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In the coming days, Russian President Vladimir Putin will be shaking hands with multiple world leaders, including those from China, India, Turkey and Iran

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The defense ministers of Japan, the U.K. and Italy have agreed to accelerate the joint development of a next-generation fighter jet

Russia's top diplomat has said that his country believes that India, Brazil and African countries should be represented in the UN Security Council on a permanent basis to ensure the representativeness of the global majority, state-owned TASS news agency reported on Sunday. «Countries such as India, Brazil, as well as representatives of Africa should have been on a permanent basis in the Security Council for a long time. This is necessary to ensure representativeness, representation of the global majority,» Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told aif.ru. in an interview, TASS reported. India has been at the forefront of years-long efforts calling for reform of the Security Council, including expansion in both its permanent and non-permanent categories, saying the 15-nation Council, founded in 1945, is not fit for purpose in the 21st Century and does not reflect contemporary geo-political realities. Delhi has underscored that it deserves a permanent seat at the horse-shoe table. Last month, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron in backing India's bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

Ukraine struck a manufacturer of military explosives deep inside Russian territory overnight, as well as storage infrastructure at a military airfield in the Lipetsk region, Kyiv's General Staff said in a statement on Sunday. Russian air defence units downed 110 Ukrainian drones over the country, Russia's defence ministry said, including one over the Moscow region, 43 over the border region of Kursk, and 27 over southwestern Lipetsk region. The Russian SHOT Telegram channel reported that drones attempted to strike the Ya. M. Sverdlov State Owned Enterprise in Dzerzhinsk city, Nizhny Novgorod region, about 400 km (250 miles) east of Moscow.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As part of its plans to ink long-term coking coal import contracts with Mongolia to meet the needs of domestic steelmakers, India is working out supply routes from the landlocked country, with plans to leverage the Russian Trans-Siberian Railways to bring coal to port city of Vladivostok and then ship it to India, and deliver coal at Chennai port. Government is also developing Estern Maritime Corridor linking eastern ports of India to Russian port in Vladivostok.

Modi's visit to Russia for the BRICS summit is important, because he will be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and can share his insights on resolving the Ukraine conflict. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin from October 22-23 to attend the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan. Notably, PM Modi visited Russia in June, right after taking office for the third time. Following that, he also visited Ukraine the following month.

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North Korea has decided to send a «large-scale» troop deployment to support Moscow's war in Ukraine, with 1,500 special forces already in Russia's Far East and undergoing training, Seoul's spy agency said Friday. The National Intelligence Service said the North had decided to send thousands of soldiers to help Russia, releasing detailed satellite images it said showed the first deployment. South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol convened an emergency security meeting Friday, with Seoul slamming Pyongyang's move as «a significant security threat not only to our country but also to the international community,» the president's office said.

These mark the first US sanctions on Chinese entities «directly developing and producing complete weapons systems in partnership with Russian firms,» the US Treasury Department said. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller added: «this was the first time we actually saw a Chinese company manufacturing a weapon itself that then was used on the battlefield by Russia.»

Russia is testing the readiness of a missile unit that forms part of its strategic nuclear forces, the defence ministry said on Friday, in the latest of a series of warning signals to Ukraine and the West. The test is taking place in the Tver region, northwest of Moscow, in the same week that NATO conducted its annual nuclear exercise and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy unveiled his «victory plan», The inspection involves a unit equipped with Yars missiles, with a range of 11,000 km, far enough to strike US cities, and are capable of delivering multiple nuclear warheads.

The United States says it is disappointed with a decision by the Swiss government not to adopt all measures in the latest round of European Union sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine

BRICS Summit in his country, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday asserted that the grouping is not «anti-West», but is just «non-West», also recalling that this is member state India's stand. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on October 22-23 to attend the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan. At an interaction with a group of foreign journalists here, Putin said the doors of BRICS were not closed to new members. He said as the grouping develops even the non-member countries will benefit economically. He accused the United States of trying to stem development in China. «It's like telling the sun not to rise,» he said.

Vladimir Putin said he was grateful for the concern expressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the war in Ukraine. Asked at a media interaction here whether he saw a role for India in negotiating peace between Russia and Ukraine, he referred to his interactions with Modi, whom he described as a «friend», and said his country was grateful for this. Putin said it was difficult to specify a timeline on ending the war, and setting one will be difficult and counterproductive. The Russian leader blamed America and NATO for pushing Russia into the war, and said his country will prevail.

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intercontinental ballistic missiles in a region northwest of Moscow, news agencies quoted the defence ministry as saying on Friday. The Yars, which can be deployed in silos or mounted on mobile launchers, has a range of up to 11,000 km (6,835 miles) and is capable of delivering multiple nuclear warheads. Russia has carried out a series of nuclear drills this year in what security analysts say are signals intended to deter the West from intervening more deeply in the war in Ukraine.

exports of personal computers including laptops have emerged as a key electronic item shipments from India during April-August this fiscal, according to the commerce ministry data. The exports of personal computers have recorded healthy growth in five destinations- the UAE, Russia, Bangladesh, the US, and Sri Lanka. The exports of laptops to the top five markets — increased to $102.6 million in April-August from just $37 million in the same period of the previous year, the data showed. The government's support to personal computer manufacturing through Production Linked Incentive (PLI) and other measures like ease of doing business have supported this growth.

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Abrams tanks to Ukraine, bolstering its ground forces ahead of a difficult winter campaign, the defence department said Thursday. The M1A1 Abrams tanks — weighing over 60 tonnes and equipped with heavy firepower — were due to be decommissioned starting next year. Instead, they will be sent to help the war effort in Ukraine, a welcome boost on the back of a $425 million arms package recently unveiled by Washington.

The European Central Bank, which sets interest rates for the 20 countries that use the euro currency, is expected to cut borrowing costs once again on Thursday after figures showed inflation across the bloc falling to its lowest level in more than thre...