{
  "id": 11733949,
  "title": "Russia to take 70,000 Indian skilled workers this year, Jaishankar tells panel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/russia-to-take-70-000-indian-skilled-workers-this-year-jaishankar",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T17:20:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/russia-to-take-70000-indian-skilled-workers-this-year-jaishankar-tells-panel/articleshow/134663757.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar briefed a parliamentary consultative committee on India's multifaceted engagement with Russia, covering bilateral trade, investment, energy cooperation, and diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine conflict. He informed members that Russia has agreed to take around 70,000 Indian skilled workers this year, particularly in construction and logistics. Jaishankar highlighted various areas of bilateral engagement, including trade, investments, energy, connectivity, culture, and people-to-people ties. The discussions also covered an India-Eurasian Economic Union Free Trade Agreement, the Chennai-Vladivostok corridor, the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), and the Northern Sea Route. On energy cooperation, Jaishankar emphasized India's priority to safeguard the interests of Indian consumers, maintaining multiple sources of supply.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}