Omkar Khandekar

Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries bought Russian oil worth billions of dollars last year.

Now it says it has stopped its purchases to comply with the European Union's upcoming sanctions on Russia.

The announcement comes weeks after President Trump said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to stop buying Russian oil.

The White House doubled its tariffs on India to 50 percent earlier this year, calling it a penalty for such imports.

India has called the US's actions unfair and unjustified.

But last month, Reuters reported that India's other oil refineries also plan to reduce its imports from Russia.

Omkar Khandekar, NPR News, Mumbai.

Onlookers in a packed courtroom reacted as judges of a war crimes tribunal convicted Sheikh Hasina for a violent crackdown on student-led protests last year.

A United Nations report said the crackdown killed up to 1,400 people and injured thousands more.

Sheikh Hasina fled to India after violent protests spread across the country.

In a statement after the verdict, she said she had not ordered any killings and that her government had, quote, lost control of the situation.

Bangladesh is scheduled to hold general elections in February next year.

Omkar Khandekar, NPR News, Mumbai.

India has worked to protect its tigers from poachers, reduce human-wildlife conflict, and increase the living standards of people living near tiger habitats. Around 60 million people live in such habitats, of which 70 are killed in attacks every year. But a new study in the journal Science suggests that humans can coexist with tigers, and it is their attitudes towards the animals that matters.

India has worked to protect its tigers from poachers, reduce human-wildlife conflict, and increase the living standards of people living near tiger habitats. Around 60 million people live in such habitats, of which 70 are killed in attacks every year. But a new study in the journal Science suggests that humans can coexist with tigers, and it is their attitudes towards the animals that matters.

As tigers' native habitat shrinks, the successes of India's conservation program could offer lessons to other countries where the animals are still found in the wild, including Indonesia, China and Russia. Omkar Khandekar, NPR News, Mumbai.

As tigers' native habitat shrinks, the successes of India's conservation program could offer lessons to other countries where the animals are still found in the wild, including Indonesia, China and Russia. Omkar Khandekar, NPR News, Mumbai.