Union agriculture and farmers welfare minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (IANS) NEW DELHI: India and Russia have agreed to deepen cooperation in agricultural trade, fertilisers, seeds, market access and joint research, reaffirming their commitment to advance innovation and benefit farme-rs. Bilateral agricultural trade stands at about $3.5 billion.Both sides outlined future areas of cooperation at a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: A cargo flight transported the first batch of VVER-1000 fuel assemblies from the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant in southwestern Siberia to India, Rosatom said in a statement on Thursday.A total of seven flights from Russia are planned to supply the entire…
In an important takeaway from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first official visit to India since the start of the NEW DELHI: Ukraine war in 2022, India and Russia on Friday decided to expand cooperation in nuclear energy, with the two sides discussing the possibility of building a second nuclear power plant with Russian-designed reactors, reports…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AP photo) NEW DELHI: India and Russia on Friday agreed to intensify their bilateral efforts for implementing different climate actions under global goals approved on multilateral forums such as the UN Convention on climate change and its Paris Agreement.The statement, issued after the meeting between…
BHOPAL: A milestone for India’s cheetah reintroduction project turned tragic less than a day after celebrations, when a 10-month-old cub was found dead in Kuno National Park in MP Friday afternoon.The cub, released into the Parond range on Dec 4 along with its mother Veera and sibling, appears to have been separated from them during…
NEW DELHI: In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, a Sikh British Columbia resident and long-serving Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) superintendent has sued the Govt of India in Ontario Superior court, alleging he was falsely vilified through a malicious state-linked propaganda.His suit, filed this Tuesday (December 2), claims India’s “disinformation campaign” turned him from a respected CBSA…
Bhopal: A day after cheetah Veera was released into the wild in Kuno, one her two cubs — who were also released — died on Friday. The cub, released into the Parond range on Dec 4 with its mother and sibling, appears to have been separated during the night, officials said.The release, conducted by chief…
Woman Behind Massive Trafficking Network Finally Runs Out Of Luck In Snowbound Village On China Border BHOPAL: In the snowbound silence of Lachung, in north Sikkim, 43-year-old wildlife trafficker Yangchen Lachungpa, wanted by Interpol, finally ran out of mountains.For 10 years, agencies across India and abroad had hunted for Yangchen — a woman who, investigators…
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has listed a habeas corpus petition filed by detained AAP MLA Mehraj Malik for final consideration on Dec 18.Malik, who is AAP’s J&K unit president, was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) on Sept 8 for allegedly disturbing public order and was lodged in Kathua…
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday invoked India’s slogan “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” during the presidential dinner hosted in his honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan, saying the phrase reflected the true character of India–Russia relations.Putin highlighted cooperation between the two nations in the emerging Eurasian space and said the partnership aimed at building an…