Indian students held hostage in Kharkiv: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday evening that a large number of Indian students were held “hostages” at a railway station in Kharkiv. The Russian leader’s remarks came hours after India said its plans to evacuate civilians from Ukraine’s Kharkiv city had been stalled as fighting in the city resumed after a brief pause during Wednesday.
Quad leaders discuss war in Ukraine
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden and leaders of Australia and Japan spoke on Thursday to discuss the war in Ukraine. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the leaders agreed that what was happening to Ukraine should not be allowed to happen in the Indo-Pacific.
New enmity blocking Indian defense from Kharkiv: Govt.
The government said on Thursday that its plan to evacuate civilians from the conflict-hit Kharkiv city of Ukraine has been stalled as fighting resumed in the city after a brief pause on Wednesday. A large number of Indian students who were earlier stranded in the city managed to reach the evacuation points after “immediate advice” from the Indian embassy, an external affairs ministry official said, but the rest were yet to be transferred. has not been done.
Uttar Pradesh elections in sixth phase. 55% voter turnout in the sixth phase of UP elections
Uttar Pradesh assembly elections are gearing up for an exciting contest, with 54.8% voting in the sixth phase on Thursday. Fifty-seven assembly constituencies spread across ten districts of Purvanchal voted for the crucial phase, putting the reputation of several heavyweight contestants, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on the test. In 2017, the BJP had won 46 of these 57 seats.
Maintain Amaravati as composite capital: AP HC
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh has directed the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Capital Region Development Authority to discharge their duties as enshrined under the APCRDA Act and the Land Pooling Rules. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and comprising Justice M. Satyanarayana Murthy and DVSS Somayazulu on Thursday gave the final verdict after hearing a case related to a bunch of writ petitions filed by land owners of Amaravati. The state government has no legislative capacity to change the state capital or prevent Amaravati from being the capital of the three civic organs of the state, including the legislature, executive and judiciary.
Unsurprisingly, Amazon proposed talks to potentially end the dispute.
The Amazon-Future group dispute over the Rs 2,4731 crore merger deal with Reliance took an unexpected turn in the Supreme Court on Thursday when the US-based e-commerce giant proposed talks to possibly end the feud. A bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana adjourned the matter till March 15, giving Future time to decide on Amazon’s proposal.
92% of COVID deaths in ’22 occurred without vaccination: ICMR
Dr. Balram Bhargava, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Thursday that in 2022, 92 percent of the people died without vaccination. He said it is clear that vaccines and widespread vaccination coverage have played a very important role in protecting hundreds of people.
Armed village defense teams to be re-established in Jammu: BJP
Top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders said in Jammu that the central government will re-establish Village Defense Committees (VDCs) in Jammu to fight terrorism, provide high-tech weapons and ensure equal pay to its members. “Union Home Minister Amit Shah had a meeting with us recently in New Delhi. It was decided that VDC would be re-established with the changed nomenclature. They will now be called ‘Village Defense Groups’. We have demanded hi-tech weapons for them so that the designs of Pakistan can be foiled.
MoD approves development projects including light tanks through domestic route
The Defense Ministry has granted in-principle (AIP) approval for four projects under the categories of Make-I, government-funded, and Make-II, industry-funded, Defense Acquisition Process 2020 which includes development of a light tank . Army and communication equipment for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
SP elders advocating Hindu-Muslim unity in Nizamabad
, Is this what the Samajwadi Party has kept ignorant [has the SP inducted illiterates?]Alambadi reprimands Azmi as a party worker while writing a message as instructed by the electoral college by Mr. Azmi for the upcoming meeting of SP President Akhilesh Yadav in Nizamabad constituency of Azamgarh.
India’s trade deficit likely to remain high, current account deficit to widen: Nomura
Nomura said India’s trade deficit, which reached $21.2 billion in February, is expected to remain elevated in the coming months and the current account deficit may widen to 2.6% of GDP in 2022-23, which is expected to rise to 2.6% of GDP this year. is 1.7%. Report on March 3. “Surge in oil prices, amid pick-up in domestic demand, will see a significant increase in India’s import bill, aided by broader growth in commodities and fertilisers, and there is an expectation that gold imports will remain high as investors hedge against it.” want to reduce market volatility and inflation,” the report said.
Ukraine wants talks with Russia
Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met on Thursday and Kyiv said it would call for a ceasefire and humanitarian corridors to evacuate its besieged civilians, as the war engulfed Ukrainian cities and under bombardment in its second week.