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03 Mar

Brent soared above $112 per barrel because of the Ukraine crisis

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The benchmark Brent crude soared above $112 per barrel as fighting intensified in Ukraine. The decision by the International Energy Agency to release crude from its reserves also failed to dampen prices. Higher energy prices could worsen the inflation that is already threatened the economies everywhere and created concern among the central banks. After the state elections are over in India, state-owned oil retailers are prepared to raise the fuel prices. As per the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell of the oil ministry, the Indian basket of crude rose above $102 per barrel compared with $81.5 per barrel when the…

03 Mar

Air Force evacuates 798 Indians in four flights from Ukraine

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800 Indians nearly stuck in Ukraine. They were brought back to India in four flights operated by the Air Force. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi requested the Air Force's involvement in the evacuation process which helped in increase daily evacuations. Flights from Romanian capital Bucharest, Hungary capital Budapest and the Polish city of Rzeszow landed at the Hindon Air Force base in Ghaziabad which is near Delhi. All four planes that have been used were the C-17 military transport. The first flight carried 200 people from Bucharest. The flight was received by Junior Defence Minister Ajay Bhatt. The second…

02 Mar

Relief and medical supplies send to Ukraine by India

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After Russia had launched a full-blown invasion in the Ukraine, India is sending humanitarian aid and medical supplies to Ukraine. The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that 300 civilians including at least 14 children have been killed so far. 100 tents and 2,500 blankets send by a team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to the Indian Air Force's Hindon airbase. Then it will be sent via a flight to Romania from there. Romania is the neighbouring country of Ukraine. The flight has been scheduled to leave at 10:15 hours. More relief material also set to depart from…

01 Mar

Mastercard Inc blocked various financial institutions

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Mastercard Inc. said that it had blocked multiple financial institutions from its payment network as a result of sanctions imposed on Russia over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Russians rushed to ATMs and waited in long queues amid concerns that bank cards may cease to function or that banks would limit cash withdrawals after Western sanctions. The United States and its allies said that they would take action against Russia's central bank and bar some of the country's banks from the SWIFT international payments system. Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a ‘special operation’. Mastercard will continue to work with regulators.…

01 Mar

The MD of BharatPe Ashneer Grover resigns from board to stay major shareholder

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The Co-Founder and Managing Director (MD) of BharatPe Ashneer Grover has resigned. It has been said that Grover embroiled in controversy over the past two months after he was abused a Kotak Mahindra Bank employee. His resignation comes days after his wife Madhuri Jain was sacked by the company's controller on charges of misappropriation of funds. They both went on leave from January. Valued at USD 2.8 billion, BharatPe serves over 75 lakh merchants across 150 cities. The company has already facilitated the disbursement of loans totalling over 3,000 crore to its merchants since its launch. BharatPe has raised over…

28 Feb

Watch the world’s first elephant-friendly tea garden

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Meet tea farmer Tenzing Bodosa who is making a difference with the world’s first elephant-friendly tea garden in Assam on the next episode of ‘OMG! YehMera India’ 28th February at 8 PM, only on HistoryTV18. The eighth season of the trendsetting original factual entertainment series continued with enthralling, inspirational stories of extraordinary Indians and their incredible talents. Bodosa has tried to encourage a more symbiotic human-elephant relationship at his three-hectare tea garden in Udalguri, Assam. Not only did he shun dangerous practices like electric fences and drainage ditches used by others to discourage the movement of elephants through tea gardens,…

26 Feb

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejects the Kyiv evacuate offer of US

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The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy has rejected the offer by the US government to evacuate the Kyiv as invading Russian forces closed in on Kyiv. After the US asked the Ukrainian President to leave his country, he said that, “The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.” Russian troops continue to encircle Kyiv amid repeated calls from the West to withdraw from Ukrainian territory and adhere to the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been reluctant in paying heed to such calls and even urged Ukraine’s military to…

26 Feb

Bihar women share their experience with CM Nitish Kumar after liquor ban on 27th February

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The Supreme Court faced with a deluge of bail petitions arising out of Bihar government’s 2016 liquor prohibition law and asked the state government whether it conducted any study before framing the law and created a judicial infrastructure adequate to meet the torrent of litigation that was bound to follow. The top court underlined that almost every bench in the Supreme Court is dealing with petitions arising out of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act — making it imperative to know whether the Bihar government carried out a legislative impact study and upgraded the judicial infrastructure to meet the new…

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…