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PM Modi briefs President Ram Nath Kovind on Russia-Ukraine crisis

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday and briefed him on various issues, including the Ukraine crisis, official sources said.

Devotees across India celebrate Maha Shivaratri with great fervour and zeal

Devotees across India thronged temples of Lord Shiva on Tuesday to offer prayers on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri.

'Return to diplomacy,' says India on Russia-Ukraine conflict at UNGA

India on Monday again advocated for peaceful settlement of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and said the Indian government firmly believes in the path of diplomacy.

India to send urgent relief supplies, including medicines to Ukraine

Ambassador of India to the United Nations, T S Tirumurti, on Monday said that India has decided to provide urgent relief supplies, including medicines to Ukraine, expected to be dispatched tomorrow

India's wheat exports likely to surge amid Black Sea supply uncertainty

India's wheat exports are likely to surge with a flurry of enquiries from buyers seeking alternatives to Black Sea shipments as Russia Ukraine war threatens to disrupt supplies from 2 major producers

India and Japan renew bilateral swap arrangement of $75 billion

Essentially, BSA is a two-way arrangement where both authorities can swap their local currencies in exchange for dollars

Modi chairs high-level meetings on Ukraine; MEA says 8k Indians returned

India is also sending humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, the ministry said

3 more flights scheduled to evacuate Indians from Ukraine: MEA

Three more flights are scheduled to evacuate Indian nationals from Ukraine in the next 24 hours amid the ongoing situation in the country, said Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson

3rd day of evacuation: 2 Air India flights land in Delhi with 489 returnees

Air India's two evacuation flights came from Romanian capital Bucharest and Hungarian capital Budapest to Delhi on Monday with 489 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine

If emissions not cut, India may see unsurvivable heat, food scarcity: IPCC

From heat passing the limits of human survivability, food and water scarcity, higher sea levels to severe economic damage, India will be seriously harmed if emissions are not cut, IPCC report warned

Cheap courses, global recognition draw Indian medical students to Ukraine

Every year thousands of students from India go to Ukraine for medical education. A big reason for this is the facilities and cheap medical courses offered to the students in Ukraine

Govt relaxes some Covid norms for those arriving from Ukraine

Indians being evacuated from Ukraine have been exempted from pre-boarding RT-PCR test, providing Covid vaccination certificates and uploading those on the Air Suvidha portal, the Health Ministry said

We are helping Indians though situation very difficult: Ukrainian envoy

The Ukrainian authorities are trying to assist in the evacuation of stranded Indian nationals, notwithstanding "very difficult and complex" ground situation, the country's envoy said

SpiceJet to operate special flight to evacuate stranded Indians in Ukraine

SpiceJet will operate a special flight to Hungarian capital Budapest on Friday to evacuate Indians who have been stranded in Ukraine due to the Russian military offensive

Ukraine crisis: 6th flight with 240 stranded Indians departs from Budapest

The sixth flight carrying 240 stranded Indian nationals has departed from Hungary's Budapest for Delhi under Operation Ganga, informed External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday.

India may see fourth Covid wave around June 22: IIT Kanpur study

The fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India may start around June 22 and peak from mid to late August, a modelling study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur suggests.

Weekend curfew lifted in Kyiv; India asks students to go to rly stations

The Indian embassy in Ukraine advised all Indian students stranded in Kyiv to reach the railway station in the Ukrainian capital for their onward journey to the western parts of the war-torn country

PM Modi pays homage to former PM Morarji Desai on his birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to Morarji Desai on his birth anniversary, saying the former prime minister made extensive efforts to make India more prosperous.

Three more Air India flights bring back 688 Indians from Ukraine

As many as 688 Indian nationals returned on Sunday from strife-torn Ukraine on board three Air India evacuation flights from the Romanian capital Bucharest and Hungarian capital Budapest.

India's position consistent: Foreign Secretary Shringla on Ukraine crisis

India's position on the crisis in Ukraine has been "consistent" and it has every reason to believe that it should be in touch with all parties concerned, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said