Russian barrels accounted for 38% of India’s estimated 5.2 million bpd imports in early August, according to analytics firm Kpler. The increase came at the cost of lower imports from Iraq and Saudi Arabia,

India is considering a proposal to co-develop Russia’s T-14 Armata main battle tank. The deal has an obvious logic for both sides.

The Indian Air Force will soon retire its remaining contingent of Soviet-era MiG-21 fighters after six decades of service.

The trade growth revelation has stirred anger in India, which faces punitive tariffs despite buying Russian oil primarily for energy security

Yoga guru Ramdev on Friday claimed that India will soon join hands with Russia and China to put an end to the "political and economic hooliganism of America"

The US said the the "historic relationship between the world’s largest democracy and the world’s oldest democracy is consequential and far-reaching".

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the country on Friday to move towards more self-reliance, manufacture everything from fertilisers to jet engines and EV batteries, and vowed to protect farmers in the face of a trade conflict with Washington.