India holds maritime exercise with Russia, land exercise with US

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“The purpose of the exercise is to comprehensively develop and strengthen naval cooperation between Russia and India,” the Russian Ministry of Defence announced Tuesday. The exercise with Russia came at a time when the Indian Army was engaged in a joint exercise, Vajra Prahar, at Umroi in Meghalaya with the US Army Special Forces. New Delhi: Amid the ongoing conflict with Ukraine, two Russian Navy destroyers from its Pacific Fleet have reached the Bay of Bengal where they are undergoing a joint exercise with the Indian Navy. The exercise will help the two navies to jointly counter global threats and...