Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia to become India’s 2nd biggest oil supplier
New Delhi: Russia has overtaken Saudi Arabia to become India’s second-biggest supplier of oil behind Iraq as refiners snap up Russian crude available at a deep discount following the war in Ukraine, industry data showed. Indian refiners bought about 25 million barrels of Russian oil in May or over 16 per cent of all their […]
Plenty of new opportunities for Indian business in Russian market: Envoy
New Delhi: Russia deeply cherishes its “equal and respectful” relations with India, and the multidimensional cooperation between the two strategic partners is among the world’s “most elaborate” ones, Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov has said. The envoy has also said the positions of the two countries on “core issues remain similar or coinciding” and that there […]
JKPCC chief among scores of Cong workers detained in Jammu
Jammu: Number of Congress leaders and workers including Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president G A Mir were detained Monday after they staged a sit-in and tried to take out a march here to protest alleged misuse of government agencies against opposition leaders by the BJP-led central government. The protest was part of […]
Injured MBBS student airlifted from Bangladesh to AIIMS-Delhi
Jammu: The central government airlifted an MBBS student from Jammu and Kashmir, who was undergoing treatment at a Bangladesh hospital after being critically injured in an accident, to the AIIMS in New Delhi for specialised treatment on Monday, BJP leader Ravinder Raina said. Shoaib Lone, a resident of Rajouri district here, is a final-year MBBS […]
India’s economy recovered strongly despite 3 COVID waves: Report
Washington: The Indian economy has rebounded strongly despite three significant COVID-19 waves, the US Treasury has said in a report to Congress. India’s acute second wave weighed heavily on growth through the middle of 2021, delaying its economic recovery, the Treasury said in a semi-annual report. “However, economic activity rebounded strongly in the second half […]
Army Chief reviews security situation along LAC
Visits forward areas in Himachal, Uttarakhand
New Delhi: Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande has carried out a comprehensive review of India’s security preparedness along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. This is the first visit of Gen Pande to the sector after taking over as the Chief of the Indian Army on April 30. The Indian […]
