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10-year High: Ukraine crisis pushes crude price close to $120 a barrel
New Delhi: Continuing hostilities between Russia and Ukraine pushed crude oil price to a 10-year high of $119.84 per barrel on Thursday. The global hike in crude oil prices led by the…
- Automobile
Top automakers halt production in Russia amid Ukrainian invasion
New Delhi: As nations around the globe slap heavy sanctions on Russia, several top automakers have halted production at their respective facilities in the country and paused exports as Russian forces entered…
- World
Ukraine’s defence lines hold, but Russia continues shelling: Zelensky
Kiev: In a new video address to the nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday said that his country’s defence lines were holding, but Russia has continued shelling major cities since midnight.…
- Technology
Meta expands ban on Russian state media globally
New Delhi: Meta has expanded a ban on Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik on Facebook and Instagram globally to stop the flow of misinformation as Russian forces make deeper inroads…
- World
Russia’s secret documents reveal war plans approved on Jan 18
New Delhi: Russia’s secret war documents have revealed that the plans for Moscow’s war with Ukraine were approved on January 18 and it anticipated that the capture must be executed within 15…
- World
Kiev residents permanently move to metro tunnels
New Delhi: As Russian missiles rain down on their homes, many people in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev have moved permanently into the safe shelter of the metro. Kiev’s extremely deep metro…
- Technology
Russia refuses to launch OneWeb satellites, issues conditional demands
Moscow: Russian space agency has refused to launch UK’s three dozen OneWeb Internet satellites unless its demands are met, in response to international sanctions over its invasion into Ukraine. OneWeb’s 36 satellites…
- Entertainment
Netflix pauses all projects, acquisitions from Russia
Mumbai: Streaming giant Netflix has paused all future projects and acquisitions from Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. The streamer had four Russian originals in the pipeline, including a crime thriller series…
- World
Can wealthy nations stop buying Russian oil?
Massachusetts: Russia produces close to 11 million barrels per day of crude oil. It uses roughly half of this output for its own internal demand, which presumably has increased due to higher…
- India
Ukraine effect: Domestic wheat, sunflower oil prices set to rise
New Delhi: Continuing hostilities between Russia and Ukraine are set to impact the domestic selling prices of wheat and sunflower oil. Both countries produce massive quantities of wheat, while Ukraine is one…
- World
Tim Cook tells employees to donate for Ukraine relief
San Francisco: Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that the tech giant will match employee donations two-to-one in an email sent to employees addressing the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Cook mentioned that…
- India
Russia-Ukraine conflict: 15 flights scheduled over the next 24 hours under Operation Ganga
New Delhi: A total of 17,000 Indian nationals have left Ukraine since the advisories were issued and flights under Operation Ganga have been increased to facilitate the evacuation of remaining students stranded…
- India
Russia-Ukraine crisis: G Kishan Reddy welcomes Indian nationals on their arrival in Delhi
New Delhi: Union Minister G Kishan Reddy welcomed the Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine amidst Russia’s military operation in the country after they landed in the national capital on Wednesday.…
- World
China will not join sanctions against Russia: Banking authority
Beijing: Amid the ongoing military operations in Ukraine, China restrained itself from putting sanctions against Russia, and will continue to maintain financial cooperation with all parties, media reported citing bank official on…
- World
Russia informs IAEA that its military has taken control of Europe’s largest nuclear plant
New Delhi: Russia has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that its military forces have taken control of the territory around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Director General Rafael Mariano…
