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Russia, the United States and the UAE together accounted for a record 66.8% of the oil India imported by volume in August 2026. Russia led with 44.3% (84.8 lakh tonnes), followed by the UAE at 17.4% (33 lakh tonnes) and...
India's indigenous Kaveri dry engine recorded a peak dry thrust of 48.5 kilonewtons (kN) during recent high-altitude and flight trials conducted in Russia. The engine has been developed by the Defence Research and Develo...
The 25th Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Ministers responsible for foreign economic and foreign trade activities was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Talks covered sustainable growth, trade development, c...
In Geneva, 128 countries agreed by consensus on a text defining Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) under the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). LAWS can detect, select and engage targets using pre...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented Russian President Vladimir Putin with a Russian translation of the Thirukkural during their bilateral meeting in New Delhi. The meeting took place ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit, wh...
The 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, marking 25 years of the grouping, with the theme 'Together for Sustainable Peace, Development and Prosperity'. PM Modi named 'Secur...
India has become an important supplier of petrol to Russia after Ukrainian drone attacks disrupted Russian refineries. Russia's seaborne petrol imports touched a record 125,000 barrels per day in August 2026. Over the la...
India's first fully indigenous AK-203 'Sher' assault rifle has been successfully manufactured and test-fired at the Korwa Ordnance Facility in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. The rifle is produced by Indo-Russian Rifles Private L...
India's buffalo meat exports grew 25.6% to $5.1 billion in 2025–26, making it the country's best-performing agricultural export. In April–June 2026, exports jumped 66.6% to nearly $1.5 billion, and the average value rose...
IntroductionDeepening bilateral defence cooperation and interoperability across the strategic Malacca Strait gateway, the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) commenced the biennial air combat...
IntroductionIn a historic reversal of traditional global fuel trade flows, India executed its first-ever commercial export shipment of refined motor gasoline (petrol) to Russia on 16 August 2026, delivering approximately...
IntroductionAccording to the latest Global Coal Mine Tracker (GCMT) report released by Global Energy Monitor (GEM) on 16 August 2026, global proposed coal mining capacity expanded by 11% to reach 2,521 million tonnes per...
