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ICJ asks Russia to immediately suspend its military operations in Ukraine

ION correspondentMarch 17, 2022March 17, 2022

International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Russia should suspend its military operations in Ukraine immediately. The ICJ in its order said that Russian Federation shall immediately suspend...

World

US Fed Reserve hikes interest rates by a quarter percentage point to curb inflation

ION correspondentMarch 17, 2022March 17, 2022

United States Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time since 2018 as it approved a rate hike of 0.23 percent or 25 basis points. The announcement...

World

PM Modi reaffirms India’s commitment to stand with friendly people of Sri Lanka

ION correspondentMarch 17, 2022March 17, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reiterated that India would continue to stand with the friendly people of Sri Lanka. Mr Modi was speaking to Finance Minister of Sri Lanka...

World

7.4 magnitude earthquake struck north Japan killing 4 people

ION correspondentMarch 17, 2022March 17, 2022

Four people were killed and 97 others injured in a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan last night. Prime Minister, Fumio...

Health Top Stories

New COVID-19 variant detected in Israel

ION correspondentMarch 17, 2022March 17, 2022

Israel said that it had recorded two cases of a new Covid variant. “This variant is still unknown around the world,” Israel’s ministry of health said in a statement....

Russia Ukraine War

US, EU impose new sanctions against Russian individuals and entities; Russia counter-sanctions US President Biden, other top officials

ION correspondentMarch 16, 2022March 16, 2022

New US sanctions have targeted more individuals in Russian government, including its senior military officials and the leader of Kremlin-allied Belarus. Some of the new sanctions were brought under...

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Assam government employees to get half-day leave to watch ‘The Kashmir Files’

ION correspondentMarch 16, 2022March 16, 2022

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday announced that state government employees can avail a half-day leave to watch the recently released movie “The Kashmir Files”, which is based...

Business and Commerce

Kapil Sibal’s ‘Gandhis should step aside’ remark draws flak from party members

ION correspondentMarch 16, 2022March 16, 2022

Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said that he wants a ‘Sab ki Congress’ and expressed that the ‘Gandhis should step aside’. The senior Congress leader drew flak from his party...

Bhagwant Mann to be sworn-in as 25th CM of Punjab in Khatar Kalan today

ION correspondentMarch 16, 2022March 16, 2022

Punjab Chief Minister-designate Bhagwant Mann will take oath as CM on Wednesday at Khatar Kalan, the birthplace of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Through a video released on Twitter...

Nation Top Stories

India close to clinching oil deal with Russia: media report

ION correspondentMarch 16, 2022March 16, 2022

A recent media report has said that India is near clinching a cope with Russia for getting 3.5 million barrels of its crude at “deep reductions”. The report published...

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