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2,135 Indian nationals evacuated on Sunday, taking total to 16K
New Delhi: Under ‘Operation Ganga’, 2,135 Indian citizens returned back home on Sunday through 11 special civilian flights from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries. Among the special civilian flights on Sunday, nine landed in…
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Indian fuel prices might rise to Rs 15-Rs 22 per litre next week
With the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis, the price of diesel, petrol and other natural gases could rise by Rs. 15 or Rs. 22 per litre from the coming week in India. However, it…
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Indian students must come to Budapest for evacuation: Embassy
The Indian Embassy in Ukraine on Sunday urged Indian students stranded in the war-torn country to reach Budapest in Hungary as Operation Ganga has apparently entered the “last-leg” of evacuation. The embassy…
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Indian Union Muslim League chief Panakkad Thangal dies at 74
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) president and renowned spiritual leader Panakkad Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal passed away on Sunday at the age of 74. Thangal was away from the public eye for…
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IAF evacuates 210 more Indians who had fled from war-torn Ukraine
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force has evacuated 210 more Indian nationals who were stranded in the crisis-hit Ukraine. “An IAF flight carrying 210 Indians from Bucharest, Romania has landed at Hindan airbase…
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Women’s World Cup: India thrash Pakistan by 107 runs in opening match
Mount Maunganui: A fighting batting effort followed by a clinical bowling performance helped India thrash arch-rivals Pakistan by 107 runs in their opening match of the 2022 ICC Women’s World Cup at…
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India sees another dip in COVID cases, logs 5,476 new infections
New Delhi: COVID cases in India witness a dip as the country logged 5,476 new infections in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry informed on Sunday. With this, the active COVID…
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Why Bengal is low on crime but high on political violence
Kolkata: In the recently concluded municipal polls, the Trinamool Congress won 102 of the 108 municipalities preceded by the resounding victory in the assembly elections, proclaiming an unquestionable political supremacy in the state.…
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Two arrested for spreading fake news against journalist Rana Ayyub
Two employees of media company Scoopbeats were arrested by Mumbai Cyber Crime at BKC (Bandra Kurla Complex) for spreading fake news against journalist Rana Ayyub repeatedly. Thanking the Mumbai police, the senior…
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India ranks 97 in terms of democracy, says V-Dem report
V-Dem an independent research institute based at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has published a report – Democracy Report 2022 Autocratization Changing Nature? – where it stated that India is among the…
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India’s Jehan Daruvala sets second-fastest time of Bahrain F2 test
Mumbai: Indian F1 hopeful Jehan Daruvala set the second-fastest overall time at the Formula 2 pre-season test session in Bahrain. Driving for reigning champions Prema this year, the 23-year-old’s best time over…
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Hijab Row: Case booked against Rana Ayyub by right-wing groups in Karnataka
The Karnataka police in Dharwad on Saturday registered an FIR against journalist Rana Ayyub for allegedly labelling those involved in harassing Hijab clad students as “Hindu terrorists.” The FIR was registered under…
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Ukraine conflict: Three IAF aircraft carrying 629 Indians land in Delhi
New Delhi: Three IAF aircrafts carrying 629 Indians from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries landed at the Hindon air base here on Saturday morning, the air force said. India has been evacuating its citizens from…
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Speak to Putin for humanitarian corridor for Indians, Tewari to govt
New Delhi: After a video of around 700 Indian students, stranded in Ukraine’s Sumy, pleading to the Indian government to rescue them surfaced, Congress leader Manish Tewari on Friday said that Prime Minister…
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India should demand that bombing of Ukrainian cities stop: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday said that bombing of Ukrainian cities by Russian forces should stop and the Narendra Modi government should demand it. Chidambaram, in a statement, said: “Irrespective…
