United Nations: India abstained from a procedural vote taken in the UN Security Council to call for a rare special emergency session of the UN General Assembly on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, even as New Delhi welcomed Moscow and Kyiv’s decision to hold talks at the Belarus border. The resolution was adopted with 11 votes […]
Says will carry out normal trade with Moscow Beijing: China, a close ally of Russia, said on Monday that it was opposed to illegal unilateral sanctions and will continue to carry out normal trade cooperation with Moscow, as the US, EU and their allies stepped up punitive measures against Russia, including the interbank messaging system […]
KYIV: Russian and Ukrainian delegations met for talks Monday amid high hopes but low expectations for any diplomatic breakthrough, after Moscow unleashed the biggest land war in Europe since World War II but met unexpectedly stiff resistance. As outgunned but determined Ukrainian forces slowed the Russian advance and sanctions crippled the Russian economy, the military […]
Jammu: A resident of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) was apprehended on Monday by the Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, officials said. Dilshan (27), a resident of Harija village, was taken into custody from Nangi Takri area of Mankote sector shortly after he crossed into this side from across the border, the officials […]
Srinagar: Muslim politicians on Monday extended good wishes to the Kashmiri Pandit community on the occasion of Herath, considered as the Kashmiri equivalent of Maha Shivaratri. Herath greetings to Kashmiri Pandits everywhere. May all your prayers on this special day be answered #HerathPoshte, former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah tweeted. Peoples Democratic […]
MAHARAJGANJ: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday stressed that India must be made strong in view of emerging international challenges that were affecting every citizen of the world. He said being a big state, Uttar Pradesh has a “biggest” responsibility in making India powerful. His remarks at the Maharajganj rally come against the backdrop of […]
GENEVA: The UN refugee agency said Monday that more than 500,000 people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded the country last week. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi gave the estimate in a tweet. The latest and still growing count had 281,000 people entering Poland, more than 84,500 in Hungary, about 36,400 in Moldova, […]
NEW DELHI: The single-day rise in coronavirus infections fell below 10,000 after two months, with 8,013 cases taking India’s total tally to 4,29,24,130, while active cases have declined to 1,02,601, according to Union health ministry data updated on Monday. On December 28 last year, 9,195 people were infected in a day. The death toll has […]
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday asked the government to urgently share its evacuation plan with those stranded in Ukraine and their families as he shared a video of some students being harassed by the military there. “My heart goes out to the Indian students suffering such violence and their family watching these […]
Bengaluru: CommerceIQ, the leading ecommerce decision management platform announced a record-breaking 2021 with exponential company growth. On the heels of a successful Series C funding ($60 million) in the first half of 2021, CommerceIQ closed out the year achieving a 106% year-over-year revenue increase, 113% growth in customers served, and a 100% boost in headcount […]