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01 Apr

PM Narendra Modi Meets Russian Foreign Minister Amid Pressure To Take Anti-Moscow Stand

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov this evening amid global pressure on India to take a stand against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.PM Modi and Russian Foreign Minister held a meeting for 40 minutes. The Prime Minister has not publicly met any other visiting ministers from the UK, China, Austria, Greece and Mexico in the past two weeks. Earlier today, Mr Lavrov said he wanted a "personal message" from President Vladimir Putin to Prime Minister Modi. "The president (Putin) and the prime minister are in daily contact with each other and I will file with the…

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…

29 Mar

7 Dead After Russian Missiles Hit Government Building In Mykolaiv, Zelensky Says

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A Russian rocket hit the regional administration of the southern Ukrainian port metropolis of Mykolaiv on Tuesday, killing at least three people and injuring 22, local authorities said. Eighteen of the injured were pulled from the wreckage by rescue workers, who continued to work at the scene, emergency services said in an online post. An image shared by local governor Vitaly Kim confirmed a large gap in the side of the building. On Tuesday, Reuters witnesses saw the wreckage in the distance and ambulances and furnace engines heading to the scene. The neighborhood was once surrounded. "They destroyed half the…

29 Mar

Indian power project replaces Chinese venture in Sri Lanka’s northern islands

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India will set up hybrid power ventures on three islands near Jaffna, effectively replacing the Chinese task cleared using Colombo closing year. New Delhi has long been concerned about China's growing influence in the region. A $12 million project to build wind turbines on three small islands in the Palak Strait between southern India and Sri Lanka was awarded in 2019 to a Chinese company with funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). But work never got off the ground after Indian protests over the Chinese effort closed off its coast, and work on the islands of Nainativu, Analativu and…

28 Mar

International media banned in Afghanistan

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The Taliban in Afghanistan have decided to ban international media outlets from broadcasting over local media. The BBC first stopped broadcasting on Sunday night. The BBC has asked the Taliban to reverse its decision, saying it will affect more than 6 million viewers of its Farsi, Pashto and Uzbek language service programs. The BBC Persian TV channel can still be accessed, but only by 20 percent of Afghans with satellite TV. The Khaama Press quoted, “The BBC’s TV news bulletins in Pashto, Persian, and Uzbek have been taken off air in Afghanistan after the Taliban ordered our TV partners to…

20 Mar

Japan Plans To Invest $42 Bn In India Over Next 5 Years, Says Report Ahead Of PM Fumio Kishida’s Visit

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is probable to announce a format to make investments USD forty two billion (5 trillion yen) in India over the 5 years, for the duration of his visit to the united states on Saturday, according to a media report. Kishida arrived in New Delhi these days on a two-day visit, suggested Nikkei Asia. During his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Japanese Prime Minister is also poised to agree to an about 300 billion yen loan and an electricity cooperation file regarding carbon reduction is predicted to be signed. Kishida, who will divulge the…

20 Mar

Russia Used Advanced Hypersonic Missiles Against Ukraine for the First Time

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Russia used its most modern Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the first time in Ukraine on Friday to break a weapons storage website in the country's west, the Defense Ministry said. Russia has in no way before admitted using the high-precision weapon in combat, and nation news agency RIA Novosti stated it was once the first use of the Kinzhal hypersonic weapons throughout the combat in pro-Western Ukraine. "The Kinzhal aviation missile system with hypersonic aeroballistic missiles destroyed a giant underground warehouse containing missiles and aviation ammunition in the village of Deliatyn in the Ivano-Frankivsk region," the Russian Defense Ministry said…

16 Mar

After China, South Korea faces surge in Covid Cases due to Omicron

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After China, South Korea is now dealing with its worst Covid-19 outbreak as the usa hit every other milestone, recording over 4,00,000 infection instances on Wednesday. According to the kingdom media, South Korea pronounced 4,00,741 new daily Covid-19 cases, the highest considering that the u . s . said its first Covid-19 case in January last year. Most of these cases have been stated to be locally transmitted. With increased in cases, South Korea's basic caseload has now surged to 7,629,275, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) used to be quoted as pronouncing on Wednesday. On Tuesday, South…

14 Mar

India considers about purchasing discounted Russian Crude oil, commodities

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Russia has supplied India the chance to buy oil and different commodities at discounted prices. The provide is currently being regarded with the aid of the BJP led Central government. India, which imports 80% of its oil needs, typically buys about 2% to 3% of its substances from Russia. But with oil prices up 40% so a long way this year, the government is searching at growing this if it can assist reduce its rising strength bill. "Russia is presenting oil and different commodities at a heavy discount. We will be comfortable to take that. We have some issues like…

14 Mar

China Is Building 6,000-Bed Hospital In Six Days Amid Surge in Cases

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As China faces its gravest Covid outbreak in two years, the authorities are working round-the-clock to construct a makeshift clinic Jilin city. The facility, which will supply 6,000 beds, is expected to be finished within six days, stated Xinhua. Jilin province, in the country's northeast, recorded over 1,000 new cases for the 2d day in a row, on Monday. China mentioned 3,393 new Covid-19 cases Sunday, the National Health Commission said, extra than double the previous day, as the u . s . a . faces its gravest virus outbreak in two years. The nationwide surge in cases has seen…