Russian Arms Supplies to India Worth $13 bn in past 5 years: Russian state news agencies reported that India received arms worth around $13 billion from Russia in the past five years. Additionally, New Delhi has placed orders with Moscow for more than $10 billion in weaponry and military equipment. India’s Current Military Order From […]
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Russia Replaces China to Become the Biggest Supplier of Fertilizers to India: Russia has become India’s biggest fertilizer supplier for the first time. Russian exporters reportedly grabbed a 21% share of the Indian fertilizer market in the first half of the 2022-23 fiscal year, overtaking China, previously India’s largest supplier. November 2022 Current Affairs Quiz More About This Transition: India’s fertilizer
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Russia Becomes India’s Top Oil Supplier In October: Russia, which met India’s minimal oil requirements till March this year, emerged as the country’s biggest oil supplier in October surpassing traditional sellers Saudi Arabia and Iraq, India’s private news network. This comes amid an ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine that has also seen many Western nations issue
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Russia launches GLONASS-K satellite navigation system: Russia has launched a GLONASS-K navigation system from northern cosmodrome, north of Moscow. October 2022 Current Affairs Quiz This system was carried by Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle. GLONASS-K is a navigation satellite intended as a part of the Russian GLONASS radio-based satellite navigation system. Russia has spent billions of dollars in the
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According to the data published by the Indian consultancy Coalmint, Russia has become the third-largest coal supplier of India in July 2022. Russia has historically been the sixth-largest supplier of coal to India, after Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, and the United States, with Mozambique and Colombia alternatingly featuring in the top five. Imports of India from Russia have increased nearly five
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Moscow’s space agency Roscosmos’ chief, Yury Borisov has announced that Russia will withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024. Russia and the United States have worked side by side on the space station which has been in orbit since 1998. ISS is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. Five participating space
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According to a ministry message, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, Moskva, was being hauled to port when it sank due to stormy waves. The 510-crew missile cruiser, which led Russia’s naval attack on Ukraine, was a symbol of the country’s military might. Kyiv claims that its rockets struck the cruiser. According to the United States, it was also targeted by Ukrainian missiles.
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Rating agency Moody’s has revised downwards the economic growth forecast of India by 40 basis points to 9.1 % in the Calendar Year 2022 (CY2022), due to adverse effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the global economy. Earlier in February 2022, Moody’s estimated India’s GDP in CY2022 to 9.5 %. Moody’s has projected India’s GDP
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Russia has become the most sanctioned country in the world, due to its invasion on Ukraine, according to a New York-based sanctions watchlist site Castellum.AI. Russia faced 2,778 new sanctions since February 22, 2022, led by the US and European nations, bringing the total sanctions to 5,530 Russia faced 2,754 sanctions before Feb. 22, making
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Sadia Tariq on winning a gold medal in the Moscow Wushu Stars Championship, which is being held from February 22 to 28. Sadia won the gold medal in Wushu Championship in Moscow by defeating a local player. The 15-year-old Sadia Tariq hails from Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir. From India, 38
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