The rise in total imports was supported by a surge in core imports and gold and silver imports, following duty cuts announced in the July budget. However, the fall in oil imports did little to balance the growing trade deficit,

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's wholesale price index rose 1.31% in August from a year earlier, government data released on Tuesday showed. Economists polled by Reuters had estimated wholesale price inflation at 1.85% in August. Inflation was at 2.04% in July.

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) fell to 1.31 per cent in August, according to the latest government data, marking a notable decrease from 2.04 per cent in July and a sharp drop from the 16-month high of 3.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers have been diverted by European customers to Ukraine and New Delhi has not intervened to stop the trade despite protests from Moscow, according to 11 Indian and European government and defence industry officials,

The Indian government has rejected claims by an international news agency that defence exports from India to Europe were diverted to Ukraine. The Ministry of External Affairs described the report as speculative and misleading,

European clients are sending Ukraine casing for artillery shells produced in India. Reuters reported that India remains passive to Russia's protests, citing eleven sources from the governments of India,