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Russia shifts goalposts to claim face-saving victory
Russia has reframed its war goals in Ukraine in a way that may make it easier for President Vladimir Putin to claim a face-saving victory despite a woeful campaign in which his army has suffered humiliating setbacks, military analysts say. Russia attacked its neighbour by land, air and sea...
US terms India’s Ukraine stand as ‘unsatisfactory’
A senior White House official said on Friday India’s position at the United Nations over the crisis in Ukraine has been “unsatisfactory” but was also unsurprising given its historical relationship with Russia. Mira Rapp-Hooper, director for the Indo-Pacific on the White House National Security Council, told an online forum...
Muslim minister says his appointment slap for SP, Cong
His becoming a minister wasn’t unexpected but a symbol of faith reposed by the party in a dedicated worker and a “slap” on the faces of the opposition Samajwadi Party and Congress, said Uttar Pradesh lone Muslim minister Danish Azad Ansari on Friday. Not a member of either house...
Buzz over Prashant Kishor’s role in Cong Mission Gujarat
Election strategist Prashant Kishor has reportedly reached out to Rahul Gandhi to work on the Congress party’s campaign in the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections later this year, according to two sources in the Congress, a dramatic turn of events after both sides fell out last year after several rounds...
Chinese Foreign Minister in Delhi amid Kashmir remark row
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has reached Delhi — the first high-level Chinese visit to India in more than two years, since the stand-off in Ladakh started. Sources said Wang Yi is expected to meet foreign minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval tomorrow. The aim of...
Supreme Court refuses early hearing on hijab ban
The Supreme Court today refused an early hearing on pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict on the Karnataka government’s ban on hijabs inside classrooms. The petitioners had sought early listing of the issue citing upcoming school examinations. The Chief Justice of India chided Advocate Devdutt Kamat, who was...
Mamata visiting violence-hit Birbhum area
In the political fight after eight people were burnt alive by a mob at a village in Bengal’s Birbhum, Mamata Banerjee will today visit the area. The Chief Minister has been accused by the opposition BJP of presiding over a complete collapse of law and order in the state....
Kejriwal dares BJP to hold Delhi MCD polls and win
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday dared the BJP to “get the civic polls in the city held on time” and win it, saying his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will quit politics if so happens. The BJP is now getting municipal corporation elections in the city cancelled, he...
NATO may provide N-threat protection equipment to Ukraine
NATO leaders are set to agree new troop deployments for eastern allies and more support to Ukraine in response to Russia’s war on its neighbour, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday. Leaders from the US-led military alliance meet Thursday in Brussels for an emergency summit as the West grapples...
Centre seeks report on Bengal political violence
The Centre has sought a report on the alleged political violence in Bengal’s Birbhum in which eight people died. The BJP is also sending a fact-finding team to probe the biggest instance of violence since Mamata Banerjee’s mega victory last year. A mob allegedly threw bombs in Bogtui village...
63 Indian cities in 100 most polluted places on earth: Report
India’s air pollution worsened in 2021, according to the World Air Quality Report released by IQAir, a Swiss firm. This ends a three-year trend of improving air quality. The average air pollution, measured in the lethal and microscopic PM2.5 pollutant, is 58.1 micrograms per cubic meter, which is...
Akhilesh Yadav quits as MP to become MLA
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav quit as Lok Sabha MP today after winning from his family stronghold Karhal in the recent Uttar Pradesh election. The Samajwadi chief’s move signals that he wants to cement his position as the BJP and Yogi Adityanath’s main challenger in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh Yadav...
Decision to retain CMs entirely Modi’s
His personal defeat in the elections overlooked, Pushkar Singh Dhami was anointed Uttarakhand Chief Minister on Monday while Pramod Sawant got the job in Goa despite colleague Vishwajit Rane’s ambitions, completing BJP’s bet on retaining all four Chief Ministers. It hinted at a “big picture” decision by Prime Minister...
Azad receives Padma award, rejects criticism
Congress’s Ghulam Nabi Azad, who received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today, said, “It feels good when the country or the government recognises someone’s work”. “I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases...
First fuel price revision after December 1
The retail price of petrol and diesel increased by 80 paise each in Delhi from 6 am on Monday, marking the first revision since December 1 2021. On Tuesday, a litre of petrol rose to ₹ 96.21 at the Rajdhani Service Station in Delhi, while diesel rates increased to...
Ukraine rejects Russian ultimatum to surrender
Ukraine has rejected an ultimatum to surrender the besieged port city of Mariupol to Russian forces, its deputy prime minister told Ukrainian media today. “There can be no talk of surrendering weapons. We have already informed the Russian side of this,” Iryna Vereshchuk told Ukrainska Pravda newspaper. Mariupol, a...
Australia says Quad members accept India’s Ukraine stand
Australia on Sunday said the Quad member countries have accepted India’s position on the Russian attack on Ukraine and that no country would be unhappy as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been using his contacts to call for an end to the conflict. Separately, diplomatic sources said India’s position...
Millions forced indoors by Chinese lock down
China on Sunday imposed stay-at-home orders on millions more people in the country’s northeast as it battles its biggest COVID-19 outbreak in two years. The country has largely kept Covid at bay since it brought to heel its initial outbreak in 2020 using targeted lockdowns, mass testing and travel...
