India's oil trade with Russia faces its toughest test yet with spiking procurement costs, tightening sanctions, disappearing discounts and the looming threat of Trump's tariffs
'Unfair, unjustified, unreasonable', says MEA; new rates from August 28
US President Donald Trump has criticised India's Russian oil purchases, arguing they help fund Moscow's war in Ukraine
India and Russia are exploring opportunities in rare earth and critical minerals extraction, underground coal gasification, and creation of modern industrial infrastructure, an official statement said on Wednesday. The issue came up for discussions during the India-Russia Working Group on Modernization and Industrial Cooperation meeting, which was held here under the framework of the India-Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation. Critical minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth are essential raw materials required to fuel the growth of rapidly-growing clean energy technologies and their expanding uses ranging from wind turbines and electricity networks to electric vehicles and battery manufacturing. The commerce and industry ministry said the key focus areas included cooperation in aerospace science and technology, including the establishment of a modernized wind tunnel facility, production of
US President Donald Trump has imposed an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods, citing India's continued import of Russian oil, effective August 27
India's growing reliance on discounted Russian crude has reshaped its import basket, pushing out traditional West Asian suppliers and raising questions about how easily the country could pivot
Russia reaffirms defence ties with India, backs sovereign right to choose trade partners; statement comes after Trump's accusations of India's crude oil purchases funding Russia's conflict with Ukrain
Trump's statement comes after India said that the US continues to import uranium hexafluoride from Russia for its nuclear industry, fertilisers, as well as chemicals
Trump's change in stance comes hours after he suggested imposing increased tariffs on additional countries buying energy from Russia, including China
MEA defends India's oil purchase policy as US President Donald Trump accuses India of 'financing' Russia's war, escalates tariff threats and stalls trade talks
Jaishankar's remarks come amid rising global tensions, with Trump imposing tariffs on India and criticising its oil trade with Russia
As pressure mounts from the Trump administration, a top White House official has accused India of “financing” the Ukraine war through its continued oil imports from Russia. How's India navigating?
More tankers are poised to discharge another 2.2 million barrels of Urals in the coming hours
India slams Trump's tariff threat, defends Russian oil imports as essential, and calls out US, EU 'hypocrisy' for trading with Russia while unfairly targeting New Delhi
India's top refiner IOC buys 7 million barrels of crude from US, Canada and Abu Dhabi via tender, as Russian oil imports pause due to narrowing discounts and rising sanctions
Modi's government hasn't given India's oil refiners instructions to stop buying Russian oil, and no decision has been taken on whether to halt the purchases
₹2,250 crore Export Promotion Mission awaits Cabinet nod
Miller's criticism was some of the strongest yet by the Trump administration about one of the United States' major partners in the Indo-Pacific
Speaking at the Ministry of External Affairs' weekly briefing, spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal addressed growing concerns over the impact of Trump's comments on bilateral ties
Import from Russia in July was around 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd), the lowest this year after February, compared to 1.95-2.1 million bpd in June