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September 16, 2024 6:06 PM

“Looking forward to discussions on strengthening bonds…”: PM Modi ahead of Austria visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his gratitude to Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer for his welcoming remarks ahead of Modi's upcoming state visit to Austria. This visit marks the first by an Indian Prime Minister in over 40 years and coincides with the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between India and Austria. Chancellor Nehammer highlighted the significance of the visit, stating, "This visit is a special honour as it marks the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister in over for...

July 5, 2024 4:54 PM

World food prices hold firm in June, UN’s FAO reports

The United Nations world food price index held steady in June data showed on Friday, with increases in vegetable oil, sugar and dairy products offset by a fall in the price of cereals. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 120.6 points in June, unchanged from May. The May figure was revised from an initial reading of 120.4. The FAO index hit a three-year low in February as food prices receded from a record pea...

July 4, 2024 5:22 PM

PM Modi to visit Russia and Austria from July 8-10

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to embark on a visit to Russia and Austria from July 8-10, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. PM Modi will be in Moscow from July 8-9, invited by Russian President Vladimir Putin for the 22nd India-Russia Annual Summit. During the visit, PM Modi and President Putin will review bilateral relations and discuss contemporary regional and global issues of mutual interest, the MEA said in a statement. Following his visit to Russia, PM Modi will tra...

July 3, 2024 1:30 PM

Russia’s Putin and China’s Xi to meet at security summit in Kazakhstan

Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping are due to meet on Wednesday at a summit of a Eurasian security and defence club seen by Moscow and Beijing as an instrument to counter the influence of the United States and its allies. Putin and the Chinese president have expanded the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a club founded in 2001 with Russia, China and Central Asian powers, to include India, Iran and Pakistan as a counterweight to the West. Putin will hold a series of ...

June 28, 2024 4:08 PM

Russian scientists conduct autopsy on 44,000-year-old permafrost wolf carcass

In Russia's far northeastern Yakutia region, local scientists are performing an autopsy on a wolf frozen in permafrost for around 44,000 years, a find they said was the first of its kind. Found by chance by locals in Yakutia's Abyyskiy district in 2021, the wolf's body is only now being properly examined by scientists. "This is the world's first discovery of a late Pleistocene predator," said Albert Protopopov, head of the department for the study of mammoth fauna at the Yakutia Academy of Sci...

June 28, 2024 12:45 PM

India, Russia hold Sub-Working Group meeting to bolster defence cooperation

The third India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission (IRIGC) Sub-Working Group meeting was held in the national capital to further enhance defence cooperation and joint exercises between the two nations. The two-day meeting was held on June 26-27, with the Indian Army and Russia's Land Forces participating in it. The meeting focused on defence cooperation, military training, military education and joint exercises between the two Armies. Meanwhile, India and Russia are making arrangements for ...

September 16, 2024 6:13 PM

Russia starts secret trial for U.S. reporter Gershkovich on spy charges

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors on Wednesday in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, where he faces charges of espionage and a likely sentence of up to 20 years in prison. Prosecutors say the Wall Street Journal reporter gathered secret information on the orders of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency about a company that manufactures tanks for Russia's war in Ukraine. Gershkovich, his newspaper and the U.S. government all reject the allegations and say that he...

June 26, 2024 5:47 PM

Russia starts secret trial for U.S. reporter Gershkovich on spy charges

June 25, 2024 10:14 PM

Russia bans distribution of dozens of EU news outlets in retaliatory step

Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it was banning access inside Russia to the broadcasts of dozens of European Union media outlets in what it said was retaliation for a similar EU ban on several Russian media outlets. The European Union said in May it was suspending the distribution of what it described as four "Kremlin-linked propaganda networks," stripping them of their broadcasting rights in the bloc. It said at the time that the ban applied to Voice of Europe, to the RIA news agency...

June 24, 2024 3:50 PM

Russia is revising its nuclear doctrine, Kremlin says

Russia, the world's biggest nuclear power, has started updating its nuclear doctrine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday (June 24), citing an earlier statement by President Vladimir Putin. "President Putin has said that work is under way to bring the doctrine into line with current realities," Peskov told a briefing, without elaborating. A senior member of the Russian parliament said on Sunday that Moscow could reduce the decision-making time stipulated in official policy for the u...