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1,234 Haryana students evacuated from Ukraine: Khattar
Gurugram: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said around 1,800 students from the state were stuck in the war-torn Ukraine, of which 1,234 have been evacuated. The CM said this…
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British PM describes Russia as a great nation and power
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a career journalist and former editor of The Spectator magazine, in an opinion piece in The New York Times published on Sunday, described Russia as a…
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Zelensky invites Elon Musk to visit Ukraine
San Francisco: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited Tesla Founder and CEO Elon Musk to visit his country after the war. A video of the meeting was posted on Zelensky’s Instagram. View…
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Ukrainian authorities of Mariupol announce evacuation via humanitarian corridor
Mariupol: The Mariupol City Council announced the evacuation of civilians via humanitarian corridors on Sunday, a day later than the initially agreed upon date with Russia. “A ceasefire will be established today,…
- India
Admit Ukraine-returned students to Indian medical colleges at govt expense: Digvijaya
Bhopal: Congress MP Digvijaya Singh has demanded that the Centre admit students who returned from war-hit Ukraine to various government and private medical colleges in India. The families of these students have…
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Contact embassy urgently: MEA to Indians stranded in Ukraine
The Indian embassy in Ukraine has urged its nationals who are still struck in war-ridden Ukraine to fill up an online form mentioning basic details and current location. The embassy’s official Twitter…
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Could the Ukraine invasion spark a global financial crisis?
By Nasir Aminu, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Finance, Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff: The Russian assault on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities has intensified uncertainty in the world economy. To condemn Putin’s…
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Biden welcomes decision by Visa, Mastercard to suspend services in Russia: White House
Washington: US President Joe Biden, during a conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, welcomed the decisions of Visa and Mastercard to suspend services in Russia, the White House said. Earlier, Zelenskyy said on Twitter…
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Relax rules for medical students returning from Ukraine: Varun Gandhi
New Delhi: BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Sunday said that medical students returning from Ukraine should be structurally integrated into Indian institutions by relaxing rules while suggesting that the NRI quota of…
- Technology
Russia blocks Facebook, Meta hits back with pausing all ads
New Delhi: In an alarming censorship, Russia has blocked access to Facebook in the country. In response, its parent company Meta has paused all ads in Russia. Meta said that due to…
- Technology
Russia-Ukraine war: Telegram’s new battleground for cybercriminals
New Delhi: Cyber criminals and hacktivists have leveraged encrypted instant-messaging application Telegram for conflict-related activities, over the war between Russia and Ukraine, according to data released by cybersecurity firm CheckPoint Research (CPR).…
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Russia almost completes destruction of Ukrainian military infrastructure: Putin
Moscow: Russia has “practically” completed the “mission” of destroying Ukraine’s main military infrastructure, including weapon warehouses, ammunition depots, aviation and air defense systems, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday. “Russian forces will fulfill…
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Russia ends ceasefire due to ‘unwillingness’ of Ukraine
New Delhi: The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, said that due to the unwillingness of the Ukrainian side to influence the nationalists or extend the silence period, offensive…
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PM Modi chairs another meeting on Ukraine situation, India’s evacuation efforts
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called another high-level meeting on Saturday evening to discuss the situation in war-hit Ukraine and India’s evacuation efforts to bring back its citizens, official sources said.…
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Zelensky trying to provoke conflict between NATO and Russia
New Delhi: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov did not rule out that Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky is trying to provoke a conflict between Russia and NATO, as evidenced by his “militaristic frenzy”.…