Ukraine

30 Mar

Russian Foreign Minister to visit India amid conflict with Ukraine

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Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to India from 31 March -1 April. During the visit, Lavrov is expected to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval. It is not clear if he would also call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His talks with the Indian side will focus on the global geopolitical situation in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. India has adopted a neutral stand on the ongoing conflict. While abstaining from voting against Russia at the UN, New Delhi has…

15 Mar

Russian shelling hits high-rise building in Kiev

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Russian shelling hit a 10-storey apartment building in Kiev, leaving one person injured, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said. According to the State Emergency Service, fire erupted on the first through the fifth floors of the building located in the capital city’s the Podil neighbourhood. The fire was extinguished 6.51 a.m. and the injured person has been hospitalised. In another shelling also on Tuesday morning, a two-storey house was hit on Sadova Street in the Osokorky neighbourhood, causing a fire. No victims or injuries were reported in the second shelling. Meanwhile air raid sirens have gone off in Kyiev, as well…

15 Mar

Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to make statement on Ukraine situation in Rajya Sabha

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Association External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will say something on the common circumstance in Ukraine in Rajya Sabha today. The outside issues clergyman will be talking in the second piece of the Budget Session in Parliament. Jaishankar will talk on the salvage activity to empty Indian understudies from the disaster area in Ukraine and what is India's stand versus the contention among Russia and Ukraine. The Central government sent off 'Activity Ganga' on February 24 to bring back abandoned Indians from Ukraine. Up to this point, India has had the option to save around 22,500 abandoned residents in excess of…

08 Mar

World Bank approves USD 723 million support for Ukraine

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The World Bank approved a USD 723 million packages of loans and grants for Ukraine, providing government budget support amid the all-out conflict with Russia. The international lender approved a supplemental budget support package for Ukraine, called Financing of Recovery from Economic Emergency in Ukraine – or FREE Ukraine – for USD 489 million, the bank said in a statement. The fast-disbursing support will help the government provide critical services to Ukrainian people, including wages for hospital workers, pensions for the elderly, and social programs for the vulnerable, the bank statement said. The bank informed that the initial World Bank…

07 Mar

61 MBBS students reach home in Jammu from Ukraine

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Sixty one MBBS students have reached home in the Jammu division from the war torn Ukraine and parents are waiting for safe return of 29 others. Deputy commissioner, Jammu, Anshul Garg said that 37 residents and students from Jammu district have returned safely and 21 others are in Transit while 2 are still in Ukraine. The students, Jasleen Kour and Osheen Sharma along with other students are in transit towards borders of adjoining countries and are expected to reach home soon. During his visit to residence of the twin students at Channi Himmat and Paloura, the Divisional Commissioner interacted with…

07 Mar

Over 1 mn refugees leave Ukraine for Poland

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Since Russia’s war began 12 days ago, the number of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the country to neighbouring Poland has exceeded one million, the Polish Border Guard said. “Today at 8 p.m. the number of people who fled from Ukraine to Poland exceeded one million. This is a million human tragedies, a million people banished from their homes by the war,” the Border Guard said in a tweet late Sunday night. On Sunday, UN High High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said over 1.5 million people had fled Ukraine to neighbouring countries since Russia’s military invasion began on February 24. The…

07 Mar

Russian oil companies are offer big discounts to India

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Once again the flagship crude of Russia was offered at deeper discount in Europe amid tensions over Ukraine. Vitol Group offered 1 lakh tons of the nation’s Urals oil for delivery to Rotterdam at $7.25 a barrel less than Europe’s benchmark for physical cargo transactions Dated Brent. There were no bids in a window organized by S&P Global Platts. The grade had already been sold in a tender at $6 below the same measure and offered at minus $6.30. It is the largest discount in 11 years at least. Before the escalations this week, Traders flagged that the discounting wasn’t…

03 Mar

India denies its students being held hostage in Ukraine

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The government today denied reports that Indian students were being held as “hostage” in Ukraine, saying it was in constant touch with Indian nationals in the war-torn country. “Our embassy in Ukraine is in continuous touch with Indian nationals in Ukraine. We note that with the cooperation of the Ukrainian authorities, many students have left Kharkiv yesterday. We have not received reports of any hostage situation regarding any student,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said. He said India has requested the support of the Ukrainian authorities in arranging special trains for taking out students from Kharkiv and neighbouring…

03 Mar

Operation Ganga by Air Force: 798 Indians evacuates in four flights from Ukraine

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An Indian student died in Kharkiv shelter. Kharkiv is the second largest city of Ukraine. Naveen Shekharappa from Karnataka was killed while he was trying to buy food. Another student from Punjab died in Ukraine after suffered from stroke. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi requested the Air Force's involvement in the evacuation process which helped in increase daily evacuations. The evacuation process has been coded as 'Operation Ganga'. It has been co-ordinated in each country by deputed Union Minister. India requested all citizens in Kharkiv to leave for safer areas immediately. 800 Indians nearly stuck in Ukraine. They were…

02 Mar

108 HP students returned from war-torn Ukraine: Jai Ram

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108 students of Himachal Pradesh have returned from war-torn Ukraine after Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government started evacuation operations, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said. Thakur while addressing the house on the fifth day of ongoing budget session of HP Vidhan Sabha, said all Indian students who were stranded in Kiev have been evacuated and efforts are being made to bring them back to the country. But PM Modi has vowed to bring all students safely to India and has deputed four Cabinet ministers to oversee the rescue operations, the CM said. He stated that the situation in the…