India’s defense ministry announced that the contract with Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport would modernize 2,500 T-72 tanks with new 1,000 HP engines, improving battlefield mobility.

There’s been a significant shake-up in the massive $650 billion global armaments industry following the Ukraine war; and India too seems to be making a splash with a reduction in arms imports.

The world’s 10 largest importers of major arms and their main suppliers from 2020 to 2024 As of the period between 2020 and 2024, India ranked as the world’s second-largest arms importer, accounting ...

India’s declining dependence on arms imports reflects its growing defence self-sufficiency. As SIPRI’s latest report highlights, India’s efforts to boost indigenous production have steadily ...

Read on. India was the world’s second-largest arms importer in 2024, accounting for 8.3% of global imports, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Ukraine overtook ...

The 2023 edition of the Sipri report had ranked India as the world's biggest arms importer in 2019-2023 with a 9.8 per cent share of all arms imports. India's tensions with China and Pakistan ...

NEW DELHI: Russia remains the biggest arms supplier of equipment and systems for the Indian Armed Forces, according to the Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

India is still the world’s second largest arms importer behind Ukraine, which is at war with Russia, with New Delhi’s imports “reflecting perceived threats from both China and Pakistan ...

India was the second-largest arms importer, though the trade figures decreased by 9.3% between 2015-19 and 2020-24, according to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

This latest deal is another reminder that even as India has sought to increase its domestic arms production, it remains the largest buyer of Russian military hardware exports.

You may follow him at Twitter @FidelRahmati Image/UNODC. India has donated 32 tons of humanitarian aid, including medicines, medical equipment, winter coats, and social support items, to aid drug ...

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