Ukraine
- World
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…
- India
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-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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Price shocks due to war in Ukraine will have impact worldwide: IMF
New Delhi: Energy and commodity prices-including wheat and other grains-have surged due to the war in Ukraine, adding to inflationary pressures from supply chain disruptions and the rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic,…
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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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Israeli PM arrives in Moscow to meet Putin amid ongoing tensions in Ukraine
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrived in Moscow on Saturday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Earlier on Wednesday, Putin spoke to Bennett…
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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…
- Business
Gold Rush: Ukraine war to push global prices to $2k
New Delhi: Rush for safe haven investments during the ongoing market volatility triggered by Russian-Ukrainian conflict is expected to push global gold prices higher. Accordingly, the fears of supply shortages along with…
- India
Successful evacuation from Ukraine to have positive impact on polls: Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the successful evacuation of Indian nationals from war-torn Ukraine will have positive impact on assembly elections. Home Minister was addressing a…
- India
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.…
- India
Ukraine rescue more vital than launching incomplete pune metro work: Sharad Pawar to Modi
Pune: On the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Pune, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said the work of the Metro service to be inaugurated by the PM is…
- Technology
Nintendo temporarily puts its Russian eShop into maintenance mode
Tokyo: Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has temporarily put its Russian eShop into maintenance mode, the company said in a notice on its Russian website. According to The Verge, it appears to mean…
- India
India raises concerns over students stranded in Sumy amid Ukraine crisis
New Delhi: Raising concerns over the Indian students stranded in Sumy following the Ukraine crisis, India on Saturday said that it has urged Russian and Ukrainian governments through multiple channels for an…
- World
Entire staff of Russian TV channel resigns on air, says ‘No to War’
In a blow to independent media in Russia, the entire staff of a TV channel, TV Rain, resigned on Friday over the ongoing Russian-Ukraine war. The decision came under pressure from the…
