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14 Apr

Narendra Modi is to be honoured with the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award for selfless service to the nation

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to be honoured with the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award at the 80th annual Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Awards ceremony on April 24. The award was instituted in the memory and honour of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar who passed away at the age of 92 in Mumbai this year. This award will be given every year to only one individual who has made path-breaking, spectacular and exemplary contributions to the nation, its people and the society. PM Narendra Modi will receive this award for his selfless service to the nation and society. "He is an international…

01 Apr

45 Arrested For Protests As Crisis Worsens In Sri Lanka

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45 people were arrested and a curfew was imposed in much of the city of Colombo as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the residence of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to demand his resignation for failing to deal with the worst economic crisis. The foreign exchange crisis in Sri Lanka has led to shortages of essential items such as fuel, cooking gas and electricity shortages that last up to 13 hours a day. Demonstrators protested on Thursday with instructions against their awareness, as gross mismanagement by the Rajapakse regime has exacerbated Sri Lanka's foreign exchange woes. They were also demanding…

30 Mar

Russian Foreign Minister to visit India amid conflict with Ukraine

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Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to India from 31 March -1 April. During the visit, Lavrov is expected to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval. It is not clear if he would also call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His talks with the Indian side will focus on the global geopolitical situation in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. India has adopted a neutral stand on the ongoing conflict. While abstaining from voting against Russia at the UN, New Delhi has…

29 Mar

Taliban prohibits beardless government employees entry to offices

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The Taliban barred beardless civil servants from entering their offices in Afghanistan on Monday. Eyewitnesses said that representatives of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's Vice Ministry of Propaganda and Prevention blocked the entry of Finance Ministry staff because they were beardless.The employees were allowed to enter the ministry after they wore hats as recommended by the Taliban representatives. According to a report, the Ministry of Propaganda and Vice Prevention has denied stopping government employees at the gate. "All government agencies were instructed not to allow women without the hijab and male employees of the public administration to conform to their…

17 Mar

Elon Musk To Exit Endeavor

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Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla will resign from the board of directors of Endeavor Group Holdings, the Hollywood conglomerate whose properties include the William Morris talent agency and Ultimate Fighting Championship. The company announced his departure in its annual report with the SEC, saying that his resignation will be effective from June 30, 2022. An Endeavor spokesperson stated, "We thank Elon Musk for his commitment to Endeavor through our first year as a public company, in which he contributed meaningfully to our long-term strategy and vision for the future of sports and entertainment. We know he has a lot…

15 Mar

Russian shelling hits high-rise building in Kiev

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Russian shelling hit a 10-storey apartment building in Kiev, leaving one person injured, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said. According to the State Emergency Service, fire erupted on the first through the fifth floors of the building located in the capital city’s the Podil neighbourhood. The fire was extinguished 6.51 a.m. and the injured person has been hospitalised. A two-story house on Sadova Street in the Osokorky neighbourhood was damaged by shelling on Tuesday morning, igniting a fire. The second shelling resulted in no casualties or injuries. Meanwhile air raid sirens have gone off in Kyiev, as well as Odesaa in…

15 Mar

SRK’s video on ‘Futility of War’ goes viral in between the Russia-Ukraine crisis

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In the middle of destruction and horrors of the Russia-Ukraine war, an old video of Shah Rukh Khan is going viral on the internet in which he was seen talking about the futility of the war. It was an old video where he claims "War is not an alternative to peace and goodness" and how only the people who die see the end of it. View this post on Instagram A post shared by SRK 1000 FACES (@srk1000faces) Reacting to the video, many users appreciated SRK for his words and said that everyone should listen to him. One said, "One of…

14 Mar

S. Jaishankar to make a statement on the Ukraine-Russia war in the Rajya Sabha

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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will make a statement on the Ukraine-Russia war in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Executive M. Venkaiah Naidu let the Upper House know that Minister Jaishankar will give an assertion on the contention. Naidu likewise praised the endeavors of the association and state legislatures for adapting to the situation to empty the Indian understudies. TDP MP K. Ravindra Kumar said that as wellbeing and security of the understudies are guaranteed, presently the public authority should find important ways to get their future by counseling every one of the partners. BJD MP Dr Amar Patnaik proposed…

11 Mar

Air India flight carrying students evacuated from Sumy lands in Delhi

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An Air India flight from Poland's Rzeszow carrying students evacuated from northeastern Ukrainian city Sumy landed in Delhi this Friday morning. The flight had taken off from Rzeszow around 11.30 pm on Thursday and landed in Delhi at 5.45 am on Friday. India has sent three flights to Poland to bring back 600 students evacuated from Sumy. According to the officials, another flight is expected to land in Delhi around 8.40 am. According to the details shared by the students, the first flight was for first, second, and third-year students. The second flight is for fourth and fifth-year students and…

10 Mar

Over 2 million from Ukraine applied for evacuation to Russia

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Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday claimed that over 2 million people from Ukraine had applied for evacuation to Russia. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, alleged that US experts instructed Ukrainian specialists how to develop bioprograms, during a press conference on the country adding Russia is wondering if these biomaterials have fallen into the hands of nationalists. Maria Zakharova also said that Russia would prefer to ensure Ukraine's neutral status. Moscow's aims do not include overthrowing the Kyiv government and it hopes to achieve more progress in the next round of talks with Ukraine, Zakharova added that Russia's military operation…