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Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how India-Russia relations are going to reach new heights. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today interacted with a delegation from Russian media. Speaking to the delegation, Pradhan said, “2019 was a landmark year which boosted the bilateral relations between India and Russia to hitherto unscaled heights.

India and Russia will hold their maiden Bilateral Regional Forum at the level of Russian Provinces and the Indian States be held next year to dismantle the barriers of trade at the regional level. This was decided at a meeting between PM Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin in Brasilia on the sidelines of BRICS Summit.

PM Modi will meet Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on the sidelines of the 11th BRICS summit, to discuss ways to enhance bilateral strategic partnership. He will also hold separate bilateral meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant has denied that it was the target of a cyber attack. It said clarifying that its network is stand alone and is not connected to the outer internet. The ICC has banned Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan from all cricket for two years, with one year of that suspended, after he accepted three charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. MyNation in 100 seconds brings you the top news of the day.

Geopolitical realities in the first decade of 21st Century pushed India from its longstanding Strategic Partnership with Russia towards the United States when Russia entered into a strategic nexus with China. The 21st Century second-decade perceptional witnesses the United States pushing India into a Russian tilt again by politically expedient reversing of US policy gears in South Asia.

While ISRO wonders why lander lost contact, Congress MLA UT Khader has opined that Russia may have played a role in it.  

India and Russia have been good friends, for years together. The two countries support each other in issues related to politics, defence, energy and even economics.

The Chandrayaan-2 is getting closer to the moon as it has successfully completed all its orbit manoeuvres. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum. India and Pakistan have agreed on visa-free travel through the Kartarpur Corridor

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a guard of honour at the Vladivostok airport on his third bilateral visit to Russia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been honoured with the highest civilian award, Order of Zayed, in UAE.The award has earlier been given to several world leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Queen Elizabeth II and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received an Independence Day message from Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin wherein he pushed for a stronger bilateral between the two countries

 

On Friday, PM Modi held bilateral and plurilateral meetings with many leaders, including US President Donald Trump, Russian president Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping. On Saturday, the Prime Minister met the presidents of Indonesia and Brazil separately and discussed ways to boost bilateral ties and enhance cooperation in trade and investment.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi without naming Pakistan has highlighted the issue of state-sponsored terrorism in the SCO summit in Bishkek, urging the leaders to organise a global conference on terrorism.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Bishkek for the SCO summit and will be holding meetings with the leaders of other member countries. Imran Khan, however, will not be entertained

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred the Order of St Andrew the Apostle for “exceptional services in promoting special and privileged strategic partnership between Russia and India”, a Russian embassy official said.