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Live news updates: EMIs to rise as RBI hikes repo rate by 40 bps

The MPC raised the key lending rate or the repo rate by 40 basis points to 4.40%, Governor Shaktikanta Das said.

Russia says forces attack firing positions of Ukrainian army at Azovstal

Russian forces have been attacking the firing positions of the Ukrainian armed forces at the Azovstal steel plant in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, said Russian Defence Ministry

Ukraine hopes for more evacuations from besieged steel mill in Mariupol

Mariupol has come to symbolize the human misery inflicted by the war.

Ukraine gets 4.5 bn euros in international aid since start of conflict

Over the past week, Ukraine received $500 million in grant funds from the World Bank, said Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal

Ukrainian refugees camp in Mexico City; wait for US govt approval to entry

About 500 evacuees were waiting on Tuesday in large tents under a searing sun on a dusty field on the east side of Mexico's sprawling capital

India's exports up 24% to $38 bn in April; trade deficit widens to $20 bn

The preceding month had witnessed record outbound shipments of $42.2 billion

Import risks

Policy support can increase edible oil production

Ukraine crisis: Slovakia, Hungary won't back EU sanctions on Russian energy

The EU's executive branch, the European Commission, has drafted new proposals for sanctions, which could include a phased-in embargo on Russian oil

LIVE: India becoming a trusted partner in global supply chain, says PM Modi

Live news updates: "India was hardly counted in start-up ecosystem; it now ranks third in the world," PM Modi said

Russian forces storming Mariupol steel mill, say Ukrainian fighters

Russian forces Tuesday began storming the steel mill that represented the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol, Ukrainian defenders said

Civilians from Mariupol steel plant reach Ukrainian-held city: UN

The first convoy of civilians to escape a decimated steel plant in Mariupol reached relative safety in a Ukrainian-controlled city

UK PM Johnson addresses Ukraine Parliament, pledges more military support

UK PM Boris Johnson on Tuesday became the first world leader to address the Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, when he hailed the country's finest hour in the conflict with Russia.

Oil prices climb as European Union gets set to ban Russian crude

The European Commission is expected to finalise work on Tuesday on a sixth package of European Union (EU) sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine

India's position on Ukraine takes care of our principles: Foreign secretary

Vinay Kwatra also answered a question on oil imports from Russia, highlighting that India's imports from the country are a small fraction of what the rest of the world imports from Russia

Russia prepares to declare mass mobilisation on May 9: Ukraine Intelligence

"Russia has already been enacting covert mobilisation and is preparing to announce a mass mobilisation in the near future," Kyrylo Budanov from Ukraine Chief Intelligence Directorate said

European Union set to ban Russian oil, ministers hold crisis talks on gas

The UN human rights office said on Monday that the death toll of civilians killed in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24 had exceeded 3,000 people

End of easy money brings with it a $410-billion global financial shock

Inflation is pushing central banks to shrink their balance sheets as they hike interest rates, adding a new risk for the world economy hit by war and lockdowns

First civilians leave Ukraine's Mariupol steel plant; hundreds remain

People fleeing besieged Mariupol described weeks of bombardments and deprivations as they arrived in Ukrainian-held territory, where relief workers awaited the first group of civilians

Ukraine anxiously awaits first group of evacuees from Mariupol steel plant

A first group of civilians trapped for weeks inside a steel plant in Mariupol under Russian siege was expected to reach a safe city on Monday, as a new attempt was launched to allow people to leave.

Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls US visit 'powerful' signal of support amid war

In a televised address on Sunday evening, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his meeting with Pelosi included discussions of defense supplies to Ukraine, financial support and sanctions against Russia