Author: Vanshika Gupta

Ukraine military installations destroyed According to Russia more than 2,100 Ukrainian military installations have been destroyed since the invasion began. Ukrainian President has made a “desperate plea” to US senators on Saturday to send more planes to help the country battle Moscow invasion  Ceasefire not respected by Russian forces The Russian Defense Ministry in a statement said that it had agreed on evacuation routes with Ukrainian forces to allow civilians to leave the strategic port of Mariupol in the southeast and the eastern town of Volnovakha “from 10 a.m. Moscow time” (8 am GMT.) The statement did not clear how…

Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled Russia in 2014 and has been in exile ever since, could be declared the next president of Ukraine. According to the Kyiv Independent, Kremlin is preparing Yanukovych to replace the current Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych was the fourth president of Ukraine in 2010. After a series of violent clashes between the maiden protesters, riot police, which took place in 2014, his government was overthrown. Maiden revolution took place in Ukraine in February 2014 at the end of the Euromaidan protests, when a series of violent events involving protesters, riot police…

YouTube is block channels connected to state-backed Russian media outlets such as RT and Sputnik across Europe effective immediately. Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok restrict Russian media channels ahead of a likely European Union ban. They aim to reduce the propaganda during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.   Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. and TikTok owner Bytedance Ltd. have already restricted access to accounts run by Sputnik and Russia Today in the EU. The EU announced a ban on Sunday, which countries are yet to sign off on after a formal proposal.   Poland and the Baltic states have asked Big Tech companies…

After days of the war, the first round of discussions at the Ukraine-Belarus border ended with delegations from Kyiv and Moscow. The representatives of the two warring nations will now return to their respective capitals for further consultations before the second round of talks. Citing Russia’s delegation head, Vladimir Medinsky, the next round of negotiations will be held on the Polish-Belarusian border. “We agreed to keep the negotiations going,” Medinsky was quoted as saying. The talks began earlier in the day at the border town of Gomel between the delegations. This was the fifth day of the Kremlin’s invasion of…

Former banker Madhabi Puri Buch has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). She is the first-ever woman to head the capital markets regulator. Buch will take over the current SEBI chief Ajay Tyagi whose five-year term ends in February. Mr. Tyagi (63) is a 1984 batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre. He was appointed as SEBI Chairperson on March 1, 2017, for three years. His tenure was subsequently extended. The candidates for appointing the regulators are shortlisted by the Financial Sector Regulatory Appointments Search Committee (FSRASC) headed by the…

U.S. President Joe Biden threatened Russian President Vladimir Putin with “severe economic consequences” on invading Ukraine. Now that Russia has attacked Ukraine, the U.S. and its allies may go with one of the harshest financial penalties against Russia: removing Russia from the SWIFT banking system. With Russia attacking Ukraine, many countries have threatened to put up sanctions against the country for this move. This move is likened to a ‘nuclear option’ against one of the world’s largest economies. What is SWIFT? The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is a cooperative of financial institutions headquartered in Belgium. The National…

India has said that the hostility between Russia and Ukraine could spiral into a major crisis if it is not checked. Russian President Vladimir Putin this morning announced a “military operation” into separatist-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine, which Russia has formally recognized as independent nations.  India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti said that the situation is in danger of spiraling into a major crisis. If not handled carefully, the peace and security of the region may be compromised.   During the UNSC meeting, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres directly appealed to Putin to ‘stop your troops from attacking Ukraine,’…

VISAKHAPATNAM: At least five workers were reportedly injured in a blast that occurred in the Hetero Drugs Pharma company in Nakkapalli in Visakhapatnam district on the night of Wednesday.  Of the injured, the conditions of two persons are said to be very serious as they have burn injuries and were shifted to Vizag.  According to sources, the blast happened at a reactor in the Unit. The workers near the reactor received burn injuries as the fire caught the entire area following the explosion. Workers nearby the reactor area ran for their lives. The fire tenders were dousing the fire till…

Germany saw its third severe weather event as Storm Antonia raged through it. The weather condition involved forced winds and hurricanes. 0) in damage in the process and killed at least six people in Germany. According to insurance company Aon, Antonia is now estimated to have caused a further €100 million in damages.    Impact of the Storm  Antonio has caused damage to rail infrastructure and disruption to services, with Antonia causing further damage to rail infrastructure and disruptions to services, with the German rail operator, Deutsche Bahn, shutting down its regional services in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday evening.…

India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) to boost economic trade between the two countries from $60bn to $100 billion in five years. India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, talks to Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), during their joint news conference in New Delhi, India on Friday. The virtual signing ceremony is the first trade deal sealed by the Gulf state since it began pursuing such pacts last September to strengthen its business hub. The agreement marks the beginning of a…