Putin in India to boost military, energy ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin was expected arrive in India yesterday for his second overseas trip since the pandemic to bolster military and energy ties with an ally being courted by Washington. To address a rising China, Washington has set up the QUAD security dialogue with India, Japan and Australia, raising concerns in Beijing and Moscow. India was close to the Soviet Union during the Cold War, a relationship that has endured with New Delhi calling it a “special and privileged strategic partnership”.