‘War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy’ to premiere on Discovery and Discovery+ on 15 May

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and survival expert and ex-SAS trooper Bear Grylls in a still from ‘War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy’ | Photo Credit: Discovery Discover has announced that its upcoming documentary film War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy will premiere on 15 May. The film has survival expert and ex-SAS trooper […]

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Ukraine confirms it will play on in Euro 2024 qualifiers

Ukraine will continue playing Euro 2024 qualifying matches despite a government ban on Ukrainian national teams taking part in competitions involving athletes from Russia and Belarus. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine will continue playing Euro 2024 qualifying matches despite a government ban on Ukrainian national teams taking part in competitions involving athletes from Russia […]

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Ukraine pushes for continued Russian Olympic exclusion

Ukrainian refugees protest against any participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games before the visit of Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), to the Ruhr political forum in Essen, Germany, on March 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine renewed its push to keep Russian athletes out […]

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Crude oil slump a boost for oil companies, consumers will have to wait for relief 

Despite Indian oil marketing companies now making a profit of ₹11.1 per litre of diesel and ₹8.7 per litre of petrol, consumers hoping for a retail price cut amid persistently high inflation are unlikely to get any relief soon, analysts say. Image for representational purpose only. With global crude oil prices slipping below $75 per barrel […]

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Russian missiles target cities across Ukraine, officials say

Rescuers work at a site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike on March 4, 2023 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia unleashed a massive missile barrage on cities across Ukraine early on Thursday, targeting energy infrastructure facilities, Ukrainian officials and media said. Air raid sirens wailed all […]

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India’s Russian oil imports hit record high in February; now more than Iraq, Saudi put together

India has been snapping Russian oil that was available at a discount after some in the West shunned it as a means of punishing Moscow. File  | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s imports of crude oil from Russia soared to a record 1.6 million barrels per day in February and is now higher than combined imports […]

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Morning Digest | Quad Foreign Ministers call for lasting peace in Ukraine; Kerala Blasters walk off pitch against Bengaluru FC alleging foul play by referee, and more

The Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting was hosted by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI Quad Foreign Ministers take aim at Russia and China India joined other Quad members in calling for a “just and lasting peace in Ukraine”, and respect for a rules-based order in the South and East China Seas, in […]

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Why did Putin suspend Russia’s participation in New START?

The story so far: On February 23, on the eve of the first anniversary of his country’s “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow was unilaterally suspending the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty with the U.S., stating that the West was trying to destroy Russia. Making the announcement at […]

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Willing to join “any peace process” to solve Ukraine war: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arriving for the Ceremonial Reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on February 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy India is willing to join “any peace process” to solve the Ukraine crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Welcoming German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Mr. Modi urged for reform of […]

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U.S. hopes India will use its relationship with Russia to end the war

Photo used for representative purpose only. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The United States hopes that India will use its relationship with Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine, a senior U.S. diplomat has said, on the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We have said before, the Secretary [of State of the […]

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