Leaders of US spy agencies said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to be deterred and may intensify the assault on Ukraine, despite military setbacks and economic hardships resulting from international sanctions. “Our analysts assess that Putin is unlikely to be deterred by such setbacks and instead may escalate,” Director of National … Read more
After two years, India is looking to resume international flights starting March 27, the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Tuesday. Commercial international flights will resume operations after a two-year hiatus in strict compliance with the Union Health Ministry’s guidelines. The decision was taken after considering COVID-19 vaccination levels across the world in consultation with various … Read more
Some 250 companies have left Russia or cut operations in the country since President Vladimir Putin moved to invade Ukraine on Feb. 24, according to the Yale School of Management. Firms that have invested billions of dollars in the Russian market over the last three decades have headed for the exit door en masse following Russia’s attack … Read more
Officials in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which is surrounded by Russian forces, said they were delaying an evacuation of the civilian population, accusing Moscow’s troops of breaking a ceasefire. “Due to the fact that the Russian side does not adhere to the ceasefire and has continued shelling both of Mariupol itself and its … Read more
Game of Thrones actor John Stahl has died at the age of 68, his agent has confirmed. The Scottish actor played the role of Rickard Karstark in two series of the popular HBO fantasy show. He was also well known for playing Inveradarroch in the long-running soap opera Take The High Road from 1982 until … Read more
Russia has blocked access to Facebook for its 146 million citizens amid the Ukraine invasion, a state regulator has said. The country’s communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, said the social media platform was blocked on day nine of the war due to “cases of discrimination against Russian media”. It comes a week after Russia limited access to … Read more
More than 1.2 million people have left Ukraine since the fighting began, according to the UN refugee agency. More than 165,000 people left the country on Thursday, down slightly from Wednesday’s count and well under the nearly 200,000 on Tuesday, which amounted to the peak one-day outflow of people from Ukraine since the conflict began, … Read more
Former Australian cricketer, and considered the greatest leg-spinner in the history of the game, Shane Warne has died aged 52 following a suspected heart attack in Thailand on Friday, 4 March. He was 52 and is survived by his three children with former wife Simone Callahan. Warne passed away in Koh Samui in Thailand and his … Read more
An Indian student has reportedly been shot at and injured in Ukrainian capital Kyiv, minister of state for civil aviation V.K. Singh said on Friday. Singh is in Poland currently to facilitate the evacuation of Indians stranded in war-hit Ukraine. “Today, we heard reports that a student leaving Kyiv was shot at. He was taken … Read more
Alexei Navalny called on supporters to come out to daily protests against the “special military operation” in Ukraine. As indicated on his Instagram, he addressed the message not only to Russians but also to residents of other countries. “Let’s at least not become a nation of frightened silent people. Cowards who pretend not to notice the aggressive war unleashed … Read more
India’s National tricolour came to the rescue of not only the stranded Indians but also those hailing from Pakistan and Turkey to cross into the neighbouring countries of Ukraine. As the Russian attack on Ukraine continues undeterred, stranded Indians were asked to leave the war-torn nation using any available mode of transport. Indian students arrived … Read more
An Indian student has been killed in shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the foreign ministry said as it urged Russia and Ukraine to secure safe passage for thousands of citizens stranded in the middle of a war. 21-year-old Naveen Shekharappa, a final-year medical student from Karnataka’s Haveri, died when Russian soldiers blew up a … Read more
The talks between Russia and Ukraine ended, the parties took a break for consultations. The head of the Russian delegation, presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, said that the countries “have found some points by which common positions can be predicted.” He also said that the second round of negotiations will take place in the coming days on … Read more
At a time when hundreds of thousands of people are trying to flee war-torn Ukraine, and are making desperate attempts to cross over to other countries for refuge, a medical student from India in Ukraine has refused to leave Ukraine because she does not want to leave her house owner’s family alone amid an invasion by … Read more
Russia on Sunday detained more than 2,000 anti-war protesters across the country, an independent monitor said, on the fourth day of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine that took many Russians by surprise. OVD-Info, which monitors arrests at protests, said 2,114 protesters had been detained on Sunday. This brought the total tally of protesters detained … Read more