In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Lviv, Ukraine, on September 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP “Russia struck three industrial warehouses in a drone strike on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv early on September 19, causing a huge … Read more
Russia on Sunday wrapped up widely denounced regional and municipal elections, including in regions annexed from Ukraine, delivering strong support for President Vladimir Putin amidst criticism of vote rigging and Kyiv’s push to reclaim its land. The Council of Europe, Europe’s leading rights group, called the week-long vote a flagrant violation of international law, and … Read more
TOPSHOT – Ukrainian cadets attend a ceremony for taking the military oath at The National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, in Kyiv, on September 8, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. More than 300 cadets took the oath of enlistment. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP) | Photo … Read more
PM Modi, President Biden welcome progress in defence ties Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday welcomed the completion of the notification process in the U.S. Congress on August 29 for a commercial agreement between General Electric Aerospace and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) to manufacture GE F-414 jet engines in India … Read more
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury declines to join ‘one nation, one election’ panel The Union Law Ministry on Saturday named eight members to the committee, headed by the former President Ram Nath Kovind, that will examine the issue of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, Assemblies, municipalities and panchayats. No Question Hour, private members business during September … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, speaks with Chief of the General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov, left, and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, after a meeting with senior military officers in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin days after a short-lived rebellion … Read more
A rebellious mercenary commander said Saturday he ordered his troops to halt their march on Moscow and retreat to field camps in Ukraine, appearing to defuse a dramatically escalating crisis that represented the most significant challenge to President Vladimir Putin in his more than two decades in power. ALSO READ | The Wagner group’s march … Read more
Investigators looking at the explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia have evidence that could link the attack to Ukraine, according to German media reports. Metadata from the emails used to rent a sailboat suspected to have been used in the attack tie them to Ukraine, Spiegel weekly reported Friday. The president of … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. File | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has discussed a range of issues, including the Indo-Pacific and the Ukraine war, during his meetings in Stockholm with his counterparts from France, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania. Mr. Jaishankar is on a three-day visit to Sweden … Read more
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with senior party leader Sonia Gandhi during the 85th Plenary Session of the Indian National Congress, in Raipur on February 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress economic resolution identifies job creation as the cornerstone of policy making The Congress, terming employment generation as the core and foundation of its draft … Read more