INDIA &RUSSIA

   India & Russia signd,30 agreements on Tuesday 21st December at New-Delhi.Prime Minister Manmohan singh and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev signd the agreement. Dr Man mohan singh told the journalist that India's relationship with Russia was' special and privileged.The highlight of the 30 agreements was the consolidation and extension of strategic cooperation in the civil nuclear, hydrocarbons and space sectors
   India and Russia agreed to work together at the global level on nuclear energy. Both sides also identified joint research and development in reactor technology as an area on which the two atomic energy establishments. In defense ,India and Russia marked the beginning of their first-ever collaboration in producing a next generation fighter air crafts.
   The biggest defense programme in India's history-the contract for the preliminary design of the fifth generation Fighter Air craft (FUFA) was signed on Tuesday 21 st December,2010,between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Russia's Rosoboronexport and sukhoi.It will involve the production of 200-250 air craft

Prof.John Kurakar