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10 Mar

US warns of Russian chemical weapons attack in Ukraine

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The United States on Wednesday rejected Russian claims that it helps a bioweapons application in Ukraine, saying the allegations were a signal that Moscow ought to soon use the weapons themselves. "The Kremlin is intentionally spreading outright lies that the United States and Ukraine are conducting chemical and organic weapons things to do in Ukraine," State Department spokesman Ned Price stated in a statement. "Russia is inventing false pretexts in an strive to justify its very own horrific actions in Ukraine." White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated the claims have been "preposterous" and cited that "we've also viewed Chinese…

08 Mar

Russia Ukraine Conflict: Fearing Supply Crunch, Indians Stock Up Edible Oil, Fuel

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Fearing a supply crunch in safe to eat oil amid the ongoing Russian military offensive in Ukraine, Indians are stocking up on the kitchen staple, while a consolidation in global crude prices would possibly on the spot the central government to raise fuel expenditures as the assembly elections conclude in the key states. A upward jostle of more than 20 per cent in the fit to be eaten oil costs in less than a month and the pretend viral messages on social media regarding its scarcity have induced panic buying in India, which takes care of over two-thirds of its…

08 Mar

Operation Ganga: 694 Indian understudies moved out of Sumy in transports towards Poltava

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Nearly seven-hundred Indian students stranded in the northeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Sumy heaved a sigh of relief as their evacuation process began on Tuesday and hoped that they would be in a secure area soon. "The evacuation from Sumy has started. There was once in the end some top news on Tuesday. All Indian students will be evacuated from Sumy on Tuesday itself. They will be taken to a secure location from where they will be brought to India," said Anshad Ali, a student coordinator. A medical student at the Sumy university, who did not want to be identified, proven…

08 Mar

On International Women’s Day President Ram Nath Kovind confers Nari Shakti Puraskars on 29 women

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On International Women's Day, President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Nari Shakti Puraskars on 29 outstanding women for 2020 and 2021. Twenty-eight awards were given to the women in recognition of their exceptional work towards women empowerment, vulnerable and marginalised. The Nari Shakti Puraskar is a Women and Child Development Ministry initiative to acknowledge exceptional contributions made by individuals and institutions, and to celebrate women as game-changers and as a positive change in a society. Its recipients are from entrepreneurship, agriculture, innovation, social work, education and literature, linguistics, arts and crafts, science, technology, engineering and mathematics, disability rights, merchant navy…

04 Mar

Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne passes on from ‘heart attack’

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Australia cricket legend and one of the best leg-spinners of all-time, Shane Warne, has died, aged fifty two on Friday after a suspected coronary heart assault in Thailand. As per Fox cricket report, Warne’s administration released a quick statement in the early hours of Saturday (AEDT), that he handed away in Thailand of a suspected coronary heart attack. "Shane was determined unresponsive in his villa and notwithstanding the fine efforts of clinical staff, he ought to not be revived. The household requests privateness at this time and will provide in addition details in due course," the announcement read. Warne is…

04 Mar

Indian student shot in Kyiv in Ukraine while trying to run away

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An Indian student in Ukraine's capital Kyiv is hospitalised after being shot with a bullet. As indicated by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) General VK Singh, the Indian understudy was in touch with the Indian Embassy and that they encouraged Indian nationals to leave the nation right away. As indicated by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) General VK Singh, the Indian understudy was in touch with the Indian Embassy and that they encouraged Indian nationals to leave the nation right away. VK Singh is in Poland currently to look after the evacuation of Indians stuck in war-hit Ukraine, said that…

03 Mar

Ukraine-Russia crisis: 4,800 Indian students to return from Romania by Friday, says Scindia

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Around 4,800 Indian students will be evacuated from Bucharest and Suceawa in Romania through 24 flights between Wednesday and Friday amid Russia-Ukraine war, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said. The minister, who is in Bucharest to facilitate the evacuation of Indian students, said he will be going to Siret, the border test factor with Ukraine, on Thursday and continue to be there for around forty eight hours. "I will be there till the remaining pupil leaves from Siret," he stated. India has been evacuating its citizens thru different flights from Ukraine's western neighbours such as Romania, Hungary and Poland as the…

03 Mar

“Can We Ask Putin To Stop War?”: Chief Justice On Plea To Rescue Indians

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Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, whilst hearing a petition on rescuing Indian college students stranded in Ukraine, referred to a social media submit that wondered him on what actions he had taken to convey again Indians from the war-torn country, and questioned if he may want to ask the Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war."On social media, I noticed some video announcing what is CJI doing! Can I give directions to President of Russia to quit the war," the Chief Justice remarked. The Chief Justice made the observation while listening to a plea to rescue greater than…

02 Mar

Russia-Ukraine Crisis: EU excludes 7 Russian banks from SWIFT network

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The European Union reportedly has voted to cut out seven Russian banks from SWIFT, the messaging network underpinning world monetary transactions. A senior EU reputable stated Wednesday that the European Commission is checking the extent to which crypto is being used as a skill of working round sanctions imposed on Russia on the grounds that its invasion of Ukraine, according to a document through Reuters. As yet any other global financial sanction towards Russia, in response to its hostilities on Ukraine, leading Western nations had pledged to bar various massive Russian banks from the usage of the SWIFT system. The…

02 Mar

Russia-Ukraine combat fallout: Oil above $110 as Russia sanctions bite; Biden proclaims release of 30 mn barrels of oil to maintain world prices

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US President Joe Biden introduced that his administration has worked with 30 other countries to release hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil from American strategic reserves to preserve the global oil prices in the midst of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. In his maiden State of the Union Address on Tuesday, Biden stated his administration was once taking “robust action” to make sure the ache of the US sanctions is focused at Russia’s economy. He vowed that his administration will use every device at its disposal to guard American corporations and consumers. “To all Americans, I will be honest…