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India is among the countries from which volunteers have joined the International Legion, Ukraine’s volunteer military force, and are currently engaged in combat, according to a Ukrainian media report on Tuesday. Three days after Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24, the government of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for foreign volunteers to join the International […]
Due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, crude oil prices are increasing daily. On Sunday, prices opened up at about $137 per barrel. The fuel price surge of Brent crude oil surpassed the mark of over $128 per barrel recorded a decade ago in 2012. However, the price for Brent did come down after that and […]
Solar panels are the foundation of the clean energy revolution. Yet, they have one significant flaw, their productivity dives when the clouds roll in. To solve this problem, an electrical engineering student at Mapua University has developed a new type of solar panel that harvests the ultraviolet light from the sun, which cannot be seen […]
The Russian Government has announced a ceasefire and their forces will stop firing to allow humanitarian corridors out of the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha. This step by the Russian government will allow the people to cross the blockade created by Russian troops around the port city of Ukraine Mariupol. While creating this blockade […]
US Senator Lindsey Graham has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s assassination on live television as he was giving an interview to Fox News amid the ongoing blitzkrieg between Russia and Ukraine. Somebody in Russia has to step up and take “this guy out,” the senator said reiterating that only Russian people can fix this […]
An Indian student was shot at in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, days after a student died in the city of Kharkiv. As per the minister, the student was trying to escape Kyiv and was wounded in firing. He was reportedly taken back into the city and is currently under treatment in the hospital, Union Minister VK […]
Wordle’s yellow, green, and grey tiles have become an internet sensation, One word, five letters, and six chances, to make it or break it. But it is the human mind one is dealing with and one game a day is not satisfying to the minds and such addictive games attract the curious minds. So here […]
A startup from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) called Quaise has earned $40 million in funding for using fusion power tech to drill 12 miles into the Earth and harvest the immense energy down there. The company says that the capital is going toward leveraging fusion technology to drill one of the deepest holes […]
The government of India and Union ministers Parshottam Rupala and Sanjeev Balyan have considered an appeal by PETA to include companion animals in the evacuation of Indians stuck in war-torn Ukraine. “Separating animal companions from their guardians would have resulted in more tragedy,” PETA tweeted. Reportedly a third-year student, Rishabh Kaushik was struggling to get […]
If President Volodymyr Zelensky is the face of Ukraine’s conflict with Russia, then Ukraine vice prime-minister Mykhailo Fedorov is the force why big tech is now penalising Russia. The youngest cabinet minister has “turned a staid government Twitter account into a cannon” to shame the world’s biggest tech companies. Through the official Ukraine Twitter account, […]
A Russian-run online store on the Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com thanked Chinese shoppers for their support as it sold out of most items, including chocolate and fabric softener, saying it showed the country’s friendship in these “difficult” times. The online shop front of the ‘Russian State Pavilion’ store, which says it is endorsed by the […]
Amidst an escalating offensive on Ukraine by Russia on Wednesday, the Russian Defence Ministry has alleged that the Ukrainian forces have kept a large number of Indian students as “hostages” in Kharkiv. The Russian military spokesperson informed that “According to our information, the Ukrainian authorities are forcibly keeping a large number of Indian students in […]
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 […]
