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11 Mar

Militants shot at the Bank Guard in J&K’s Pulwama

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A bank guard in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir was shot and injured by the militants. It has been reported that the militants snatched his rifle. At around 3.55 pm the Jammu and Kashmir Bank guard posted at TP branch Murran Chowk Pulwama targeted by the militants. A police spokesman said that, “Terrorists fired upon and injured a bank guard in Murran Chowk area. They also snatched his 12 bore rifle." The guard was identified as Abdul Hameed Wani who is a resident of Tahab. He was then shifted to the hospital where his condition is reported to be…

09 Mar

FHRAI: International scheduled commercial flights restarts

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Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) welcomed the restarting of international scheduled commercial flights. They said that it will give a ray of hope to the hospitality segment and its employees. The Vice President of FHRAI Gurbaxish Singh Kohli said, "The resumption of scheduled commercial international passenger services from March 27 is a welcome relief. We thank the Govt and Civil Aviation Ministry for it." It was followed up with the government to restart international travel especially because most countries have already thrown open their gates for international travellers. He reported that the hospitality industry's total revenue…

09 Mar

Sheikh Hasina thanks PM Modi for rescuing 9 citizens of them from Ukraine

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Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi evacuated 9 citizens of Bangladesh from Ukraine. The Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina thanked him for this help. India has rescued stranded citizens mostly of them are students. They are of several other nations including Pakistan, Nepal and Tunisia under its evacuation mission which titled ‘Operation Ganga’ ever since Russia invaded Ukraine. A student of Pakistan thanked the Indian government for evacuating her from Ukraine. Asma Shafique was rescued by the Indian authorities and was currently on her way to western Ukraine. She will be reunited with her family soon. The girl expressed her…

08 Mar

India to resume international passenger flights from March 27

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After a hiatus of nearly 3 years, the government has decided to resume the scheduled commercial international passenger services to and from India from March 27, 2022. However, the Civil Aviation Ministry has said that all international operations shall be subject to strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocols by the Ministry of Health for international travel. In a statement, the MoCA said that international operations from March 27 will be subject to strict adherence to Union health ministry guidelines that were issued on February 10. Scheduled international flight services are suspended in India since March 23, 2020, due to the…

07 Mar

PM Modi calls Vladimir Putin & Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a telephonic conversation Russian Vladimir Putin and discussed the situation in Ukraine following the invasion of the Kremlin. PM Modi was briefed by Putin on the status of negotiations between the Ukrainian and Russian teams, said government sources. "PM Modi stressed the importance of safe evacuation of Indian citizens from Sumy at the earliest. President Putin assured Prime Minister Modi of all possible cooperation in their safe evacuation," ANI sources added Earlier, PM Modi also spoke to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and appreciated the continuing direct dialogue between Moscow and Kyiv. "PM Modi…

07 Mar

‘Aatmanirbharta’ initiative of the PM is key to independent foreign policy

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Four Defence Ministry funded projects and five industry-funded projects under the “Aatmanirbharta” initiative of the Prime Minister approved by the Narendra Modi government. Russian forces still a long way off in capturing their objective. This month Ukraine and China hiking their defence spending by 7.1% and the Indian foreign policy options remain constrained by its limited capacity to manufacture hardware from precision-guided ammunition to long endurance armed drones. Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly pushes for building India’s military-industrial complex. Before that the Indian military reliance on outright hardware acquisition or transfer of technology under licence from Russia has severely limited…

06 Mar

Haryana students evacuated from Ukraine

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said around 1,800 students from the state was stuck in the war-torn Ukraine, of which 1,234 have been evacuated.Of the remaining students, 80 are still stuck in Ukraine cities while the others have reached the country's borders. For now, our priority is to bring back all Indians stuck in Ukraine, the CM said. He also added, the students who have completed their course in Ukraine will be given internship opportunities. And the students who are yet to complete their studies, after the situation normalize the government will talk to their colleges over…

05 Mar

Elon Musk refuses to block Russian news sources from Starlink services

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SpaceX chief Elon Musk said on Saturday that its Starlink satellite service has been told by some governments – not that of Ukraine’s – to block Russian news sources. Elon Musk came up with a rare response which he said he was sorry about as he was being ‘a free speech absolutist’. "We will not do so unless at 'gunpoint', sorry to be a free speech absolutist", Elon Musk said in a tweet. Musk also said that SpaceX was reprioritized to cyber defense and overcoming signal jamming, will cause slight delays in Starship and Starlink V2.

05 Mar

Fire engulfs two train coaches near Meerut

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A fire broke out in Delhi from Saharanpur passenger train numbered 04460 at Daurala railway station near Meerut. The fire engulfed the engine and two coaches of the passenger train but no casualties or injuries were reported yet and the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. The passengers of the train were seen pushing the train in a bid to separate the rest of the coaches from the fire-affected engine and the two compartments. The Traffic Inspector of Indian Railways YK Jha said that, "Cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. No injuries or casualties…

05 Mar

Anticipatory bail plea of ex MD and CEO of NSE Chitra Ramkrishna has been dismissed

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During 2010-2012 the top brass of the NSE reportedly gave early access to some brokers to the stock market trading system. The central probe agency had booked owner and promoter of Delhi-based OPG Securities Pvt Ltd stock broker Sanjay Gupta in 2018 for allegedly making gains by getting early access to the stock market trading system. It has been said as NSE co-location case. The former managing director and the CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Chita Ramkrishna applied for the anticipatory bail. But a special CBI court in Delhi has dismissed application of Chita Ramkrishna in connection with…