China locks down Changchun amid surge in Covid cases
SHANGHAI: A Chinese city of nine million was ordered into lockdown on Friday and Shanghai shut its schools as authorities scrambled to halt a Covid-19 outbreak that has pushed nationwide cases to their highest levels in two years. Changchun, the capital of northeastern Jilin province and an important industrial base, ordered residents to stay at […]
Thank you sir: Kejriwal after Modi congratulates AAP for its victory in Punjab
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he congratulated the Aam Aadmi Party for its victory in the Punjab Assembly elections. In a tweet, the prime minister had on Thursday night congratulated the AAP. “I would like to congratulate AAP for their victory in the Punjab elections. I assure […]
Iran says US complicating nuclear talks
TEHRAN: Iran on Thursday accused the United States of working to “complicate” efforts to restore a 2015 nuclear deal, after new Russian demands linked to its invasion of Ukraine raised concerns of further delays. It came on the day Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in major state policies, stressed […]
PM Modi likely to join celebrations at BJP HQ
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit party headquarter in Delhi on Thursday evening to celebrate the party’s performances in Assembly polls. PM Modi is expected to visit the party office by 6.30 p.m. The security arrangements are being made at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg located BJP office for PM’s visit. According to reports, […]
US has biolabs with plague, anthrax in Ukraine: Russia
Russia said on Wednesday that the United States must explain what Moscow claims was a military biological programme in Ukraine — an allegation Washington has already dismissed as “absurd” misinformation. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said evidence of the alleged programme had been uncovered by Russia during what it calls its military operation in […]
Australia flood toll rises to 20
SYDNEY: The death toll from week-long floods battering Australia’s east coast rose to 20 on Tuesday, after the bodies of a man and a woman were discovered in floodwaters in Sydney. Police said the pair were believed to be a missing mother and son whose car was abandoned in a storm-water canal. Tens of thousands […]
No safe corridor, just a plank for those fleeing to Kyiv
IRPIN: The rickety plank is barely 50 centimetres wide and half submerged in icy water, but already 10,000 people have used it to cross a river and flee Russian bombardment. Moving ever closer behind the citizens of Irpin come Russian tanks and guns, and ahead of them — over this last crowded obstacle — lies […]
Ukraine accuses Russian troops of rape, backs creation of special tribunal
LONDON: Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Friday accused Russian troops of raping women and backed a call for the creation of a special tribunal to punish Moscow’s aggression. “We have numerous cases of, unfortunately, when Russian soldiers rape women in the Ukrainian cities,” Kuleba told a briefing at London’s Chatham House think-tank. He did […]
UK intelligence says Russian advance on Kyiv has made little progress
Russia’s advance on the Ukrainian capital has made little progress over the past three days and the cities of Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Mariupol remain in Ukrainian hands, according to British military intelligence. “The main body of the large Russian column advancing on Kyiv remains over 30km from the centre of the city having been delayed […]
Air India Express Flight Lands In Mumbai With 182 Indians From Ukraine
An Air India Express flight carrying 182 Indians nationals from war-torn Ukraine landed here from the Romanian capital Bucharest on Tuesday morning, an airline spokesperson said. The AI Express flight IX-1202 from Bucharest via Kuwait touched down the runway at 7.40 am, he said. An aircraft to bring back Indian nationals from Ukraine had left […]