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For Meghna Trivedi, what was dream come true -- getting a chance to study medicine at the prestigious Vinnytsia National National Purogov Memorial Medical University of Ukraine -- turned into a nightmare as Russia invaded the smaller European nation. The fourth-year MBBS student...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday emphasised the need to return to a path of dialogue and diplomacy in dealing with the Ukraine crisis during a virtual meeting of Quad leaders. Besides Modi, the meeting was attended by United States President Joe Biden, Australian Prime...
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A total of 30 flights have been operated and around 6,400 people brought back under Operation Ganga that was launched to evacuate Indian nationals in Ukraine, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the number of Indians who have left...
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India on Thursday sought an immediate cessation of violence and end to hostilities in Ukraine as it called for the respect and protection of human rights of people in the war-torn European country and safe humanitarian access to conflict zones.We are greatly concerned over the steadily worsening...
22:09
The Central Bureua of Investigation has said that Indrani Mukerjea's plea claiming that her daughter Sheena Bora, whom she is accused of killing, is alive, is a figment of her imagination and next to impossible. Mukerjea had recently submitted an eight-page...
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The Ministry of Defence on Thursday evening issued a list of dos and don'ts for Indians stuck in war-torn Ukarine's Kharkiv as potentially dangerous or difficult situations are to be expected in the city. In a statement, the ministry said each designated group or squad of Indians...
21:26
A day after the Indian government asked citizens to immediately leave the war-hit Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, several students are still stranded there, desperately waiting to get to a safe zone as the Russian onslaught on the eastern Ukrainian city continued. As fighting intensified in...
20:44
Jyotiraditya Scindia with students at Bucharest Airport
With the Centre patting its back over the progress of Operation Ganga, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed the Centre by saying that evacuation (of Indians from conflict-ridden Ukraine) is a duty and not a favour done by the government.Evacuation is a duty, not a favour, tweeted...
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More than 7,400 Indians are expected to be brought back to India from Ukraine's neighbouring countries on special flights in the next two days, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Thursday. Indian carriers -- Air India Express, Air India, SpiceJet, IndiGo, Vistara and Go First -- are...
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Mumbai did not report any COVID-19 death for the seventh consecutive day on Thursday, but recorded 80 new cases of the infection, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said. With the addition of these cases, the city's caseload...
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The Indian embassy in Ukraine on Thursday advised all Indian nationals in Kharkiv to fill up an online form on an urgent basis as the Russian onslaught on the eastern Ukrainian city continued. The embassy...
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Direct talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives are underway on Belarusian territory. Giving this information, the ministry of foreign affairs of Russia said, We hope that they bring about an end to this situation, restore peace in Donbass and enable all people in Ukraine to...
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The Karnataka high court on Thursday directed the state government to ensure that no protests, processions or meetings, by any group, organisation or political party, are held in Bengaluru city, except at the Freedom Park in Bengaluru. The court also said that protests and demonstrations at...
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The ministry of external affairs on Thursday said the pace of India's evacuation operation from Ukraine is accelerating and about 1,000 Indians have left Kharkiv to nearby Pisochyn pursuant to its advisory a day ago. MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a media briefing that the Indian...
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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao met BJP MP Subramanian Swamy and farmer leader Rakesh Tikait in New Delhi on Thursday. Swamy said they discussed economic situation and security scenario, particularly following the Russian attack on Ukraine. The Rajya Sabha MP, who has been...
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PM interacts with students who returned from Ukraine, in Varanasi/ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday interacted with a group of students who have returned from war-hit Ukraine and hail from various parts of Uttar Pradesh, official sources said. The students shared their experiences with Modi, who is on a tour to the state as part of the BJP's...
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Over 53 per cent voting was recorded till 5 pm in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on Thursday.The prominent faces among the 676 candidates for 57 seats spread across 10 districts in this phase include Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Urban and state Congress...
