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28 Feb

PM deputes four Union ministers to coordinate evacuations from Ukraine

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today deputed four Union ministers to go to the neighbouring countries of Ukraine to coordinate the evacuation of Indian nationals stranded in the war-torn nation. The four ministers who will leave soon as special envoys of the PM are Hardeep Singh Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and Gen (Retd.)V K Singh. The PM held a high-level meeting to discuss the progress made so far in bringing the Indians back from Ukraine under ”Operation Ganga” and how the process could be intensified. The meeting was attended, among others, by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Commerce Minister Piyush…

28 Feb

Deeply saddened by conflict in Ukraine: Dalai Lama

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Globetrotting Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said he has been deeply saddened by the conflict in Ukraine. “Our world has become so interdependent that violent conflict between two countries inevitably impacts the rest of the world." He believed problems and disagreements are best resolved through dialogue. “Genuine peace comes about through mutual understanding and respect for each other’s wellbeing. “We must not lose hope. The 20th century was a century of war and bloodshed. The 21st century must be a century of dialogue.” The elderly monk prayed that peace is swiftly restored in Ukraine.

26 Feb

Missile Hits Residential Building In Ukraine Capital Kyiv

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A high-rise apartment block was hit by a missile overnight in Kyiv as fighting raged between Russian attackers and Ukrainian forces. They posted a picture online of the tower block with a hole covering at least five floors blasted into the side and rubble strewn across the street below. Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko wrote online that the building had been hit by a missile. He said in a video that the night had been "difficult", with Russian "sabotage groups" in the capital. He insisted that there were no regular Russian troops in Kyiv, but said they were trying to enter from several…

25 Feb

’30 Hours In Metro Station, Bombs Falling’: Indian Student In Ukraine

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Videos of Indian college students in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion show them asking for help to return home. Some students have no longer left their apartments, while others have moved to underground metro rail stations that ought to serve as bomb shelters. Some 16,000 Indians are in Ukraine, most of them students.In one such video, an Indian student is heard soliciting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to make swift arrangements to evacuate Indians. The student, Manish Jaiswal, is reading medication in Ukraine and is from UP's Ballia. "We sense helpless. Three-four bombs…

18 Feb

No immediate plan to evacuate Indians from Ukraine, focus on ensuring their safety: Govt

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India does not have any immediate plan to evacuate its citizens from Ukraine and its focus has been on ensuring their safety rather than on anything "larger", the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a media briefing that India has been supportive of an immediate de-escalation of tensions and resolution of the Ukraine crisis through sustained diplomatic dialogue. “We have no immediate evacuation plans, so we don’t have any special flights. However, there are a limited number of flights under the air bubble arrangements, restrictions on a number of flights and passengers…

18 Feb

Satellite images show new military bridge near Ukraine amid Russian buildup

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The Russian Army has begun building a tactical bridge and a new road across the important Pripyat River in southern Belarus. Commercial satellite images uploaded on social media on February 16 claimed to show a military-style pontoon bridge at the Pripyat River, just 4 miles from the Ukrainian border and 14 miles northwest of the number 4 nuclear reactor, which notoriously melted down in the 1986 Chernobyl accident. "There's what Russia says. And then there's what Russia does. And we haven't seen any pullback of its forces," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview. "We continue to…

02 Oct

Bronze Statue Of Mahatma Gandhi Inaugurated In Ukraine On Gandhi Jayanti

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Globally, Gandhi's birth anniversary is celebrated as theInternational Day of Non-Violence. Several events were held inIndia and across the world to mark the occasion.On the occasion of the 151st birth anniversary of MahatmaGandhi, a bronze statue of Bapu was inaugurated in Kyiv,Ukraine.The statue was inaugurated jointly by Indian AmbassadorPartha Satpathy, First Deputy Foreign Minister of UkraineEmine Dzhaparova, Deputy Minister for Education andScience of Ukraine Andriy Vitrenko and Professor PetroBekh, Vice-Rector, Taras Shevchenko National University ofKyiv.