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Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Saturday that it’s pulling back troops from two areas in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare”. What the Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu said more than 25 centuries ago, is now extremely relevant for Russia and Ukraine alike. The militaries of both countries, now engaged in a war that is 200 days old, are known to have studied Sun Tzu’s […]

In a major relief to Indian students who were pursuing MBBS courses in Ukraine but had to return back to India after Russian invasion

Washington: The U.S. for the first time Friday said it will give Ukraine Scan Eagle surveillance drones, mine-resistant vehicles, anti-armor rounds and howitzer weapons to help Ukrainian forces regain territory and mount a counteroffensive against Russian invaders. A senior defense official told reporters that a new $775 million aid package will include 15 Scan Eagles, […]

Jacques Derrida writes in his Sovereignties in Question: The Poetics of Paul Celan: ‘There is a holocaust for every date, and somewhere in the world at every hour. Every hour counts its holocaust’

By Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada, Rashedur Chowdhury There’s a good chance that you would like to see Covid disappear for good. And you may also wish for an end to the war in Ukraine – or any other war for that matter. But would you feel the same way if you were the head of a […]

Ankara: A freighter carrying maize from Ukraine on Monday reached Turkey, becoming the first vessel to reach its final destination since a deal was made to release stores of food that have been stuck in Black Sea ports since Russia began its invasion of Kiev in February. The Turkish-flagged Polarnet reached Kocaeli, on the Sea […]

Kiev: Ukraine has become an associate member of the Multilateral Interoperability Program (MIP), which coordinates technological cooperation of the armies of NATO member states, Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has said. “Ukraine has strong IT (Information Technology) potential and it is a worthy NATO ally. I am sure that we will bring our expertise to […]

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country is open to peace talks, but the negotiations with Ukraine will get more difficult with time passing by. “We do not refuse peace negotiations, but those who refuse should know that the more time they waste, the more difficult it will be for them to negotiate with […]

By Dr K Srinivasa Rao Despite the ongoing twin crisis – lingering Covid-19 and war between Russia and Ukraine, banks have gained strength in the last couple of years. The RBI’s Financial Stability Report-June 2022 reflects improved asset quality and capital adequacy ratio (CAR). The asset quality of banks continued to improve steadily with the […]

Kiev: Since Russia began its ongoing invasion of Kiev on February 24, at least 346 children have been killed in Ukraine. In its latest update on Thursday, the Office of the Prosecutor General said 645 children have also been injured, reports Ukrayinska Pravda. The Office however, said that the figures were “not final, as work […]

By Stefan Wolff Against a backdrop of unprecedented turmoil – the first major war in Europe in three decades, the highest inflation rates in decades and a rapidly worsening global food crisis – western leaders have met for two major summits. The G7 met in Germany and Nato leaders gathered in Madrid. The outcomes of […]

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed a NATO summit through a video link, urging more defence and financial assistance for Ukraine, the presidential press service reported. In his speech, Zelensky on Wednesday said that Ukraine needs modern missile and air defence systems to protect its cities, and artillery to stand against Russia on the […]

Washington: The US has said it is having “intensive engagement” with key oil consuming countries, including India, on the specifics of how a price cap on Russian oil imports would work, but the issue was not discussed at the level of President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the recent G7 Summit. The […]

KievL: Ukraine has submitted a new lawsuit against Russia to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over Moscow’s ongoing illegal invasion of Kiev, says Justice Minister Denys Malyuska. In a statement, the Justice Ministry said the lawsuit addresses “Russia’s egregious human rights violations during the initial phase of the war, from the onset of […]

By Markus Wagner, Weihuan Zhou After decades of conflict that has neutered its work, the World Trade Organization looks to be back in business. Its highest decision-making body – a conference of ministers from the organisation’s 164 member nations – has just met for the first time since 2017. None of what the ministerial conference […]

Statelessness is a human problem with no easy end in sight. Power rests with the nations that make policy dictating whether a refugee has a nation they can call home

Kiev: A top Ukrainian official confirmed that 39 civilian ships sailing under the flags of 14 countries are currently blocked in the ports of Odesa as a result of the ongoing war. The news was confirmed by Maksym Marchenko, head of the Odesa Oblast Military Administration, during a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in the southern […]

Maps during war time produced geographies of suffering, and geography in the Nazi era, was destiny

Rome: Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine has a significant impact on the global food markets and could leave an additional 11 to 19 million people with chronic hunger, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) warned. FAO spokesperson Boubaker Ben Belhassen told reporters that the two warring nations are major producers of agricultural commodities in […]