18:32
The rupee declined by 15 paise to close at 75.95 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, pressured by surging crude oil prices amid intensifying conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Persistent foreign capital outflows and subdued domestic equity markets also affected market...
18:25
A Delhi court on Thursday reserved its order on the bail plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid in a case of a larger conspiracy in connection with Delhi riots during February 2020. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat said that the order on the bail plea of Khalid would be...
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The global rating agency Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) on Thursday downgraded the Government of Russia's long-term issuer (local- and foreign-currency) and senior unsecured (local- and foreign-currency) debt ratings by several notches to B3, a junk status, from Baa3.The ratings remain on...
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At least 130 buses are ready to evacuate stranded Indian students and other foreigners from war-torn Ukraine's Kharkov and Sumy cities to Russia's Belgorod Region, a top Russian military general said on Thursday.The remarks by Russian National Defence Control Center head Colonel-General Mikhail...
17:25
UltraTech Cement was the biggest drag among the Sensex components, tumbling 6.47 per cent, followed by Asian Paints, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Maruti Suzuki India, Hindustan Unilever Limited and ICICI Bank. In contrast, PowerGrid, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech, ITC, Tata Steel and Infosys were...
17:23
Razia Begum with her son in 2020
A single mother, who once rode nearly 1,400 kms on a scooter during the coronavirus-induced lockdown in 2020 to bring her son back home, has been frantic with worry about the 19-year-old boy who is now stranded in war-hit Ukraine along with several Indian students. Razia Begum, a...
17:17
Union health ministry updates on Covid-19 by Dr VK Paul, Member-Health, Niti Aayog and DG ICMR Dr. Balram Bhargava:-- India is the second country which is having a vaccine tracker. During 2022, 92% of deaths have been due to unvaccinated individuals. (So, where are the booster doses for people...
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Smoke rises from a burnt fitness center in Kyiv. Umit Bektas/Reuters
Ukraine updates: All students coming from Ukraine must get vaccinated immediately if not already done so: Govt of India. -- IKEA suspends operations in Russia and Belarus.-- Leaked document from Russian troops showing war against Ukraine was approved on 18th January, and initial plan to...
16:44
Indian students who returned home from Ukraine said the situation at the war-hit country's border with Romania was horrific, with Ukranian soldiers thrashing Indians and firing tear gas shells. The eight students who arrived in Jaipur after fleeing the war-torn nation amid the intense...
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A majority of Indians completely or mostly agree with the notion that a wife must always obey her husband and support traditional gender roles but at the same time favour women having the same rights as men, according to a recent study by an American think tank. The new report by Pew...
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Brent crude oil price soared past $118 a barrel on Thursday, the highest level in nine years, as escalated Russia-Ukraine conflict and tightened sanctions on Moscow by western countries, led by the United States, created supply and trade disruptions.
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The mayor of Kherson, Igor Kolykhaev, said Russian soldiers were in the city and came to the city administration building. Russia says troops have taken the Ukrainian port city of Kherson. Russian forces have also been bombarding the country's second-biggest city, Kharkiv, and laid siege to...
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Russia's foreign minister says that Moscow is ready for talks to end the fighting in Ukraine but will continue to press its effort to destroy Ukraine's military infrastructure. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the Russian delegation submitted its demands to Ukrainian...
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Evacuation updates: First four IAF C-17 aircraft under Operation Ganga have evacuated 798 Indian nationals using airfields in Romania, Hungary and Poland. They also supplied 9.7 tons relief material, the Indian Air Force said. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in Romania: Today 8...
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A voter turnout of 36.33 per cent till 1 pm was recorded on Thursday with polling across 57 constituencies underway for the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh elections, according to the Election Commission of India.
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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday summoned the state assembly at 2 pm on March 7, ending days of impasse over the timing and other procedural issues. An imbroglio over the timing started after Dhankhar had on February 24 summoned the assembly at 2 am on March 7 on the...
