Elite Warning
For more than two decades, Vladimir Putin’s compact with Russia’s business elite was straightforward: accumulate wealth, but leave politics to the Kremlin.
For more than two decades, Vladimir Putin’s compact with Russia’s business elite was straightforward: accumulate wealth, but leave politics to the Kremlin.
India on Tuesday conveyed to Russia its strong concern over the missile attack on commercial vessel MV Golden Leo when it was departing the port of Odisa in Ukraine in which at least four Indian nationals were killed.
A dormitory burns. A supermarket burns. An apartment block burns. This is what drones and ballistic missiles do to a capital city. Kyiv counted its damage again this morning.
The offer to let Ukraine produce Patriot interceptor missiles under licence marks more than another military commitment.
Patience is running thin at petrol pumps across Russia. Hours long queues have become routine, even in Moscow, as drone strikes chip away at the country's refining capacity.
China’s growing military assertiveness and its alignment with Russia, Iran and North Korea emerged as a central theme during a high-stakes US Senate hearing on defence spending, with potential implications for India’s strategic calculus.
Eminent lawmakers and experts, during a Congressional hearing, described a shifting strategic landscape in which competition is intensifying across military, commercial and diplomatic fronts.
India will be the second country in the world after Russia to operate a commercial-level fast breeder reactor, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday.
India highlighted risks to energy supply and global trade at the UN as attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz intensify, stressing diplomacy, safety of navigation, and protection of civilians.
The death of another Jammu boy, Sachin Khajuria in the Russia-Ukraine war, exposes a disturbing trend wherein education aspirations are being weaponised to funnel young Indians into active conflict zones.
