Evgeniy Griva, Russia's Deputy Trade Representative to India, said oil import prices could fluctuate by 5% amid tariffs. He added that trade between India and Russia is expected to grow around 10%, with Indian exports of machine tools, electronics, pharma, and chemicals increasing rapidly.
Russia's dairy industry is marking a new phase of global expansion with a 16 per cent rise in export volumes since the beginning of 2025, according to TV BRICS.
China's recent move to ease export restrictions on fertilizers, rare earths, and tunnel-boring machines to India is a welcome step, but self-reliance remains the only real safeguard for New Delhi against its widening trade deficit with Beijing, the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) sai
Kwatra said he had a "productive discussion" with Rep. Pete Sessions, Chairman of the Congressional Sub-Committee on Governmental Operations, where the two sides exchanged views on energy security and the growing hydrocarbon partnership between India and the United States.
In view of continuous heavy rainfall across Karnataka's Dharwad district over the past few days, all Anganwadi centres, primary and high schools, pre-university colleges, and degree colleges in the district will remain closed on August 20, Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu said.
Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan said the district administration is closely monitoring the situation, and a decision regarding declaring a holiday for Wednesday will be taken by the evening, based on further developments.
Amid persistent heavy rainfall in the city, a monorail train near Mysore Colony station in Mumbai broke down due to a power supply failure on Tuesday evening, prompting a swift rescue operation by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), fire department personnel, and police.
Amid heavy rainfall in several parts of the state, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that Mumbai has received around 300 mm of rain, leading to some disruptions, but the water level in the Mithi River is slowly going down.
Amid the ongoing Congress's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Congress party and said that if they want infiltrators or deceased people to remain on voter lists.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar visited the disaster control room at Mantralaya on Tuesday to assess the situation as heavy rainfall continues in Mumbai and other parts of the state, informed the Deputy Chief Minister's office.