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 […]
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 […]
India on Wednesday sent four C-17 military transport aircraft to Romania, Poland and Hungary to join the ongoing national effort to evacuate Indian citizens from conflict-torn Ukraine in the midst of a war with Russia, officials familiar with the development said. The C-17s carried relief material to their destination. The deployment came a day after […]
The Indian embassy in Ukraine issued a fresh advisory on Wednesday, asking all of its stranded citizens to immediately leave Kharkiv and move to Pesochin, Babaye and Bezlyudovka by 6pm local time. The advisory comes as Russian forces continue to strike Ukraine’s second-largest city with missiles. A day ago, a 21-year-old Indian medical student, Naveen […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair another high-level meeting on the crisis emerging out of the Ukraine-Russia conflict at 8.30pm on Wednesday. This is the fourth meeting in as many days where the PM has been discussing the evacuation process of stranded Indians from war-torn Ukraine with top Union ministers and senior officials, including the […]
Petrol and diesel price hikes are likely to resume after state elections get over next week to bridge the Rs 9 a litre gap created by international oil prices soaring past USD 100 a barrel. International crude oil prices shot above USD 110 a barrel for the first time since mid-2014 on fears that oil […]