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08 Mar

694 Indian Students Stuck In Ukraine’s Sumy Moved Out: Government

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Nearly seven-hundred Indian students stranded in the northeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Sumy heaved a sigh of relief as their evacuation process began on Tuesday and hoped that they would be in a secure area soon. "The evacuation from Sumy has started. There was once in the end some top news on Tuesday. All Indian students will be evacuated from Sumy on Tuesday itself. They will be taken to a secure location from where they will be brought to India," said Anshad Ali, a student coordinator. A medical student at the Sumy university, who did not want to be identified, proven…

08 Mar

On International Women’s Day President Ram Nath Kovind confers Nari Shakti Puraskars on 29 women

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On International Women's Day, President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Nari Shakti Puraskars on 29 outstanding women for 2020 and 2021. Twenty-eight awards were given to the women in recognition of their exceptional work towards women empowerment, vulnerable and marginalised. The Nari Shakti Puraskar is a Women and Child Development Ministry initiative to acknowledge exceptional contributions made by individuals and institutions, and to celebrate women as game-changers and as a positive change in a society. Its recipients are from entrepreneurship, agriculture, innovation, social work, education and literature, linguistics, arts and crafts, science, technology, engineering and mathematics, disability rights, merchant navy…

04 Mar

Australia Legend Shane Warne Dies of Suspected Heart Attack

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Australia cricket legend and one of the most incredible leg-spinners ever, Shane Warne, has passed on, matured 52 on Friday after a presumed coronary heart attack in Thailand. As per Fox cricket report, Warne’s administration released a quick statement in the early hours of Saturday (AEDT), that he handed away in Thailand of a suspected coronary heart attack. "Shane was determined unresponsive in his villa and notwithstanding the fine efforts of clinical staff, he ought to not be revived. The household requests privateness at this time and will provide in addition details in due course," the announcement read. Warne is…

04 Mar

Indian student shot in Kyiv in Ukraine while trying to run away

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An Indian student in Ukraine's capital Kyiv is hospitalised after being shot with a bullet. According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) General VK Singh, the Indian student was in contact with the Indian Embassy and that they advised Indian nationals to leave the country immediately. VK Singh is in Poland currently to look after the evacuation of Indians stuck in war-hit Ukraine, said that the government is making efforts to ensure that the maximum number of students can come out of Ukraine with as less loss as possible. On March 1, an Indian student lost his life in Russian shelling…

04 Mar

At Quad Meet, PM Calls For Modi “Return To Dialogue, Diplomacy” On Ukraine

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At the virtual meeting of Quad leaders aiming to seem to be into humanitarian implications of the conflict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday known as for return to a course of "dialogue and diplomacy" to defuse the disaster in Ukraine. In a tweet, Modi described the assembly as productive and said, "participated in a productive digital Quad Leaders' assembly today with @POTUS @JoeBiden, PM @ScottMorrisonMP and @JPN_PMO Kishida. Reaffirmed our shared dedication to making sure security, safety and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific." As per a joint readout launched via the White House said US President Joe Biden, Modi, Australian…

03 Mar

4,800 Indian understudies to be evacuated from Romania in 24 flights by Friday

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Around 4,800 Indian students will be evacuated from Bucharest and Suceawa in Romania through 24 flights between Wednesday and Friday amid Russia-Ukraine war, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said. The minister, who is in Bucharest to facilitate the evacuation of Indian students, said he will be going to Siret, the border test factor with Ukraine, on Thursday and continue to be there for around forty eight hours. "I will be there till the remaining pupil leaves from Siret," he stated. India has been evacuating its citizens thru different flights from Ukraine's western neighbours such as Romania, Hungary and Poland as the…

03 Mar

“Can We Ask Putin To Stop War?”: Chief Justice On Plea To Rescue Indians

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Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, whilst hearing a petition on rescuing Indian college students stranded in Ukraine, referred to a social media submit that wondered him on what actions he had taken to convey again Indians from the war-torn country, and questioned if he may want to ask the Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war."On social media, I noticed some video announcing what is CJI doing! Can I give directions to President of Russia to quit the war," the Chief Justice remarked. The Chief Justice made the observation while listening to a plea to rescue greater than…

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

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…