Morning Digest | Congress to give 50% reservation to women, youth in all party positions; India, U.K. Finance Ministers agree to make further progress on FTA, and more

Morning Digest | Congress to give 50% reservation to women, youth in all party positions; India, U.K. Finance Ministers agree to make further progress on FTA, and more

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with senior party leader Sonia Gandhi during the 85th Plenary Session of the Indian National Congress, in Raipur on February 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress economic resolution identifies job creation as the cornerstone of policy making The Congress, terming employment generation as the core and foundation of its draft […]

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Threatened by war, Ukrainian paintings find safe haven in Switzerland

Threatened by war, Ukrainian paintings find safe haven in Switzerland

Visitors look at paintings from the collection of the National Art Gallery of Kyiv during the “From Dusk To Dawn” exhibition at the Rath Museum in Geneva, Switzerland February 22, 2023 | Photo Credit: Reuters When Russia sent troops into Ukraine a year ago, the director of the Kyiv National Art Gallery had only one […]

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Sean Penn’s documentary on Ukraine war to premiere at Berlin Film Festival

Sean Penn’s documentary on Ukraine war to premiere at Berlin Film Festival

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, talks with U.S. actor Sean Penn in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) | Photo Credit: AP American actor and director Sean Penn will premiere a documentary he filmed in Kyiv featuring Ukrainian President […]

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Cliffhangers all the way: artist-author Manjula Padmanabhan sums up her eventful 2022

Cliffhangers all the way: artist-author Manjula Padmanabhan sums up her eventful 2022

For me, 2022 began in New Delhi. I was struggling to produce enough artwork for a solo show. It was scheduled to open on February 14 at Chennai’s Artworld, run by Sarala Banerjee, the world’s kindest and most affectionate gallery owner. But I live in the U.S. and had only just returned to India in […]

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In Ukraine, watching the FIFA World Cup poses challenges

In Ukraine, watching the FIFA World Cup poses challenges

Hlib Kuian, left, and Roman Kryvyi watch a World Cup soccer match on a screen at Mazza Cafe kebab-stand, in Irpin, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on November 29, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian video-game vendor Roman Kryvyi, fresh from a soccer game on a snow-blanketed field in suburban Kyiv, sat up close to a TV […]

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At G-20 meet, FIFA boss urges ceasefire in Ukraine during World Cup

At G-20 meet, FIFA boss urges ceasefire in Ukraine during World Cup

FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends a working lunch at the G20 Summit on November 15, 2022 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. | Photo Credit: via Reuters The chief of football’s world governing body FIFA issued a plea on Tuesday for a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine for the duration of the World Cup, calling for […]

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Russia’s Federation Council ratifies annexation of four Ukrainian regions

Russia’s Federation Council ratifies annexation of four Ukrainian regions

Reuters MOSCOW: October 04, 2022 14:06 IST Updated: October 04, 2022 14:50 IST Reuters MOSCOW: October 04, 2022 14:06 IST Updated: October 04, 2022 14:50 IST Russia’s Federation Council unanimously ratified legislation to annex the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, following a similar vote in the State Duma, Russia’s lower house, yesterday […]

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Morning Digest | September 17, 2022

Morning Digest | September 17, 2022

SCO members should give each other full transit rights: PM Modi Better regional connectivity is only possible if members grant each other “full transit rights”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, referring to Pakistan’s refusal to give India transit trade access by land to Afghanistan and Central Asia, at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation […]

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U.N. chief, Vladimir Putin discuss war in Ukraine

U.N. chief, Vladimir Putin discuss war in Ukraine

Antonio Guterres says call to Russia President was a follow-up to his meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Antonio Guterres says call to Russia President was a follow-up to his meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday about exporting Russian fertiliser […]

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