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25 Feb

Air India sending 2 flights to evacuate trapped Indians from Ukraine

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The Modi government has decided to evacuate Indians trapped in the war-hit country Ukraine. Air India is sending two flights to airlift the Indian citizens from Ukraine via Bucharest. The Indian evacuation teams have reached to the Romanian borders which is roughly 12 hours drive from the capital of Ukrainian Kyiv. As the airspace closed for civilian flights, the Indians will be boarding flights at Bucharest to return home safely. Several Indians have taken refuge in the Indian embassy in Kyiv. There were reports about shelling around that embassy premises but no damage has been done yet. The Ministry of…

24 Feb

Russia attacks Ukraine and precision weapons used

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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he tried to reach out to President Putin warning that Kremlin could start a major war in Europe. Here are the following latest updates: Military command centres in the capital city of Kyiv and another city Kharkiv have been attacked by missile strikes. Precision weapons were used in attacks. As Ukraine said that Russia has launched full invasion, US President Joe Biden warned of catastrophic loss of life. Russia and Ukraine representatives sparred at the United Nations with Kremlin insisting the latest move basically…

23 Feb

Vladimir Putin says that Russia ready for diplomatic solutions

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready for ‘diplomatic solutions’ but the country's interests are ‘non-negotiable’. Russia's recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine as 'independent entities' triggered global alarm with western nations. President Putin said that, "I consider it necessary to take a long-overdue decision to immediately recognize independence and sovereignty of Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic." He also showed Ukraine’s history in an alternative version that reveals that it was always a part of Russia. Ukraine has its own thousand-year history. Putin congratulated Russia's military and said that he was certain of their…

22 Feb

Russia vs Ukraine at United Nations emergency meeting

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The United Nations Security Council convened an emergency meet in a bid to prevent a full-scale conflict as With the Russia-Ukraine tensions escalating to the next level. The emergency huddle was convened by the global peace body's political chief, who condemned Russia’s recognition of separatist areas Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. UN undersecretary-general Rosemary DiCarlo told the attendees that all the members involved should immediately focus on ending hostilities during the meeting. He expressed deep concern over civilian casualties, damage to civilian infrastructure and relentless shelling between the Ukrainian government forces and the Russia-backed separatists. The US ambassador Linda…

21 Feb

Mega Loan Restructuring Mela in Assam

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From March 1 to March 31, 2022, Eco Finance (Amar Shakti Commerce and Industries Ltd), an Assam-based NBFC, will hold a Mega Loan Restructuring Mela. Managing Director Kumar Gaurav told the press that, in light of the Covid scenario, we have devised a very beneficial scheme for our customers under debt restructuring, under which they will receive a 50% waiver on fines and penal interest. At the same time, after restructuring the loan amount with the new loan, borrowers will receive a 4% interest rate reduction, allowing all good borrowers to save money and repay the loan on time. If…

21 Feb

Jaishankar met with his French counterpart Le Drian

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On the first day of his three-day visit to France, External affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met with the French Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian. Jaishankar and his French counterpart exchanged assessment over raging Ukraine situation with French President Emanuel Macron doing heavy diplomatic lifting to resolve the crisis diplomatically. Next month India and France hold the next round of their strategic dialogue in India and the current visit between these two will be focused on geopolitical and defence issues mainly. Jaishankar is expected to hold discussions with his counterparts on sharing critical and emerging technologies. In the meeting with…

18 Feb

NIA arrests ex-officer Arvind Digvijay Negi

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday captured its previous Superintendent of Police (SP) and IPS official Arvind Digvijay Negi as they were purportedly releasing mystery records to an over ground laborer of the prohibited Lashkar-e-Taiba dread gathering. The case relates to the spread of organization of over ground laborers (OGWs) of the restricted Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) for offering help in arranging and execution of psychological oppressor exercises in India. The NIA had before captured six individuals for the situation.

18 Feb

TOPCEM CEMENT OFFERS FREE CATARACT TREATMENT & SURGERY FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED PEOPLE

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Topcem Cement, a concrete major, has coordinated liberated from cost waterfall treatment and waterfall medical procedure camp. The primary target of this camp is to contact the matured and destitute individuals with waterfall in towns and giving back the vision to those that have preventable visual deficiency. Eye Doctors – An Eye Institute & Surgery Centre, Guwahati is the hospital partner in identifying the villages, sensitizing the community, building capacities for the support and providing the best-in-class cataract facility to the patients in their surgical centre in Guwahati. The camp is being organized in two phases. In the first phase,…

18 Feb

Earthquake in Jaipur, Rajasthan

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The National Center for Seismology (NSC) reported that earthquake of magnitude 3.8 hit Jaipur, Rajasthan. It is in a low-intense and occurred around 8 am on 18th February at a depth of 5 km. There were no reports about any loss of life or damage of property due to the earthquake till now.

17 Feb

MEA trains employees in cyber safety

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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has trained 500 plus employees across 90 missions in Europe and Africa. It aims to ensure the personnel are equipped to deal with both malicious malware and targeted attacks. The Ministry also conducts regular audits to assess how sensitive data centres in different missions can be protected. India is working on a cyber security policy like the UK and Australia and roll out a holistic structure wherein more verticals than just national security are covered. The policy is encompassing both internal and external threats and the first meeting of cyber security coordinators from the…