India signs $248 million defence deal with Russia for T-72 tank engines

IANS | March 7, 2025 7:10 PM

New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Ministry of Defence has signed a $248 million contract with Russia’s Rosoboronexport for the procurement of more powerful 1000 HP Engines for T-72 tanks of the Indian Army, in fully formed, completely- knocked down and semi-knocked down conditions.

'JFK, mass cooking, and fashion fiascos': The colourful but exacting lives of Indian diplomatic spouses (Book Review)

Vikas Datta | March 6, 2025 1:57 PM

New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Even amid themselves, they note how they seem to only make gulab jamuns and samosas by the hundreds for official occasions, but India's 'informal diplomats' frequently show their metier. Like this absent diplomat's pregnant wife, under house arrest in Dhaka with her young son amid the 1965 war, ensuring she burnt the cypher books and then browbeat her Pakistani captors into treating her properly.