Russia bans UK flights over its airspace after sanctions
Russia’s civil aviation authority has banned UK flights to and over Russia in retaliation to the British ban on Aeroflot flights. Rosaviatsiya said all flights by the UK carriers to Russia as well as transit flights are banned starting Friday. It said the measure was taken in response to the “unfriendly decisions” by the British […]
Russia says it takes out Ukraine’s air defences, air bases
Russia’s defence ministry said on Thursday it had taken out military infrastructure at Ukraine’s air bases and “suppressed” its air defences, Russian news agencies reported. The ministry denied reports that its aircraft had been downed over Ukraine. Earlier, Ukraine’s military had said five Russian planes and one helicopter were shot down over its Luhansk region. […]
UN court resumes hearings into Rohingya genocide case
THE HAGUE: An international case accusing Myanmar of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority returns to the United Nations’ highest court on Monday amid questions over whether the country’s military rulers should even be allowed to represent the Southeast Asian nation. Four days of public hearings at the International Court of Justice start Monday into […]
Yemeni civilian casualty toll highest in three years: UN
UNITED NATIONS: The seven-year war in Yemen has witnessed a dangerous escalation, with January’s civilian casualties the highest in at least three years and eight million Yemenis likely to lose all humanitarian aid next month without urgent new funds, UN officials said on Tuesday. UN special envoy Hans Grundberg and UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths […]
Modi to dedicate to nation two extra railway lines connecting Thane and Diva
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation railway lines connecting Thane and Diva on Friday via video conferencing. The Prime Minister Office here giving this information said the two additional railway lines connecting Thane and Diva, built at the approx cost of Rs 620 crores and featuring 1.4 km long rail flyover, 3 […]
India Reports 30,615 New COVID-19 Cases, 514 Deaths in Last 24 Hours; Tally Over 4.27 Cr
New Delhi, Feb 16: India logged 30,615 new coronavirus infections, taking the country’s tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,27,23,558, while the active cases dipped to 3,70,240, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,09,872 with 514 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated, reported […]
4 killed, 15 injured as van falls into river in Madhya Pradesh
Four labourers were killed and 15 others received injuries after their van overturned and fell into a river in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district on Tuesday, police said. All labourers were from West Bengal and were being taken to a bridge construction site at Vira village in Shivpuri district, Kolaras police station in-charge Alok Singh said. […]
US, Japan, S. Korea discuss threat posed by North
HONOLULU: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on Saturday in Hawaii to discuss the threat posed by nuclear-armed North Korea after Pyongyang began the year with a series of missile tests. Blinken said at a news conference after the meeting that North Korea was in a phase of […]
Thousands head to Paris for protests against Covid curbs
PARIS: Thousands of protesters headed towards Paris on Friday in convoys from across France, with many hoping to blockade the capital in opposition to Covid vaccination rules and other restrictions despite police warnings to back off. Inspired by Canadian truckers paralysing border traffic with the US, the French protesters set off from Bayonne, Perpignan, Lyon, […]
In LS, Tharoor demands release of journalists Shah, Gul, Kappan to ‘preserve’ press freedom
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to facilitate “the immediate and unconditional release” of journalists Fahad Shah, Sajad Gul and Siddique Kappan “in the interest of preserving the freedom of press” in India. Raising the issue in Lok Sabha during Zero Hour, Tharoor said that while Shah and Gul were arrested […]