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Indian student shot at trying to escape Ukraine’s Kyiv: Minister

ION correspondentMarch 4, 2022March 5, 2022

An Indian student has reportedly been shot at in Ukraine capital Kyiv, Union Minister VK Singh told news agency ANI on Thursday, days after another student died in Russian...

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Russian forces seize control of key port city Kherson in southern Ukraine

ION correspondentMarch 4, 2022March 5, 2022

Russian forces have seized control of a key port city in southern Ukraine. Kherson is the first major city to be taken by Russia, after heavy fighting, since it...

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97% of adult population in the country inoculated with first dose of Covid vaccine

ION correspondentMarch 4, 2022March 4, 2022

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said that 97 percent of the adult population have been inoculated with the first dose of COVID 19 vaccine. In a tweet, he said the...

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Prime Minister Modi interacts with students who returned from Ukraine

ION correspondentMarch 4, 2022March 5, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with students who have returned from the conflict-hit Ukraine in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi yesterday. Students shared their experiences with the Prime Minister. The...

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Quad must remain focused on promoting peace, stability and prosperity in Indo-Pacific region: Modi

ION correspondentMarch 4, 2022March 5, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in a virtual summit of Quad leaders, along with US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida....

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First Test match between India and Sri Lanka to begin in Mohali today

ION correspondentMarch 4, 2022March 4, 2022

The first Test of the two-match series between India and Sri Lanka will begin today in Mohali. The first Test will mark the beginning of newly appointed full-time skipper...

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No report of Indians being held hostage in Ukraine, says India after Russia’s claim

ION correspondentMarch 3, 2022March 5, 2022

Hours after Russia claimed that the Indian students have been taken hostage by Ukrainian security forces, India on Thursday (March 3, 2022) said that they have not received any...

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Quad leaders’ virtual meet today to discuss Indo-Pacific developments

ION correspondentMarch 3, 2022March 5, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join a virtual meeting of the Quad bloc today with US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Japan counterpart Fumio...

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UN says Ukraine refugee surge soon to hit one million

ION correspondentMarch 3, 2022March 5, 2022

The U.N. refugee agency said more than 874,000 people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s military operation last week. It added the figure is rising exponentially, putting it on track...

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EU bans seven Russian banks from SWIFT

ION correspondentMarch 3, 2022March 5, 2022

The European Union has banned seven Russian banks from the Society for world wide interbank financial telecommunication (SWIFT) global system that underpins cross-border payments. But it spared two financial...

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