15:12
The UN human rights office says 227 civilians have been killed and another 525 injured in its latest count of the toll in Ukraine in the wake of Russia's military invasion that began a week ago. The office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says the tally eclipses the...
15:08
Ukraine hasn't allowed Vladimir Putin more than a bloody-nosed nibble, as I write, but the Russian despot has swiftly won himself a chunky fandom in India. Putin's vandalism has stirred vicarious bursts of revelry in the Narendra Modi fellowship, such that a question begs to be asked: just what...
15:00
State Bank of India, the nation's largest lender, has stopped processing transactions of Russian entities that have been sanctioned by the West over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, sources said. To effect this, SBI has issued a circular as it fears that any transaction with entities or...
14:37
A journalist from The Kyiv Independent tweets this picture of a Russian soldier who surrendered and writes, A Russian soldier surrendered. Ukrainians gave him tea, food, and let him call his mother on video. I want to cry from how much I love my country. Russia is sending 20-year-old boys...
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WB CM Mamata Banerjee in Varanasi: Yesterday when I was going to the ghat from the airport, I saw some BJP workers, who have nothing else except hooliganism in their brains, stop my vehicle. They hit my car with sticks and told me to go back. Then I realised that they're gone. Their (BJP) loss is...
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A bombed building in Donetsk. Pic: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
The mayor's office in Odessa, Ukraine, has confirmed that Russian naval ships are coming to Odessa, reports the New York Times. Ukraine's air defense shoots down a Russian fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-30 flying over Irpin, a satellite city of Kyiv, reports The Kyiv Independent. Germany to...
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EAM S Jaishankar tweets, Just completed a MEA consultative committee meeting on developments in Ukraine. A good discussion on the strategic and humanitarian aspects of the issue. Strong and unanimous message of support for efforts to bring back all Indians from Ukraine. A national...
13:38
For China haters: The country's economic challenges may increase manifold and its economy may be hit harder in the wake of the Ukraine-Russia crisis. China's economic slowdown has impacted its government with 28 of China's 31 provincial-level governments announcing reduced growth...
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No booster shots for below 60 adults in India
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Thursday said 70 per cent of the adult population in the state is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. There has not been any noticeable stress on Maharashtra's health infrastructure in the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which started around...
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Russian forces have seized control of the key southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, its mayor said.Russian forces seize the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson after taking control of the local council building, Kherson's mayor, Igor Kolykhaiev, said in a Facebook post on March 2, tweeted The Kyiv...
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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray with Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Thursday left the Vidhan Bhavan premises without completing his address to the joint session of the state Legislature amid slogan-shouting by legislators. State NCP president and Water Resources Minister Jayant Patil claimed legislators of...
12:49
Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from the Winter Paralympic Games for their countries' roles in the war in Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee said Thursday. The about-face comes less than 24 hours after the IPC on Wednesday announced it would allow Russian...
12:32
The horrific 2nd Covid wave in March 2021
Citing the academic journal Science, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said the official number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the country is suspect. The reputed journal estimates that the Covid toll in India between 1-6-2020 and 1-7-2021 was 3,200,000 - eight times the official death...
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The Supreme Court Thursday asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to use his office in helping evacuate some Indian medical students stranded in war-ravaged Ukraine near the Romania border. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana took note of the submissions of a lawyer that several...
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About 22 per cent voting was witnessed till 11 am in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on Thursday. The voting started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. Around 2.15 crore people are eligible to vote in this phase. The prominent faces among the 676...
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Amid escalating fight between Russia and Ukraine, capital city Kyiv on Thursday woke up with an air raid alert. The residents were advised to take shelter in safe houses. There is a 3.5 hour time difference between Ukraine and Kyiv. Air raid alert in Kyiv. Residents should go to the nearest...
11:37
An Indian student from Ukraine lands in Delhi
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's statement: Under Operation Ganga, 3726 Indians will be brought back home today on 8 flights from Bucharest, 2 flights from Suceava, 1 flight from Kosice, 5 flights from Budapest and 3 flights from Rzeszow. The government said on...
