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Russian invasion of Ukraine and Budget 2022

While Russia's invasion of Ukraine doesn't quite throw Budget 2022 out the window yet, it does mean the fiscal maths will need a significant re-look.

Won't leave till last Indian is evacuated from Ukraine: Rijiju in Slovakia

Kiren Rijiju, who is in Slovakia to oversee the evacuation of Indians stranded in Ukraine, on Wednesday said he won't leave the place till the last fellow citizen is safely evacuated from Ukraine

Spotify closes its offices in Russia 'indefinitely' over Ukraine invasion

Spotify launched its service in Russia and Ukraine in July 2020.

US sent hundreds of stinger missiles to Ukraine, 200 on Monday: Report

The United States delivered hundreds of stinger missiles to Ukraine, including over 200 on Monday, NBC News said citing two Congressional sources familiar with the matter.

ICC says started investigation into alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has started an investigation into the Russian activities in Ukraine, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said.

Indian students taken hostage by Ukrainian security forces, claims Russia

Indian students have been taken hostage by Ukrainian security forces to use them as a human shield, claimed Russian Embassy in India on Wednesday (local time).This comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and reviewed the situation in Ukraine, especially in Kharkiv and discussed the safe evacuation of the Indian nationals from the conflict areas."According to the latest information, these students are actually taken hostage by the Ukrainian security forces, who use them as a human shield and in every possible way prevent them from leaving for Russia. Responsibility, in this case, lies entirely with the Kyiv authorities," Russia in India wrote in a tweet."According to our information, Ukrainian authorities forcibly keep a large group of Indian students in Kharkov who wish to leave Ukrainian territory and go to Belgorod," the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Defence said during the briefing."In fact, they are being held as hostages &

Flight from Bucharest carrying 183 Indians from Ukraine lands in Mumbai

A flight from Budapest carrying 183 Indians stranded in Ukraine landed in Mumbai Thursday, an official said. An infant was among the passengers, the official said. Union minister Raosaheb Danve welcomed passengers of the third evacuation flight from Budapest to Mumbai, as soon as the Air India Express Flight IX 1202 landed here around 5.30 am. I have been asked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to welcome you. There were around 17,000 Indians, including students, stranded there (in Ukraine) and the PM started Operation Ganga to evacuate them, Danve said, interacting with passengers, many of them students, inside the aircraft. Around four to five thousand Indians have been brought home so far and the operation will continue to bring back those still stranded there to the country, the minister said. An Air India Express flight carrying 182 Indians from Ukraine had landed in Mumbai from the Romanian capital Bucharest on Tuesday morning. That was the second evacuation flight operated

Will maintain communication with Putin to halt spread of conflict: Macron

Macron said he would maintain to communicate with Russian President Vladimir Putin to persuade him of "giving up weapons" and preventing the further spread of the conflict in Ukraine.

Most of the world lines up against Moscow at UN, attacks intensify

Russia reported its military casualties for the first time since the invasion began last week, saying nearly 500 of its troops have been killed and almost 1,600 wounded.

Russian forces besiege Ukrainian ports as armoured column stalls

Moscow's isolation deepened, meanwhile, when most of the world lined up against it at the United Nations to demand it withdraw from Ukraine.

Ukraine invasion leads US lobbyists to sever ties with Russian clients

The rush offers a measure of the potency of the Biden administration's new sanctions, which were levied after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine last week.

Russians start feeling the heat from sanctions over Ukraine invasion

Dozens of foreign and international companies have pulled their business out of Russia.

World Bank stops all projects in Russia, Belarus with 'immediate effect'

The World Bank has stopped all its programs in Russia and Belarus with "immediate effect" in response to Moscow's military operations in Ukraine.

China asked Russia to delay Ukraine invasion until end of Olympics: Report

The report indicates that senior Chinese officials had some level of knowledge about "Russia's war plans or intentions before the invasion started last week".

Using citizens as human shields common in Russian disinformation: US DoS

After Russia's claim of Indian students being used as human shields in Ukraine, the US Department of State said they have not seen any verified report of such incidents

Congress doing politics on Indians stranded in Ukraine war: Minister Naqvi

Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday slammed the Congress for allegedly doing politics over the issue of Indian citizens stranded in crisis-torn Ukraine.

Top headlines: India abstains on UN resolution, rupee-ruble trade likely

The government may get a lever to cut excise duties on petrol and diesel to ease the burden of rising global crude prices on the common man. More on that in our top headlines.

Ukraine's 2nd city Kharkiv heavily bombed as UN assembly denounces Russia

Ukraine's second biggest city, Kharkiv, suffered heavy bombardment on Wednesday as Russia's week-long invasion was denounced by the United Nations in a historic vote

Within days, Russia's war on Ukraine squeezes the global economy

Ocean rates may double or triple to $30K/ container & air freight costs are set to jump even higher

UN General Assembly in historic vote denounces Russia over Ukraine invasion

The last time the Security Council convened an emergency session of the General Assembly was in 1982, according to the UN website