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Even as India takes a diplomatic stand in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Bihar born Abhay Kumar Singh, an Indian-origin member of Putin’s party, is all out in support of Kremlin. In an interview to a Hindi channel, Singh said this is not war. “It is like ‘India’s surgical strike’. Russia is only attacking military camps […]
Students evacuated from war-torn Ukraine bursting into tears after reuniting with their families in Gujarat is just the tip of the iceberg of the far-reaching effects Russia’s war against its neighbouring nation will have on India. Experts feel the economic fallout will have a lasting financial impact on Gujarat especially. From the availability of food […]
A cheque signed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and a letter to a six-year-old signed by Jobs has gone on sale for auction at the RR Auction’s website under the specially curated list of personal memorabilia. The selection has other items specially curated to find the history of personal computers through documents and objects […]
New Delhi: A network of Arab and Middle Eastern journalists has asked media organisations, particularly Western ones, to be wary of implicit and explicit bias in their coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying it has observed examples of racist coverage that normalises war in non-European regions. The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association (AMEJA) […]
People are fleeing war-torn Ukraine, but Miles Routledge, 22, is in Ukraine for fun. The 22-year-old British man visited Afghanistan shortly after the Taliban took over and since then he is seriously into disaster tourism. What is Disaster Tourism?Disaster tourism is when someone visits places where disasters of different types are about to happen. The tragedy can be natural, like volcano eruptions, floods or human-made disasters like the […]
Ukrainian Footballer Roman Yaremchuk received a standing ovation when he entered the field to play for Benfica by supporters. The Ukrainian striker of Benfica cried after supporters gave him a standing ovation. Benfica was playing their match against Vitoria. Yaremchuk is a Ukrainian footballer who joined the Benfica club in July 2021 and has since […]
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian statesman, former actor, and comedian and has been serving as the President of Ukraine since 2019. There are some facts about this personality not everyone knows. At age 17, he joined the local KVN (a comedy competition) team and was soon invited to join the united Ukrainian team “Zaporizhia-Kryvyi […]
The Minister of Digital Transformation and Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister urged Elon Musk to start Starlink Service to provide relief to the Ukrainian citizens. And in a few hours, Elon Musk declared that his venture Starlink’s services have been activated in Ukraine. Though the request was not accepted immediately. it is yet not clear how […]
With the increased tense situation in Ukraine, the Indian students stranded in the country are asked to cross the Ukrainian border to reach the countries that share borders with Ukraine. Where the students have alleged that the Ukrainian guards at the border did not allow them to cross the border and in fact, they were […]
While its charming tourist spots and rich history are well-known, Ukraine also happens to be Europe’s bread basket as a software powerhouse. The rise of Ukrainian product companies in the international market speaks volumes about the country’s potential as a tech hub. These are some of the products and technologies that have Ukranian roots: 1. […]
Seeking some “political support” the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. Zelenskyy took to Twitter to share the course of conversation. He said, “Spoke with Indian Prime Minister @narendramodi. Informed of the course of Ukraine repulsing Russian aggression. More than 100,000 invaders are on our land. […]
Amidst the ongoing battle between Ukraine and Russia, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) kept a US-sponsored draft resolution, for voting, that condemns Russia’s “aggression” against Ukraine in the “strongest terms”. India on Friday along with China and UAE abstained from voting on the resolution, which had 11 votes in favour. However, the resolution did […]
Kili Paul, a content creator and a dancer from Tanzania has taken the hearts of social media users with his lip syncing and dancing videos and has been honoured by The Indian High Commission in Tanzania. The Indian High Commission posted about the “special visitor” on Twitter who has “won millions of hearts in India”. […]
Early morning on Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a war on Ukraine’s eastern region. This part of Ukraine is mostly under control of separatists supported by Russia. In his televised speech the Russian President termed war on Ukraine as an act of self-defense and further stated that his country does not want to occupy […]
U.S. President Joe Biden has announced sanctions against Russia and called President Vladimir Putin’s moves in eastern Ukraine an attempt to begin a Russian invasion. The sanctions came after President Vladimir Putin recognised the independence of breakaway regions Donetsk and Luhansk and ordered Russian troops to be sent there. Speaking to the reporters at the […]
The second season of the eight-team, 100 balls-per-side tournament is going to face the involvement of the world’s leading players in Australia’s Ellyse Perry and Alyssa Healy, India’s Smriti Mandhana and South Africa’s Lizelle Lee. England fast bowler Jofra Archer, who is currently not playing due to an elbow injury, is set to make his […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to twitter to wish a speedy recovery to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II after she tested positive for Covid-19. “I wish Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth a speedy recovery and pray for her good health,” Modi tweeted after Buckingham Palace informed that she has tested positive for the infection and is experiencing […]
BTS member J-Hope ushered in his 28th birthday on Friday. Born Jung Ho-seok (Korean: 정호석; February 18, 1994), he is better known by his stage name J-Hope (stylized as j-hope). This South Korean rapper is also a songwriter, dancer and record producer. The South Korean rapper, born in South Korea’s Gwangju, was the third member […]
India has raised concerns over a bill in Canada’s Parliament to ban the sale and display of hateful symbols, including the swastika for its association with Nazism. A private members bill, tabled by National Democratic Party MP Peter Julian last week, which has the support of party leader Jagmeet Singh, has infuriated Indo-Canadians over “demonization” […]
While Russia, in a last-minute thaw on Wednesday, eased tensions by withdrawing some of its troops at the Russia-Ukraine border, the struggle to get back home for the nearly 20,000 Indians living in Ukraine are far from over. Most of them are students in the capital city, Kyiv. The Indian government has stepped up talks […]
