Reacting to Putin's move, Biden said his Russian counterpart has chosen a 'premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering'
The passengers coming from Ukraine to Qatar will be able to board flights operating between Qatar and India
Pleading for India's help, the ambassador said Ukraine is expecting a much more favourable approach from India
Currently 20,000 Indians, mostly students, are stranded in Ukraine
Embassy in Ukraine started registration of Indians several days ago: Foreign secretary
More than a quarter of the world's wheat export comes from Russia and Ukraine
'They simply left us without options to act differently,' Putin was quoted as saying by the TASS news agency
According to the Sebi norms, multi-asset funds must have 10 per cent exposure each to equities, debt and gold
Biden's first public comment on the Russian attack is scheduled to be delivered from the East Room of the White House at 11 pm IST (12:30 pm EST), according to the White House
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A separate assessment was being done on the impact of sanctions the US and other countries have imposed on Moscow, on India's trade with Russia and Ukraine
In its fresh advisory, the Indian embassy in Ukraine described the situation as highly uncertain
Western sanctions and disruption of payments in dollars, as well as transhipments to Russia, are expected as a fall-out of Russia launching an attack on Ukraine on Thursday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday night amid Moscow's ongoing military operations in Ukraine, according to sources
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said an Air India flight which took off from Delhi to bring back Indian citizens from Ukraine has returned mid-air after the "things escalated"
After President Vladimir Putin defiantly announced he was launching a military operation, Ukraine's government said Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border
Russia said it was not talking about the "occupation" of the Ukrainian territory, but made it clear that the ongoing special military operation's timeframe would be determined by Putin
Kyiv Mayor called on the city's 3 million people to stay indoors unless they worked in critical sectors and said everyone should prepare go-bags with necessities such as medicine and documents
Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said the MEA is taking steps to bring back about 18,000 Indians including students from Ukraine.
NATO has announced the deployment of 'additional defensive land and air forces' to the eastern part of the bloc and an increase in the readiness of all its forces 'to respond to all contingencies'