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01 Apr

Russia offers India big discount on purchase of 15 million barrels of oil

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Russia is offering India big discounts on the direct purchase of oil as sales to other nations dip following stringent sanctions over its invasion of ukraine. Russia is willing to sell high-grade oil up to $35 per barrel - which could increase to $45 per barrel after the latest surge in global prices - and wants India to buy 15 million barrels in the first deal. Russia has also offered rupee-ruble-denominated payments using its SPFS financial messaging system - since Moscow has been banned from SWIFT - that could make trading more attractive for India. The offer comes a day…

01 Apr

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar

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The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is on a 2 day official visit to India. He meets at Hyderabad House with the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.On 31st March the Russian FM arrived in India. On February 24, after Moscow launched a "special military operation" in Ukraine, that it is the first trip of Sergey Lavrov to India.On 30th March the Russian FM Sergey Lavrov talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in China. China and Russia both pledged to strengthen bilateral ties.Sergey Lavrov also attended a separate meeting of the ‘Extended Troika’. With special Afghan envoys from China and…

31 Mar

Ramdev says ‘shut up, won’t be good for you’ to reporter asking about ‘petrol at Rs 40’ comment

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Yoga guru Ramdev was seen in a video lashing out at a journalist when asked about his comments a few years ago about lowering the petrol charge to Rs 40 when the authorities changed it in 2014. The reporter misled Ramdev about his assurance that complaints would be reduced if the petrol and LPG people voted for the ruling (Congress). Yoga Guru, in a 2014 TV interview, said: "I have information with me which says that the basic rate of petrol is only Rs 35, on which 50% tax is levied." “It is very real that 50% will be taxed…

31 Mar

Bengaluru man hacks IndiGo’s website to find his lost luggage. Airline responds

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Nandan Kumar, a software engineer from Bangalore, grabbed the attention of netizens after landing a top job with IndiGo. While traveling from Patna to Bangalore on an IndiGo flight, Kumar was in a pickle after his luggage was mistakenly picked up by a fellow passenger. The incident didn't take long to snowball into a larger situation that prompted Kumar to use his developer powers for good. Karigi took to Twitter to share the story of recovering her bag and also pointed out security breaches on IndiGo's website. Kumar has now become a mini-celebrity among netizens for using his engineering skills…

31 Mar

Russian soldiers disobeyed orders, accidentally shot down own aircraft, says UK spy chief

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The head of Britain’s GCHQ secret agent provider said on Wednesday that new brain showed some Russian troopers in Ukraine had refused to lift out orders, sabotaged their personal tools and by accident shot down one of their own aircraft. “We’ve viewed Russian soldiers short of weapons and morale – refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their very own tools and even by accident capturing down their own aircraft,” Fleming said. Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has killed heaps of people, displaced hundreds of thousands and raised fears of a wider disagreement between Russia and the United States. Government…

31 Mar

COVID-19 can never become common seasonal flu

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Medical experts believe that Covid-19 could never develop into a normal seasonal flu, Helsinki's Ilta-Snomat newspaper reported. Ilka Zulkunen, professor of virology at the University of Turku, said that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid is clearly different from other seasonal coronaviruses that cause the flu. Ilkka Zulkunen said, "I don't see the possibility that the virus will change so dramatically. I don't see the coronavirus becoming much less dangerous for at least a few years." Although the Omicron coronavirus variant is widely considered less likely to cause severe disease and require hospital treatment, Zulkunen and Olli Vapalahti, professors of…

31 Mar

Two soldiers killed in South Waziristan

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In the Makin city of Pakistan’s South Waziristan region, a Pakistan Army captain among two soldiers killed during the fire between the security forces and militants. The security forces conducted the intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the area of Jhallar Fort in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's North Waziristan district. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued a statement saying that the operation was conducted on the basis of the reported presence of terrorists. The militants were killed during that. It has been reported that four terrorists were killed. The Pakistan Army Captain Saad Bin Amir was 25 years old and Lance Naik Riaz was…

31 Mar

The airline crash search and rescue work almost done by China

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China Eastern Airlines plane crashed into a mountainside in southern China on 21st March. The all 132 onboard people were killed in that accident. The main search and rescue work has been done at that crashing site by China. Within 30 days of the event China also plans to complete a preliminary report about the incident. According to the report, over 40,000 pieces of aircraft wreckage and debris have been found in the incident spot. The other pieces was transported to a hangar. From both the black boxes, Civil Aviation Administration of China investigators are also working to decode the…

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…

30 Mar

At least 5 dead in Tel Aviv shooting

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At least five people were killed by gunmen in the central city of Beni Brak, east of Tel Aviv, on Tuesday. The cause of the incident was not clear. It came two days after a gunman opened fire in the city of Hadera that killed two police officers, and a week later a stabbing in the southern city of Beersheba killed four. Concerns have been raised that the attack could lead to further violence. Police said shots were fired at two locations on Tuesday, apparently by a gunman on a motorcycle. The militant Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for…