World
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Next pandemic likely to be a respiratory virus: Bill Gates
Hyderabad: The next pandemic will not be a COVID-19 virus or a flu, but it is more likely to be a respiratory virus, said Microsoft founder Bill Gates. The billionaire philanthropist, in…
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How online disinformation campaign aided new war narrative for Putin
London: A well-prepared online disinformation campaign on various social media platforms changed the whole narrative around the escalated Russia-Ukraine tensions, aiding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to go to war over claims…
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Accounts of researchers suspended over tweets on Russia-Ukraine
As Russia began firing missiles and explosions against Ukraine on Thursday, the social media giant Twitter reportedly blocked several accounts of researchers sharing footage and other information about the Russian invasion. The…
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Russia will pay a very heavy economic and political price: NATO
New Delhi: NATO has announced the deployment of ‘additional defensive land and air forces’ to the eastern part of the bloc and an increase in the readiness of all its forces ‘to…
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Situation tense, uncertain: Indian envoy in Ukraine tells stranded nationals
Kiev/New Delhi: The situation is highly tense and very uncertain and this of course is causing a lot of anxiety, said Indian Ambassador to Ukraine on Thursday reaching out to stranded Indian…
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War returns to Europe: Russian missiles rain down on airports, military bases
New Delhi: Russia on Thursday launched all-out war on Ukraine with simultaneous attacks coming from south, east and north, by land and by air, Daily Mail reported. Missiles and bombs rained from…
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Russia closes airspace after Ukraine airstrikes
New Delhi: Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency has suspended all flights to and from 12 airports in the south of the country. The move comes after Moscow revealed that it had launched…
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Russia says Ukraine’s air defence has been destroyed
New Delhi: Russia has taken out Ukraine’s air defences and airforce with a series of precision attacks, the country’s Defence Ministry has said in a statement, after airports and runways across the…
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Heavy fighting underway in Kharkiv: Ukrainian Armed Forces
New Delhi/Kyiv: The Ukrainian Armed Forces have said that they managed to stop Russian troops in northern Ukraine’s Chernihiv region, but heavy fighting is underway in Kharkiv, located in northeast part of…
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Ukrainian envoy to India seeks PM Modi’s intervention
New Delhi: Ukraine’s envoy to India Dr Igor Polikha on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to activate dialogue with Russia amid the ongoing crisis. Ambassador Igor Polikha said that India has…
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Carry cash, hoard ration, don’t go out: Advise to Indian students in Ukraine
New Delhi: With Russian President Valadimir Putin on Thursday announcing military operation against Ukraine, the Indian students in Ukraine have been advised not to go out of their homes and carry cash. An…
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Imran Khan in Moscow to meet Putin
New Delhi: At a time when Russia has started military operations against Ukraine, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday arrived in Moscow on a two-day official visit, Dawn reported. The Prime…
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Unconfirmed reports say Russian forces have destroyed Ukraine Navy
New Delhi: Unconfirmed reports said that Russian forces have destroyed or rendered unusable the Ukrainian Navy, and taken control of Boryspil Airport in Kiev, the Daily Mail reported. Access to the Black…
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Russia, Belarus attacking Ukraine from all sides: Report
New Delhi: Ukraine was under siege on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he was invading in what he termed a “special military operation”, sending in tanks from the northern border…
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Explosions rock Ukraine’s key airport, military facilities
Kiev: Shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised a “special military operation” in the conflict-hit Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, a series of explosions hit Ukraine’s largest airport Boryspil and several military objects…
