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Centre likely to spend another $26 billion in FY23 to fight inflation

The government estimates another Rs 500 billion additional funds will be needed to subsidise fertilisers, from the current estimate of Rs 2.15 trillion, two officials said

Russian military destroys Western arms consignment in Ukraine's Zhytomyr

The defence ministry said in a statement the strike took out "a large batch of weapons and military equipment delivered from the USA and European countries"

Russia advances in Ukraine's Donbas as Mariupol steelworks siege ends

The last Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol's smashed Azovstal steelworks surrendered on Friday, Russia's defense ministry said

Ukraine gets 2nd tranche of $634 mn from EU financial assistance programme

Ukraine has received the second tranche of 600 million euros (634 million U.S. dollars) of the European Union's (EU's) emergency macro-financial assistance program, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said

Clearing landmines from Ukraine scattered in war to take 5-7 yrs: Official

The work on clearing the territory of Ukraine from the landmines scattered during the conflict with Russia would take between five and seven years, a senior Ukrainian official said

Russia claims to have taken full control of steel plant in Mariupol

Russia's defense chief says the country's forces have taken full control of the steel plant in Mariupol that was the last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in the city.

Russia continues to attack Lysychansk, other eastern cities of Ukraine

Russian forces on Friday continued attacking the cities of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk in Ukraine's eastern region of Luhansk to try to cut the area off from the rest of Ukraine

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G7 countries to provide $19.8 billion in aid to crisis-hit Ukraine

The International Monetary Fund will be assisting with the package, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, the host of the meeting, told reporters.

Ukraine's hidden weapon

Baykar claims 93 per cent of TB2 components are sourced within Turkey, and the company has invested copiously to upgrade software and communications, learning from every battlefield experience

Small exporters feel the pain as Indian rupee slides to an all-time low

Weaker currency makes some customers to demand benefits or discounts, rue exporters

West rushes more aid as Mariupol teeters and fighting rages in East Ukraine

The West moved to pour billions more in aid into Ukraine on Friday, as Russia shifted forces freed up by the imminent fall of the pulverized port city of Mariupol and fighting raged

Russia makes early debt payment dash in bid to swerve default

Russia initiated payment on two of its external bonds on Friday in an attempt to stave off a looming sovereign default ahead of a key U.S. licence allowing such transfers expiring next week

Ukrainian authorities say Russian attack repelled as war grinds in east

Ukrainian authorities on Friday said their troops repelled a Russian attack in the east, as Moscow struggled to gain ground in the region that is now the focus even as it intensified its campaign

G7 set to join hands on $18 billion aid for Ukraine defence: German FM

Germany's finance minister says the Group of Seven leading economies are set to agree on more than USD 18 billion in aid for Ukrainian defence efforts. Finance Minister Christian Lindner said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Friday that Ukrainians resisting Russia's invasion are not only defending themselves, they are defending our values. A representative from the US Treasury Department declined to confirm the amount set to be allocated at a meeting of G-7 finance ministers in Germany, and a spokesman from the German finance ministry declined to comment to The Associated Press. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and other leaders have spoken this week about the need for allies to put together enough additional aid to help Ukraine get through the Russian invasion.

12 killed in Severodonetsk as Russian troops attack Ukrainian cities

Russian forces attacked the cities of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk in Ukraine's eastern region of Luhansk, the region's governor said Friday. Serhiy Haidai said in a Telegram messaging app post on Friday that 12 people were killed in Severodonetsk as a result of the assault, and more than 60 houses were destroyed across the region. He added that the attack on Severodonetsk was unsuccessful - the Russians suffered personnel losses and retreated. His remarks could not be independently verified. Ukraine's General Staff in its morning update on Friday also said that the Russians tried to assault Severodonetsk but suffered losses and retreated. ___ OTHER DEVELOPMENTS: Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the United States for the $40 billion aid package, which got final congressional approval on Thursday. This is a demonstration of strong leadership and a necessary contribution to our common defense of freedom, Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address to the natio

Russian troops likely to be redeployed from Ukraine's Mariupol: UK minister

With the number of defenders left holed up in a Mariupol steel factory dwindling, Russian commanders will be coming under increasing pressure to reallocate troops, Britain's Defense Ministry said

'Hell' in Ukraine's Donbas as Russia piles on pressure, warns Zelenskyy

Since turning away from Ukraine's capital, Russia is using massed artillery and armour to try to capture more territory in the Donbas

Wildfires near Ukraine's Chernobyl plant pose no radioactive threat: IAEA

Wildfires near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant do not pose a radioactive threat, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.

Money for crisis-hit Ukraine tops G7 agenda; inflation, food a concern

IMF chief optimistic G7 funds for Ukraine can stave off hyperinflation