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Mechanisms are in place to continue oil supplies to India,” Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Roman Babushkin assured, adding that both countries are working to remove further barriers to trade in order to strengthen economic cooperation.

The Russian embassy in India criticised the US penalties on New Delhi over trade ties, saying crude oil trade between the two nations will remain unaffected and overall India–Russia trade is expected to grow 10% annually.

India adopted the GST in 2017, sweeping in more than a dozen domestic state taxes in a bid to unify the economy on the principle of "one nation, one tax, one market". It was hailed as the biggest tax reform since independence from Britain in 1947.

The collapse of the prime minister’s high-stakes efforts to transform ties with the world’s two superpowers has exposed the limits of India’s leverage.

During his Friday speech, Modi also hinted India would continue its unilateral suspension of the Indus Water Treaty. The treaty, which India suspended after the April massacre, allows sharing of the Indus River that runs about 2,897 kilometers (1,800 miles) through South Asia and is a lifeline for both countries.

During his interaction with PM Narendra Modi, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla said India has the "ability and position to be in a leadership role in a space station."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s complicity in the violence against India’s Muslims is the easy part of this story. The hard part is what has happened to our community.

It is one of the biggest job-creation programs rolled out in recent years, signaling the government’s intent to court India’s young workforce. At the launch, the PM Modi called the plan a 'transformational step,' saying it was about more than just jobs ...