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Ukraine reports further ceasefire violations
New Delhi: The Ukrainian defence ministry has reported further ceasefire violations in the east, after a day of heavy weapons fire Saturday, CNN reported. The ministry said that in the first 11…
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Putin could annex former Soviet states after Ukraine
New Delhi: UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin will keep waging war on neighbouring countries if he is allowed to invade Ukraine, the Daily Mail reported. As…
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Russia holds strategic deterrence exercise amid tensions with Ukraine
Moscow: Under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s strategic deterrence forces conducted large-scale drills as the Ukrainian crisis has flared up. Putin on Saturday watched the exercise from the situation centre at…
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Don’t slip into the ‘lazy analogy’ of referring Quad as Asian NATO: EAM Jaishankar
Munich: Dismissing the notion that the Quad is an Asian NATO, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that there are “interested parties” who advance such analogies and one should not slip…
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Russia plans biggest war in Europe since 1945: UK PM
New Delhi: Evidence suggests that Russia is planning “the biggest war in Europe since 1945”, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC. “All the signs are that the plan has already…
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Global Covid caseload reaches 422.8 million
Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 422.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.88 million and vaccinations to over 10.34 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest…
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Covaxin to be evaluated as COVID-19 vaccine candidate in US: Bharat Biotech
Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Saturday said its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin will be evaluated as a vaccine candidate for the disease in the United States. “Ocugen, Inc (NASDAQ: OCGN) announced that the…
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WHO chief calls for cooperation, financing to end Covid pandemic
Munich: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for cooperation and collaboration in the face of common threats from the Covid-19 pandemic. The WHO chief made the remarks…
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Promote shady crypto investment and you can be held liable: US court
San Francisco: In a landmark decision that can have its ramifications in several countries battling the rise of cryptocurrencies including India, a court ruling in the US has made it clear that…
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Russia backed Ukraine’s rebels in military mobilisation
New Delhi: Ukraine’s Russian-backed breakaway eastern territories have ordered military mobilisations amid escalation in fighting, BBC reported. Men of fighting age in the self-declared people’s republics of Donetsk and Luhansk are being…