Author: Trupti Upadhyay

In between Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, the city Lviv in Western Ukraine has become the city of refugees. Several people have come to Lviv from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, and other places to save their and their family’s lives. One of the Ukrainian citizens said, Volunteer in Lviv give us a whole house, I am very grateful to them, it is peaceful here. He said that I left the Kyiv region on February 25, then I took the evacuation train, and now I am safe here in Lviv. But I get news from one of my friends who is hiding…

The US is imposing full-blocking sanctions on Russian ”Oligarchs” (Russian elites and business tycoons) and on other Russian individuals, including President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov, in amidst to Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, the White House said on Thursday.   Complete blocking sanctions on a wide new list of members of the Russian elite and their families who makes Putin power up. Some elites are Boris Rotenberg his wife and his sons, Igor Shuvalov his wife, son, daughter and five companies and Jet; White House statement in a press release.  Visa restriction on 19 Russian oligarchs, their 47…

In the post-Budget webinar series, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an event on “Technology Led Development”. PM Modi urged India to become self-reliant and said that technology is a powerful medium to empower the common man.    PM said that given the new systems being built in the world, it is imperative to India to be self-reliant; he also called for minimizing the dependence on foreign countries in the field of communication.  Addressing the post-Budget webinar on technology-enabled development, Prime Minister Modi said the provision made for science and technology in this time’s general budget is very important, and their rapid…

 The US is imposing full-blocking sanctions on Russian ”Oligarchs” (Russian elites and business tycoons) and on Russian individuals. Including President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov. Because of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, the White House said on Thursday.  Complete blocking sanctions on a wide new list of members of the Russian elite and their families makes Putin power up. Some elites are Boris Rotenberg his wife and his sons. Also Igor Shuvalov his wife, son, daughter and five companies and Jet; White House statement in a press release.  Visa restriction on 19 Russian oligarchs, their 47 family members…

In the post-Budget webinar series, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an event on “Technology Led Development”. PM Modi urged India to become self-reliant and said that technology is a powerful medium to empower the common man.    PM said that given the new systems being built in the world, it is imperative to India to be self-reliant; he also called for minimizing the dependence on foreign countries in the field of communication.  Addressing the post-Budget webinar Series on technology-enabled development, Prime Minister Modi said the provision made for science and technology in this time’s general budget is very important, and…

Operation Ganga is the Government of India’s evacuation program to evacuate Indian citizens from Ukraine-Russia chaos. PM Modi urges Indian Air Force to take part in the massive evacuation process and rescue as many as it can. The IAF is set to send its large passenger carrier C-17 Globemaster took off at 4 am earlier today for Romania. Three more Aircraft are scheduled to take off in Poland, Hungry and Romania under Operation Ganga. Amidst the conflict between the two countries, many Indian nationals are trapped in the conflict zone, including students who are there for medical studies. The Indian…

India restates its concern about the possibility of terrorist entities and individuals gaining access to chemical weapons at the United Nations Security Council meeting on Syria. The remarks by Prateek Mathur, Consultant in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, came during the UNSC meeting on the Middle East Syria Chemical Weapons Status. Mathur said that India has repeatedly cautioned against the possibility of terrorist entities and individuals gaining access to chemical weapons in the region. He highlighted that India’s position on issues relating to Syria’s accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is well known. Further, he said, “it is…

The West’s announcement about cutting off major Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system is an opportunity for both India and China to deploy the indigenous systems they devised for such an eventuality, A parliamentary committee has also noted that the privacy of SWIFT has been compromised and that before the crisis escalates, the govt. Needs to improve the existing SFMS (Structured Financial Messaging Solution) for intra-bank message transfer or develop a new one was advised. North Korea and Iran are other countries already cut off from SWIFT. Russia uses the SPFS system internally, which was developed after the West…

The United States and European Union, and some European partners’ allies moved to block some Russian banks’ access to the SWIFT. The move is intended at isolating Russia from the international financial system in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s central bank assets are also expected to be frozen, hindering Moscow’s access to foreign reserves. These joint sanctions are the strictest measures against Moscow since its military has moved to Ukraine and is expected to badly affect a country heavily dependent on the SWIFT platform to trade its significant natural resources, particularly its oil and gas exports. In financial…

POST BUDGET WEBINAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Union Budget Webinar of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday Morning. Three thematic sessions will be held from10:45-1:50 on various topics such as Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, E-Sanjeevani, and Telemental Health Program.  As per the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Webinar’s objective is to engage stakeholders in taking forward the various initiative of the govt. In the sector of health.  The Webinar will have an interactive session with stakeholders as well as a panel discussion with eminent speakers and experts from the Ministry…