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US offers India a 30-day waiver for buying Russian oil as Iran war deepens energy supply worries
U.S. has given India a waiver to buy Russian oil for 30 days as conflict in Middle East impacts global energy supply.
As the United States and Israel wage war with Iran, India is beginning to feel the tremors at home.
Around 90% of India’s crude oil is imported - and around 40-50% of India’s crude oil imports come from the Middle East, particularly after it substantially reduced purchases of Russian crude oil.
India can't seem to escape from the fallout of the escalating conflict in the Middle East. After energy and aviation, remittances could be the latest worry.
Israeli strikes on Iran over resumed nuclear activities, noting Iran's persistence despite last year's significant damage.
A U.S. submarine sank a warship with a torpedo off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.
Iran maintains ties with a range of countries, including Turkey, India, Russia and China. Yet in this war, their support is mostly rhetoric.
Sheshnaag-150 is a strike drone just like Shahed, while Ghatak is an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) which can drop/fire weapons and return to the base.