India's Sanctions Tightrope: Sitharaman Defies US on Russian Oil as Trade Deals Multiply and Pakistan Gets the Hard Line

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman drew the sharpest line yet on India's energy security, declaring the government will source crude "from every corner of the world" regardless of Washington's new sanctions powers. Speaking at a fireside chat on Tuesday, she framed the dilemma in brutal terms: leaving Russian oil means paying more into a limited, price-inflated pool — and Indian refineries can't simply swap grades like changing shoes. Her remarks came just days after President...