest in 7 months

Indian imports of Russian oil plunged by a record in August month-on-month (M-o-M) as discounts on the fuel shrank in tandem with rising Brent oil prices. Photograph: Richard Carson/Reuters Higher......

India's Russian revolution: Why refiners are buying more Russian crude

For India to become a fuel export powerhouse, and diversify its supply sources, New Delhi must stand up to western pressure, and let private refiners pump products overseas. S Dinakar reports.......

No gold rush: Safe-haven asset feels the March heat

Gold is usually seen as a safe-haven when stocks are falling or when inflation is rising. Photograph: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters With prices of the yellow metal hovering near record highs, people are......

IOC buys Russian crude at deep discount

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation's top oil firm, has bought as much as 3 million barrels of crude oil that Russia had offered at steep discount to prevailing international rates, sources......