11:28
Update: India on Thursday rejected claims by both Russia and Ukraine that Indian students are being held hostage in the besieged city of Kharkiv, and said it has requested the support of Ukrainian authorities in arranging special trains for taking them out from the city and neighbouring...
11:17
The PM at the Quad summit in September
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday participate in a virtual meeting of the Quad leaders along with US President Joe Biden and the prime ministers of Japan and Australia. The Ministry of External Affairs said the leaders will exchange views and assessments about important...
11:14
A bombed building in the city of Zhytomy
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has launched an English language platform called war.ukraine.ua informing the international community about the war in Ukraine. The platform has situation updates, links to support platforms etc. For instance at 03:34 local time,...
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A well-marked low-pressure area over southwest Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression on Thursday morning packing wind speed of 40-50 kmph as it moved towards the north Tamil Nadu coast, the weather office said. It is expected to intensify further into a deep depression during the...
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An IAF flight with evacuated Indians
The IAF's four evacuation flights with 798 Indians from the Romanian capital Bucharest, Hungary's Budapest and Polish city Rzeszow landed at the Hindon airbase on Thursday morning, sources said. The Indian Air Force's first flight carrying 200 people from Bucharest landed at 1.30 am...
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People try to enter a bus to Poland at a long distance bus terminal in Lviv. Thomas Peters/Reuters
The UN refugee agency says 1 million (10 lakh) people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion less than a week ago, an exodus without precedent in this century for its speed. The tally from UNHCR amounts to more than 2 percent of Ukraine's population on the move in under a...
10:32
Remember the pandemic? While testing is down, India's COVID-19 case tally rose to 4,29,45,160 with 6,561 people testing positive for the infection in a day.Active cases declined to 77,152, according to Union Health Ministry data on Thursday. The death toll has climbed to 5,14,388 with...
10:24
Team SOS India has become a lifeline to Indian students stranded in Ukraine. Helmed by Nitesh Singh, TSI volunteers have been working non-stop to ensure that Indian students reach Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia and are then evacuated by flights. There is still a lot more to do,...
10:17
Many Indian students are still stuck in Ukraine and the problem is in the war-torn country's eastern parts where stranded people need assistance, said an evacuee who arrived in Mumbai on Thursday. A flight from Budapest carrying 183 Indians, including an infant, stranded in Ukraine...
10:13
8.69% voter turnout recorded till 9 am in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Voting is underway in 57 Assembly seats across 10 districts.
09:26
The Indian Air Force's first evacuation flight with 200 Indians from Romanian capital Bucharest landed at the Hindon air base here in the early hours of Thursday, sources said.The first flight -- which was conducted using C-17 military transport aircraft -- landed in Delhi at 1.30 am.Three more...
09:23
The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday denied to have received 'any reports of any hostage situation regarding any student' in Ukraine.'Our embassy in Ukraine is in continuous touch with Indian nationals. We note that with the cooperation of the Ukrainian authorities, many students have...
08:43
Russian troops have seized the strategically important city of Kherson in Ukraine, The New York Times reported citing Ukrainian officials as saying.The city is surrounded, Kherson mayor Igor Kolykhaev said, according to The Kyiv independent, a Ukraine media outlet.Kolykhaev said that the...
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Ukraine expressed its condolences to the family of an Indian student who lost his life due to shelling by the Russian Armed Forces in Kharkiv city. Ukraine Ambassador to UN Sergiy Kyslytsya on Wednesday said, Ukraine deeply regrets that a student from India has become a victim of this...
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World Health Organisation official on Wednesday warned that conflict in Ukraine will help spread COVID-19. During a news briefing, Dr Mike Ryan, Director of WHO's Health Emergencies Program, said that conditions on the ground in Ukraine will make it easier for COVID-19 to spread, reported...
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