On 16 May, 2012, HE Mr. Ajai Malhotra, Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation, released the book “Death in Maharashtra: Imagination, Perception, Expression”, compiled, translated and edited by Dr. Irina Glushkova, an eminent Indologist and Marathi language expert at the Centre for Indian Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre will host the presentation of the book "Death in Maharashtra: Imagination, Perception and Expression" created by the collective of authors headed by Doctor of historical sciences, Indologist Irina Glushkova. The event will take place at the D.P. Dhar hall in the Embassy of India in Moscow on May 16.

The participants at a Round-Table Discussion “New Term of Mr. Vladimir V. Putin and  New Prospects of Bilateral Relations between Russia and India”, organised at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in New Delhi on May 7, 2012, were unanimous in visualizing a bright future for Russia with Mr. Vladimir Putin in the helm of affairs of the country and brilliant prospects in Indo-Russian relations.

Seven years before its scheduled completion, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has already announced a two-year delay in the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) India and Russia are to jointly develop.

Russian conglomerate Sistema, majority shareholder in Shyam Sistema, has threatened to walk out of India if the government accepts Trai's suggestion to increase the reserve price for spectrum auction by over 10 times.

She came to Ladakh from Russia seven years ago, and ever since, India has become Svetlana Bashlykova’s second home. For the last two years, however, Bashlykova has been living in Naggar in Manali, working with children of an orphanage run by the Nicholas Roerich Museum and creating and teaching art there.

For Alla Dulh, a painter from Saint-Petersburg, India used to be just another place on her must-visit list. But four years ago she settled in Himalayas, and says “the old-world feel of Indian villages” keeps her creative juices flowing.

A four-way oil swap between India, Russia, Japan and the Gulf producers would be a win-win situation for New Delhi and Moscow, a noted strategic expert said Monday.