NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India and Russia signed 28 investment pacts on Monday, including deals on steel, shipbuilding, coal and energy, India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said. India has also begun to receive S-400 missiles from Russia this month, Shringla said, adding that supplies would continue. (Reporting by Neha Arora and Alasdair Pal; Editing …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hopes to deliver more S-400 missile systems to India within the current deal’s option, Interfax cited Russia’s state arms exporter as saying on Monday. Despite pressure from Washington, India signed a $5.5 billion deal with Russia in 2018 for five of the surface-to-air missile systems, giving the Indian military the ability …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow and New Delhi signed a deal on Monday that will see India produce more than 600,000 AK-203 assault rifles, Russian weapons maker Kalashnikov said. The deal was struck during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Gleb Stolyarov; Editing by …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Chief ministers of two Indian border states on Monday called for the withdrawal of a law that gives armed forces special powers to operate in some northeastern regions affected by insurgencies. The push to repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, known as the AFSPA, came after Indian security forces …
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By Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Indians outraged by the security forces’ mistaken killing of 14 civilians in Nagaland state held funeral rites for the dead on Monday amid intense security and sporadic internet outages aimed at damping unrest in the remote northeastern region. Security and government officials have said 13 members of the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has sent documents to Indian regulators for the registration of its Sputnik M vaccine for use in children aged 12-17, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Monday. Russia’s health ministry registered Sputnik M in late November and has said shots are expected to be available at the end of …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday a deal to supply India with S-400 air defence missile systems was being implemented despite what he said were U.S. efforts to undermine the accord. Speaking at a news conference in India, Lavrov said India had made clear that it was a sovereign country. …
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By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) -India’s spinners once again bared their fangs, sealing a record 372-run victory against New Zealand in the second and final test at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday to secure a 14th consecutive series triumph at home. It was the biggest margin of victory by runs for India in a home …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant have risen to 21 in India over the weekend and people must step up for vaccination, officials said on Monday. The western state of Rajasthan reported the most number of Omicron cases with nine, followed by eight in Maharashtra, two in Karnataka and one each …
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By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) – New Zealand had very little left to salvage from the second test after getting bowled for 62 in their first innings at the Wankhede Stadium but stand-in skipper Tom Latham hoped there were lessons to be learned for the young players in the team. The top-ranked test side folded …
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