Over 53 per cent voter turnout was registered till 5 p.m. in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the Election Commission of India said on Thursday. The Election Commission also said that 53.31 per cent of voter turnout figure was an approximate trend as the data from some polling stations takes time […]
State Bank of India, the nation’s largest lender, has stopped processing transactions of Russian entities that have been sanctioned by the West over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, sources said. To effect this, the SBI has issued a circular as it fears that any transaction with entities or sectors under sanction will invite sanction on it […]
Talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations will begin in Belarus at about 1400 GMT (7.30 PM IST) and Kyiv plans to discuss setting up humanitarian corridors before moving on to other issues, Ukrainian negotiator Davyd Arakhamia said on Facebook. Earlier, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Western politicians of considering nuclear war, one week after […]
Power failures were reported in many parts of Taiwan on Thursday following what the presidential office said was “an incident” at a power plant. The blackouts occurred after 9 am (0100 GMT) across the island, from the capital Taipei to central Taichung city and southern Pingtung county, reports said. The electricity failures came as President […]
The delegations of Ukraine and Russia, who met in Belarus for the second round of talks during the day, have agreed for humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians, according to AFP. At least 22 people were killed and four more wounded after Russian missiles hit two schools and private houses in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region earlier in […]
Nearly 800 Indians stranded in war-torn Ukraine were brought back in four flights operated by the Air Force, news agency PTI reported Thursday morning. Flights from Romanian capital Bucharest, Hungary capital Budapest, and the Polish city of Rzeszow landed at the Hindon Air Force base in Ghaziabad near Delhi. All four planes used were the […]
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Thursday said the Apex Court can’t do anything regarding the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine as a PIL was filed before the Supreme Court on the evacuation of Indian students from the war-hit Ukraine. “What will the court do? Can I give directions to the President of […]
Uttar Pradesh is voting for the 6th phase of the assembly election in 57 constituencies in 10 districts on Thursday deciding the fate of heavyweights like Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Congress’ Ajay Kumar Lallu and Samajwadi Party’s Swami Prasad Maurya. The final phase of voting will be held on March 7. The districts where polling […]
Belarus claimed on Wednesday that Polish border guards beat up around 100 Indian students and turned them back into Ukraine following which they were placed in a refugee camp in Romania. Belarus Ambassador to the UN Valentin Rybakov made the remarks while delivering a statement in the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.“On the 26th of […]