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New Delhi: Rush for safe haven investments during the ongoing market volatility triggered by Russian-Ukrainian conflict is expected to push global gold prices higher. Accordingly, the fears of supply shortages along with robust demand has kept prices higher. Besides, sanctions on Russia which is a major producer of Gold is expected to reduce supply. Last […]
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New Delhi: Horrified, angered and saddened by the images and news coming from the war in Ukraine, Microsoft has announced to suspend all new sales of its products and services in Russia. Brad Smith, President and Vice Chair of Microsoft, said that the company condemns the unjustified, unprovoked and unlawful invasion by Russia. “We are […]
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Mumbai: Another 183 Indians, mostly students, arrived from war-torn Ukraine by an Air India Express flight from Budapest via Kuwait at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), an official said here on Saturday. The flight IX-1603 includes a maximum of 40 persons from Kerala, besides 36 from Andhra Pradesh, 30 from Telangana, 28 from […]
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As was agreed by the Ukrainian side, the humanitarian corridors will allow the exit of civilians from the two cities, the Ministry said, without disclosing how many days the ceasefire will remain in place.
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Washington: Cases of a highly transmissible Omicron subvariant are doubling in the US every week, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The BA.2 variant was responsible for 8.3 per cent of the Covid infections in the country in the week ending February 26, Xinhua news agency quoted […]
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The company's CEO and Co-Founder, Brian Chesky announced on Twitter: "Airbnb is suspending all operations in Russia and Belarus."
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Seoul: More than 6,000 people have been evacuated their homes as firefighters battle a massive wildfire in South Korea’s eastern coastal areas on Saturday. The fire burned an estimated 21,179 acres of woodland in Uljin, about 330 km southeast of Seoul, and its neighbouring city of Samcheok as of Saturday afternoon, according to forest and […]
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The PM also posted an image of him holding a cricket bat with Warne by his side and surrounded by young players.
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Washington: From the earliest days of his first presidential campaign, Donald Trump aggressively challenged the pillars of Republican foreign policy that defined the party since World War II. He mocked John McCain’s capture during the Vietnam War, validated autocrats with his platitudes, questioned longtime military and security alliances and embraced an isolationist worldview. And to […]
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New Delhi: Russia is urging its citizens to switch to domestic smartphone AYYA T1 after American multinational technology giant Apple Inc announced earlier this week its decision of pausing all product sales in the country in response to Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine. Refusing to use the iPhone, Russian State Duma deputies Maria Butina and […]
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"Starlink has been told by some governments (not Ukraine) to block Russian news sources. We will not do so unless at gunpoint," Musk wrote.
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Doha: The discovery of the oldest known natural pearl bead in Qatar has yet again shone the spotlight on the pearl-diving history of the peninsular country that is on its toes as the host of the upcoming FIFA 2022 World Cup to be played about eight months later. A local excavation mission led by Ferhan […]
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Earlier, Apple apps refused to record Crimea as part of any country when accessed in most places, reports Mashable.
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Meta said that due to the difficulties of operating in Russia at this time, ads targeting people in Russia will be paused, and "advertisers within Russia will no longer be able to create or run ads anywhere in the world, including within Russia".
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On Friday, a CBS News spokesperson said that the outlet was "not currently broadcasting from Russia as we monitor the circumstances for our team on the ground given the new media laws passed today".
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On Friday night, protests against the ongoing Russian military assault on Ukraine took place in Vienna, Tbilisi, Prague, Frankfurt, Vilnius, Lyon and Bratislava.
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The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (42,951,556 infections and 514,589 deaths), followed by Brazil (28,978,052 infections and 651,522 deaths).
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The Ministry also said that these numbers were being further clarified as the "exact count is difficult due to the high intensity of the military operations".
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Local police official Waheed Khan said the explosion occurred as worshippers had collected in the Kucha Risaldar mosque in Peshawara's old city for Friday prayers.
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Hyderabad: Policy expert from the United States Daniel McAdams has been trending in India following the hilarious clip from the discussion that has gone viral. In the live debate show, the news anchor, Rahul Shivshankar is seen scolding a guest presuming he was speaking to Daniel McAdams, executive director of the Ron Paul Institute in […]
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New Delhi: Meta has pledged $15 million to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine and neighbouring countries amid the Russian invasion. This includes $5 million in direct donations to United Nations agencies and more than a dozen nonprofits, including International Medical Corps that will be using these funds to deploy mobile medical units to Ukraine and […]
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As a non-Russian communications system, the Starlink satellite internet service has a "high" probability of being targeted, Musk said.
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One section of the four-storey apartment complex, just several kilometres outside of Washington, D.C., was levelled into a pile of blackened, smoldering wreckage, reports Xinhua news agency.
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In a tweet, Anonymous said: "Russian Space Agency hacked via v0g3lSec (http://uv.ikiweb.ru) still hacked as of this posting (archived)".
