Russia delivered all the contracted 70,000 AK-203 Kalashnikov assault rifles to the Indian Armed Forces on 25 January 2022. The Indian Armed Forces had placed an order for 670,000 rifles, for which the contract was signed on 6 December 2021 between India and Kalashnikov ...

Russia undertook test-firing of around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine recently. The Zircon missile would be capable of flying at nine times the speed of sound and have a range of 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) ...

Alexander Zverev outplayed defending champion Daniil Medvedev to beat him for the first time in two years and win his second ATP Finals title. The 24-year-old German world number three, who had lost to the Russian second seed in the group stage, turned the tables to win 6-4 6-4, in the men’s ...

The Russian military carried out another successful test of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile, one of the latest additions to the country’s arsenal of weapons called “invincible” by President Vladimir Putin. The missile was launched from the Admiral Gorshkov warship towards a test target set in ...

The 7th Indian Navy Frigate of P1135.6 class was launched on October 28 2021 at Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia, the navy said. During the ceremony, the ship was formally named as Tushil by Datla Vidya Varma, the Navy said in a statement. "Tushil" is a Sanskrit word meaning Protector Shield, ...

A Russian film crew is back on Earth after wrapping up scenes for the first movie shot in space. Klim Shipenko and actor Yulia Peresild left the International Space Station and landed in Kazakhstan - to be met by a crew filming touchdown scenes. The Russian film director Klim Shipenko ...

India participated in the 6th edition of a multinational military exercise named “Peace Mission-2021”, has been organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Russia’s Oregon. The main purpose of this exercise is to boost close relations between SCO member states.It will also ...

Russia's first regiment of Avangard hypersonic missiles has been put into service. The location was not given, although officials had earlier indicated they would be deployed in the Urals. President Vladimir Putin has said the nuclear-capable missiles can travel more than 20 times the speed of ...

India and Russia will hold the first Bilateral Regional Forum at the level of Russian Provinces and the Indian States in 2020. The aim is to dismantle the barriers of trade at the regional level. It was decided at a meeting between PM Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin in Brasilia on the ...

India has raised the issue of global oil market price volatility with Russia that is hurting the interests of both consuming and producing nations. This was articulated by India’s oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan in a meeting with Russia’s energy minister Alexander Novak. Daily Current Affairs ...