India, March 11 -- India's weapon imports fell 9.3% between 2015-19 and 2020-24, and the share of military hardware sourced from Russia recorded a significant drop during this period, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) said in a report published on Monday. The new data comes at a time when the government is focused on cutting imports and boosting self-reliance in the defence manufacturing sector. India's weapon imports fell 9.3% between 2015-19 and 2020-24, and the share of military hardware sourced from Russia recorded a significant drop during this period, the report, published on Monday, said. The think tank measures weapons imports overfive-yearperiods.P15...