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03 Mar

Instagram encouraged young people in Siliguri

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In association with the Young Leaders for Active Citizenship (YLAC), Instagram announced a new edition of their flagship youth program - the Counter Speech Fellowship in Siliguri. The program will engage young people on topics that matter to them and encourage them to lead conversations about them online. The Counter Speech Fellowship engages creative teenagers to use the power of visual storytelling to start meaningful conversations on issues that are important to young citizens around the world. The fellows have gone on to start non-profits like the Global Voluntary Action network, worked with organizations like Nyaaya that focus on legal…

03 Mar

Esha Singh mesmerizes everyone with her glorious performance

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Esha Singh made a firm statement about her arrival in the senior place with a silver in the women’s 10m air pistol event in the ongoing World Cup shooting championship in Cairo, Egypt. The 17-year-old, Esha Singh, is the first woman shooter from Telangana to win a World Cup medal. “Now the goal is to keep winning as many medals as possible for India in all major events and bring laurels to the country,” Esha believes. “Hopefully, this can be just the beginning of many more success stories at the highest level. I will continue to work really hard and…

03 Mar

PM Modi urges people of UP to participate in ‘festival of democracy’

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged people of Uttar Pradesh to actively take part in polling as the State entered the sixth phase of voting on Thursday. In a tweet the Prime Minister termed the ongoing elections in UP as ‘festival of democracy’. Urging people to turn up in large number to cast their ballots, he said each of their ballots would add to strengthening of democracy. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s fate will be decided in today’s polling. He is contesting from his hometurf in Gorakhpur city, for the first time for a seat in the State assembly. In 2017…

03 Mar

ICICI Bank to offer special banking services to Assam Rifles

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ICICI Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Assam Rifles, to offer a range of specially curated banking services to the serving as well as retired personnel. The MoU was signed at the headquarters of Assam Rifles at Shillong by Lt. Gen. P.C. Nair, AVSM, YSM, Director General, Assam Rifles and Mr. Vishal Batra, Regional Business Head & Head of Defence Ecosystem, ICICI Bank. As part of the MoU, the Bank offers a comprehensive bouquet of benefits like a zero balance account, preferential allotment of lockers, unlimited free transactions at any ATM in India, and lifetime free credit cards…

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

Brent soared above $112 per barrel because of the Ukraine crisis

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The benchmark Brent crude soared above $112 per barrel as fighting intensified in Ukraine. The decision by the International Energy Agency to release crude from its reserves also failed to dampen prices. Higher energy prices could worsen the inflation that is already threatened the economies everywhere and created concern among the central banks. After the state elections are over in India, state-owned oil retailers are prepared to raise the fuel prices. As per the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell of the oil ministry, the Indian basket of crude rose above $102 per barrel compared with $81.5 per barrel when the…

03 Mar

Air Force evacuates 798 Indians in four flights from Ukraine

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800 Indians nearly stuck in Ukraine. They were brought back to India in four flights operated by the Air Force. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi requested the Air Force's involvement in the evacuation process which helped in increase daily evacuations. Flights from Romanian capital Bucharest, Hungary capital Budapest and the Polish city of Rzeszow landed at the Hindon Air Force base in Ghaziabad which is near Delhi. All four planes that have been used were the C-17 military transport. The first flight carried 200 people from Bucharest. The flight was received by Junior Defence Minister Ajay Bhatt. The second…

02 Mar

Russia-Ukraine emergency: EU excludes 7 Russian banks from SWIFT

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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

Joe Biden broadcasts launch of 30 mn barrels of oil to maintain global oil expenses

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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…

02 Mar

Samajwadi party president, Jayant Chaudhary and Mamata Banerjee to address a jt rally in Varanasi tomorrow

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Jayant Chaudhary will share the stage with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to tackle a joint rally in Varanasi on March 3. Party sources said this will be the first time that the Trinamool Congress chief will share the stage with Akhilesh for any election related event. On February 8, Mamata had visited Lucknow and addressed a press conference at the Samajwadi Party headquarters the place she issued an attraction to the human beings to aid the SP. Banerjee tweaked the "khela hobe' campaign anthem of her birthday…