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Kabul: Universities in the ‘cold areas’ of Afghanistan opened for all students on Saturday with new gender segregation norms in place. “The public universities and institutes were reopened today (Saturday),” said Ahmad Taqa, spokesperson for the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) of the Taliban regime as quoted by Tolo News. The classes of male and […]
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The resumed session which will run till March 2 with countries attempting to find solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the earth.
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Notably, YouTube restricted RT and several other Russian channels as the Ukrainian government requested the social media platform to cut off their access in Ukraine, CNN news reported citing YouTube.
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They backed Ukraine and its leader amid attacks from Russia in a message via Twitter on Saturday. "In October 2020 we had the privilege to meet President Zelenskyy and the First Lady to learn of their hope and optimism for Ukraine's future," the tweet read.
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The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 78,929,832 and 948,200, according to the CSSE.
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New Delhi: Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence is asking people to remove the names of streets, cities and villages from the road signs in their regions, Sky News reported. They say this is to “confuse and disorient the enemy”. “In order to confuse and disorient the enemy who is illegally moving to Ukraine, we call: – […]
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Warsaw: Tens of thousands of Ukrainians rushed to the borders as invading Russian troops pressed their advance into Ukraine and toward the country’s capital on Saturday in Europe’s largest ground war since World War II. Some walked many miles through the night while others fled by train, car or bus, forming lines miles long at […]
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Vienna: After a barrage of airstrikes on cities and military bases around the country, Russian forces were closing in on Ukraine’s capital on Saturday. The city warned of street fighting and urged residents to stay inside and take cover. With growing signs that Russia aims to overthrow him, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Ukrainians to […]
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New Delhi: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday over the current situation in his country and urged India for its political support in United Nations Security Council (UNSC) against Russia which is continuing its military operations in Ukraine. Taking to Twitter, Zelenskyy said, “Spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra […]
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New Delhi: According to Agoda’s recent ‘India-genous Travel’ survey, 39 percent of Indians anticipate travelling internationally in 2022, while its Return to Travel survey found that their biggest concern to travel internationally was understanding restrictions and vaccination or quarantine requirements. Countries are now taking tentative steps to reopen borders, easing their entry restrictions and opening […]
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Bitcoin, which nosedived below $34,000 when the war began on Thursday, was flat on Saturday at nearly $39,000 per coin, compared with a 5 per cent gain in XRP digital asset and a 10 per cent rise in Terra's LUNA token, reports CoinDesk.
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Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said Saturday that there were three children among those killed. His statement made it unclear whether the casualties included both military and civilians.
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New Delhi: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted a video to social media on Saturday morning showing himself walking around the streets of Kiev after a night of artillery fire in different parts of the city, telling the nation “I’m here”, Fox News reported. Zelenskyy said in a short video address to Ukrainians, “We will defend […]
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Moscow: Moscow continued to exert hefty pressure on Kiev by striking more military targets in Ukraine, while the two sides have expressed intention to start direct dialogue. The Russian armed forces have disabled 211 military infrastructure facilities in Ukraine since the operation began on early Thursday, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Friday […]
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Moscow: Russia’s space agency chief has warned the US that the slew of sanctions imposed on Moscow can “destroy our cooperation” on the International Space Station (ISS) and asked Washington if it wants to threaten India and China with the “possibility of a 500-tonne structure falling” on them. Russia and the US are the major […]
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London: Two of Russia’s top-10 tennis players — the soon to be world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev and No. 7 Andrey Rublev — have expressed their despair with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying that they want peace. A report on edition.cnn.com said late on Friday that Medvedev, the 2021 US Open champion who is […]
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said, "Visuals of Indian students in bunkers are disturbing. Many are stuck in eastern Ukraine which is under heavy attack. My thoughts are with their worried family members. Again, I appeal to GOI to execute urgent evacuation."
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The company said it is proactively reviewing Tweets to detect platform manipulation and taking enforcement action against synthetic and manipulated media that presents a false or misleading depiction of what's happening.
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The US move followed that of the European Union (EU) and Britain, which announced sanctions targeting the top Russian leadership earlier on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.
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The assault represented Putin's boldest effort yet to redraw the world map and revive Moscow's Cold War-era influence. It triggered new international efforts to end the invasion, including direct sanctions on President Putin.
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The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 78,883,101 and 947,417, according to the CSSE.
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Logan Govindaraj bit a portion of his 42-year-old compatriot Muthu Selvam's left pinky finger that was later found at the crime scene.
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The resolution proposed by the US and Albania with the backing of nearly 60 countries received 11 votes in favour, giving it a majority in the 15-member Council, but was nullified by the Russian veto on Friday evening.
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New Delhi: A radiation spike has been recorded near Chernobyl’s nuclear power plant which has been seized by Russian forces, monitoring data shows, BBC reported. Invading Russian troops took control of the plant — the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 1986 — on Thursday, Ukraine said. Radiation levels increased about 20-fold on […]
