Ukraine crisis
- World
Fighting in streets of Kharkiv after Russian troops break into city
New Delhi: Russian forces have entered Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, local officials say, BBC reported. The head of the Kharkiv regional administration, Oleg Sinegubov, said that light military vehicles had “broken into…
- World
Attention will be focused on India when UNSC votes again on Ukraine issue
United Nations: The Security Council is to meet on Sunday in a hastily convened session to vote on a resolution to convene an emergency meeting of the General Assembly to take up…
- Sports
Russia-Ukraine war: FIDE moves Chess Olympiad out of Russia
Chennai: Owing to the deteriorating geopolitical situation, the International Chess Federation or FIDE has decided to move the 44th Chess Olympiad and all other official competitions planned from Russia. The other events…
- Andhra Pradesh
Ukraine crisis: Naidu urges Jaishankar to evacuate Telugu people
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday wrote to the External Affairs Minister Subramanian Jaishankar uring him to evacuate Telugu students stranded in war-torn Ukraine. The TDP supremo…
- India
IMA writes to PM Modi for early evacuation of medical students from Ukraine
New Delhi: Amid heightened tensions between Ukraine and Russia following Russian military operations, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking early evacuation of medical students stranded…
- India
Pressure Russia to stop military offensive against Ukraine: RSS tells Centre
New Delhi: RSS national executive member Indresh Kumar on Friday appealed to the government to join hands with other countries and build pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to “immediately” stop the…
- Telangana
Telangana: Six students from Karimnagar stuck in Ukraine
Karimnagar: Around six youngsters from the Karimnagar district have been stuck in Ukraine as Russia began an armed conflict on Thursday, tension occurred among families. Students from the former Karimnagar district are…
- World
Ukraine crisis: President Zelenskyy slams allies for ‘looking on from a distance’
Kyiv: The sanctions imposed on Moscow are not enough to curtail Russian military operations against Ukraine, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday and added that they are defending their country…
- Middle East
Syrian govt decides measures to overcome possible impact of Ukraine crisis
Damascus: The Syrian cabinet has decided several measures to deal with the possible impact of the Ukraine crisis on the economic situation in Syria, according to state news agency SANA. The measures…
- World
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…
- World
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…
- World
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…
- World
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…