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26 Feb

‘The International Space Station can crash on USA, Europe, even on India or China’: Russia space chief reacts to Biden’s sanctions

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Hours after US President Joe Biden announced sanctions in opposition to Russia for invading Ukraine in a huge army offensive and said that the Russian space program will degrade underneath new restrictions, Moscow has hit back. The Russian space agency, Roscomos, chief Dimitry Rogozin warned that if Washington blocks cooperation, "Who will shop the house station from an uncontrolled deorbit?" "If you block cooperation with us, who will shop the ISS from uncontrolled deorbiting and falling into the United States or Europe?" Rogozin stated in a sequence of tweets, adding that there is additionally the choice of dropping a 500-ton…

26 Feb

Chernobyl, Where The Worst Nuclear Disaster In History Took Place Is Now In Russian Control

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The Chernobyl nuclear energy plant has been captured by means of Russian forces, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office, Mykhailo Podolyak, stated on Thursday. "It is impossible to say the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is protected after a totally pointless assault by using the Russians," he said. "This is one of the most serious threats in Europe today," Podolyak said.This comes hours after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces had been making an attempt to catch the Chernobyl nuclear plant. “Our defenders are giving their lives so that the tragedy of 1986 will not be repeated,” Zelenskyy stated…

26 Feb

Helpline Numbers Issued For Bengal Students, Citizens Stranded in Ukraine

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The Bengal authorities on Friday set up a manipulate room to help college students and human beings from the state, who are presently stranded in war-hit Ukraine. A be aware issued through the state statistics and cultural affairs department stated the 12-hour manipulate room will be purposeful from 9am. "It has been opened below a senior IAS officer and manned by way of WBCS officers for supporting and assisting college students and people stranded from West Bengal in Ukraine," the be aware said. Families of those, who are caught in the war-torn country, can contact authorities on 2214-3526, 1070. The…

25 Feb

Delhi to lift all Covid checks, schools to go completely offline from April 1

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As Covid positivity price in the metropolis continues to hover round 1 per cent or less, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Friday determined to elevate all restrictions imposed in the national capital. It has additionally allowed faculties to discontinue online/hybrid lessons in favour of physical instructions from April 1. Sources stated the new pointers are probably to come into impact from Monday, February 28. The authority has additionally reduced the fines imposed for mask violations and non-adherence to social distancing to Rs five hundred from Rs 2,000. The metropolis will be free of all restrictions like night time…

25 Feb

‘Modi govt’s strategic mistakes…’: Rahul Gandhi’s veiled attack at Centre amid Imran Khan’s go to to Russia

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Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a veiled attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre as Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan visits Russia amid the ongoing Ukraine crisis. Taking to Twitter, the former Congress chief shared a number of information headlines suggesting of China and Pakistan coming collectively and Beijing assisting Islamabad to ally with Moscow. "This government’s strategic mistakes will show to be very costly (sic), he tweeted. Rahul Gandhi, who is fiercely vital of the Modi government's foreign policy, had beforehand this month accused the Centre of "bringing China and Pakistan" together. Speaking…

25 Feb

Russia-Ukraine emergency: Russia prepared to talk if Ukraine armed force ‘sets down arms’

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday Moscow was prepared for talks if Ukraine's army surrendered, as he insisted that invading forces had been looking to free the U.S.A from "oppression". Russian President Vladimir Putin "took the selection to conduct a exceptional navy operation to demilitarise and de-Nazify Ukraine so that, freed from oppression, Ukrainians themselves may want to freely determine their future", Lavrov stated at a press conference in Moscow. The comment recommended that Moscow intends to overthrow the Ukrainian authorities with its invasion. Lavrov said Moscow was geared up for talks with Kyiv if the Ukrainian military surrenders.…

25 Feb

’30 Hours In Metro Station, Bombs Falling’: Indian Student In Ukraine

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Videos of Indian college students in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion show them asking for help to return home. Some students have no longer left their apartments, while others have moved to underground metro rail stations that ought to serve as bomb shelters. Some 16,000 Indians are in Ukraine, most of them students.In one such video, an Indian student is heard soliciting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to make swift arrangements to evacuate Indians. The student, Manish Jaiswal, is reading medication in Ukraine and is from UP's Ballia. "We sense helpless. Three-four bombs…

25 Feb

Supreme Court Rejects BJP’s Plea To Deploy Central Forces For West Bengal Municipal Polls

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The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea of BJP leaders towards the Calcutta High Court directing the State Election Commissioner to have a look at the floor situation in each of the 108 West Bengal municipalities going to polls on February 27, and take a selection on deployment of central paramilitary forces.A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant told senior recommend PS Patwalia, acting for BJP leaders Mousumi Roy and Pratap Banerjee, "Sorry. We are not inclined to entertain this petition". Mr Patwalia said that large scale violence and irregularities have been suggested all through previous…

25 Feb

BCCI might request that Wriddhiman Saha clarify break of agreement condition with remarks on Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid

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The BCCI might are searching for an explanation from veteran keeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha about his current outburst targetting Board President Sourav Ganguly and head coach Rahul Dravid after being dropped from the Indian crew as it feels he violated the protocols for centrally-contracted cricketers. It is learnt that Saha, who is crew B of central contracts with an annual retainership of Rs three crore, is in violation of clause 6.3. "Player shall no longer make any remarks about the game, officials, incidents that befell in the game, use of technology, selection matters or any other be counted associated to the…

25 Feb

Earthquake of 6.2 magnitudes hits Sumatra Island of Indonesia

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Indonesia’s 17,000 islands are vulnerable to frequent earthquakes as the country falls in the Pacific Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped belt of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Indonesian Agency for Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysics (BMKG) said that Earthquake of 6.2 magnitudes hits near the western coast of Sumatra Island of Indonesia. The earthquake's epicentre was on land and had no tsunami potential. As per United States Geological Survey (USGS), the seismic event occurred at a depth of 12.3 km at 7.09am (local time). There were no reports about of casualties or structural damages till now.