Source link The Indian military is looking to purchase 97 Tejas combat aircraft, which are manufactured by a state-owned company The Indian Ministry of Defense is planning to acquire 97 fighter jets from state-owned aerospace manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), ANI news agency reported on Friday. The deal is worth an estimated 650 billion rupees […]
Source link British forces should be kept away from the front line but provide support such as training, James Heappey has said The UK should consider sending troops to Ukraine, former Minister of State for the Armed Forces James Heappey said in an interview with Sky News published on Friday. The comments came in response […]
Source link Contracts with domestic energy firms are aimed at boosting daily production in major fields of the sanctions-hit country Iran’s energy companies were granted their biggest contracts in the past decade on Sunday, as Tehran seeks to boost output at major oil fields, state media have reported. Deals worth $13 billion, aimed at developing […]
Source link Almost 20 statues and 30 pieces of jewelry worth €1.2 million ($1.3 million) have been stolen from an exhibition near Lake Garda, Italy, the Vittoriale degli Italiani estate, which hosted the display, told journalists. The stolen works were designed and forged by one of the greatest Italian sculptors of the 20th century, Umberto […]
Source link Battery-powered transportation soared in popularity during the pandemic, but the devices have since become ticking time bombs Lithium-ion batteries used in electronic bikes and scooters caused more fires in the last two months than in all of 2019, the New York City Fire Department’s (FDNY) chief fire marshall has told the New York […]
Source link The government has approved the purchase of 200 of the supersonic weapons, which were co-developed with Russia New Delhi’s Cabinet Committee on Security cleared the acquisition of 200 BrahMos extended-range supersonic cruise missiles on Wednesday. The new weapons, developed jointly by India and Russia, are to be purchased for around 190 billion rupees […]
Source link Despite bans and extensive sanctions, the bloc has continued to import oil, petroleum products and natural gas from Moscow Russia supplied just over €29 billion ($31.2 billion) worth of energy to the EU last year, according to data from the bloc’s statistics office, Eurostat, as cited by the Russian business daily RBK. This […]
Source link Artist Andrey Molodkin says he has arranged for 16 valuable paintings to be destroyed should WIkiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange die in prison. Assange, who has been jailed in Britain for years, is to make his final attempt to avoid extradition to the US this month. The collaborative project was reported on Tuesday by […]
Source link A legendary private art collection in Russia is up for grabs after owner’s death This week Russian arts expert Nina Moleva passed away aged 98. President Vladimir Putin is supposedly named as heir to her private art collection, which she had estimated to be worth around $2 billion. However, fact is difficult to […]
Source link Around 33% of all seaborne oil exports from the sanctioned country have been transported on tankers with British insurance, a report has found The UK has insured around a third of all Russian seaborne oil shipments since the start of the Ukraine conflict despite sanctions, according to a report by the Centre for […]
Source link The drugs were discovered in a shipment of coffee that arrived in St Petersburg from Belgium Russian customs officials have confiscated over 1.2 metric tons of cocaine that had arrived at the Port of St Petersburg, Russia’s Federal Customs Service (FTC) reported on Wednesday. The incident marks the second time this month that […]
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Source link Latvia has donated 271 confiscated cars to Ukraine this year and is reportedly planning to send several dozen more in the near future, according to the Delfi news outlet. Under an amendment to the Law on the Support of Civilians of Ukraine, adopted in February, Latvia can transfer any vehicles classed as belonging […]
Source link Over 200 million coronavirus jabs were reportedly sent to landfills simply because they were no longer needed The EU has reportedly sent at least 215 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the dumpster since they were first purchased at the height of the pandemic, an analysis by Politico has revealed. In an article […]