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02 Mar

Russian army attacks Kyiv TV tower, 5 dead

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Russian forces on Tuesday attacked the central square in Kyiv's main TV tower. The attack on the TV tower killed at least 5, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said. He also accused Moscow of a blatant campaign of terror and vowed: “Nobody will forgive. Nobody will forget.” The President tweeted, "To the world: what is the point of saying «never again for 80 years, if the world stays silent when a bomb drops on the same site of Babyn Yar? At least 5 killed. History repeating…" A TV control room and a power substation were hit, and Ukrainian TV channels stopped…

02 Mar

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s Son, Zain dies at 26

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Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella's 26-year-old son died on Monday, the employer informed its executive team of workers in an email. Zain Nadella, son of Satya and Anu Nadella, was once born with cerebral palsy. The American technology corporation has requested its executives to preserve the Nadella household in their thoughts and prayers and provide them the space to grieve privately. Since taking over as CEO of Microsoft in 2014, 54-year-old Satya Nadella has recommended the business enterprise towards designing merchandise to better serve customers with disabilities and stated lessons he learned elevating and assisting his son Zain. In…

02 Mar

Calcutta High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Alleged Illegal Appointment Of Asst. Teachers In West Bengal

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The Calcutta excessive court docket on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the alleged unlawful appointment of assistant instructors in type 9 and 10 in state-run schools.A single-judge Bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay said the investigation should be carried out underneath the supervision of a joint director of CBI, and a preliminary report be submitted by way of March 28. Appearing on behalf of petitioner Mohammed Abdul Gani Ansari, suggest Firdous Shamim said, “In type 9 and 10, recommendation for appointment of teachers was made for candidates who had received lower marks and did no longer…

02 Mar

Saurabh Chaudhary strikes Gold in the first ISSF World Cup In Cairo

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Indian shooter, Saurabh Chaudhary won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol event, making the country's account in the year's first ISSF World Cup in Cairo on March1. The Asian Games gold medallist shot 16 in the gold medal contest to finish the round whereas Germany’s Michael Schwald shot 6. Artem Chernousov of Russia won the bronze in the event, whose country's flag was removed owing to its involvement in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Saurabh, aged 19 years, an Olympian has a Youth Olympic gold medal to his name, was third in the men's 10m air pistol qualification stage…

02 Mar

More than 1,300 Indians Evacuated In 24 Hours, No Citizen Left In Kyiv: Center

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India has evacuated 1,377 citizens from war-torn Ukraine in the previous 24 hours, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated today.“Six flights have now departed for India in the closing 24 hours, such as the first flights from Poland. Carried lower back 1377 more Indian nationals from Ukraine,” Mr Jaishankar said in a tweet. Under Operation Ganga, launched to evacuate citizens in Ukraine, India will operate over 26 flights in the next three days. With Ukraine's airspace closed, airports in Romania, Hungary, Poland, and the Slovak Republic are being used to fly out Indians. Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla the day…

01 Mar

Russia Ukraine Crisis: Student From Karnataka Killed In Shelling In Ukraine’s Kharkiv

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An Indian student has died in Russian shelling in Kharkiv this morning, the Ministry of External Affairs stated today. The scholar was once identified as Naveen from Karnataka's Haveri. “With profound sorrow we confirm that an Indian pupil lost his existence in shelling in Kharkiv this morning. The Ministry is in touch with his family. We carry our deepest condolences to the family.” Further, Bagchi wrote: "Foreign Secretary is calling in Ambassadors of Russia and Ukraine to reiterate our demand for urgent protected passage for Indian nationals who are nevertheless in Kharkiv and cities in different hostilities zones. Similar motion…

01 Mar

Midnight-5am curbs to continue in West Bengal till March 15

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Despite the sharp drop in Covid numbers, the nation government on Monday said the night restrictions from nighttime to 5am will proceed until March 15. Barring indispensable services, movement of people, automobiles and all public gatherings will be prohibited in this five-hour period. Mask stays mandatory. The nation stated that owners, employers, administration bodies and supervisors will be accountable for Covid protection measures in all establishments. The midnight-to-5am restrictions had kicked in from February 15 and has led to an average each day prosecution of over 300 people on weekdays and over 400 humans on weekends for violating the night…

01 Mar

Karanvir Bohra’s better half Teejay Sidhu responds to him being known as a ‘failure’ on Lock Upp, tweets, ‘What might be said about unscripted TV drama champs who didn’t become effective entertainers?’

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After much-await Kangana Ranaut's reality show 'Lock Upp' ultimately started on Feb 27. Produced by way of Ekta Kapoor, the exhibit welcomed a list of controversial celebrities from one-of-a-kind walks of life. The list covered names of-- Nisha Rawal, Karanvir Bohra, Munawar Faruqui, Tehseen Poonawalla, Payal Rohatgi, influencer Anjali Arora, Shivam Sharma, Siddharth Sharma, Sara Khan, Swami Chakrapani, Saisha Shinde, Poonam Pandey, and Babita Phogat. The premiere episode started with the Bollywood actress welcoming the participants to the show. Not solely this but many of them have been even grilled via the panellist. Among those was the TV actor KV…

01 Mar

CM Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Kolkata book fair, lays stress on cultural ties with Bangladesh

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Underscoring the cultural ties between West Bengal and Bangladesh, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday stated she is blissful that the 45th International Kolkata Book Fair has Bangladesh as the theme united states on the 50th 12 months of its Liberation. Inaugurating the 45th version of the e book honest at the Central Park in Salt Lake, Banerjee said the ties between West Bengal and the sovereign country Bangladesh can't be “measured with a tape”. “You (Bangladesh) have Nazrul (Islam) and we have Rabindranath Tagore as our country wide poets. But they can't be divided by way of any partition,”…

01 Mar

Ukraine crisis: Seventh flight carrying 182 stranded Indians reaches Mumbai

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The seventh evacuation flight with 182 Indian nationals who have been stranded in Ukraine returned to the U.S.A on Tuesday morning. They landed at the Mumbai airport from the Romanian capital Bucharest and have been welcomed with the aid of Union Minister Narayan Rane. The AI Express flight IX-1202 from Bucharest with the aid of Kuwait touched down on the runway at 7.40 am, an airline spokesperson said. The aircraft had left from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) for Bucharest on Monday as part of Operation Ganga, the Indian government's mission to convey lower back its stranded nationals…