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Hundreds of Indian Students in crisis-hit Ukraine

Hundreds of Indian Students in crisis-hit Ukraine

20,000+ Indians are presently in Ukraine out of which 18,000 are students. Ukraine to India flights have become costlier and are only available after 20th February. The latest updates are as following:- According to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 24% of overseas students in Ukraine are from India.Around 25 students from Indore, Madhya Pradesh are stuck in Ukraine. The MP of Indore's Lok Sabha Shankar Lalwani said, “He has written a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.”Around 1,000 students from Rajasthan are in Ukraine out of which 40 students are from Kota. Bundi's Congress leader Charmnesh…
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Volkswagen’s mid-size sedan will have its global unveil on March 8, 2022

Volkswagen’s mid-size sedan will have its global unveil on March 8, 2022

Volkswagen announced that its upcoming mid-size sedan will have its global premiere on 8th March for the Indian car market. There is much action that is happening in the mid-size sedan space with the Volkswagen offering, likely to be called Virtus, closely following on the heels of the Skoda Slavia that will also launched in March. In the past several months it is spotted on test runs across the country. The Volkswagen sedan is based on the MQB A0 IN platform which also underpins the Taigun SUV that was launched in the previous year. After the launched the sedan will…
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Russia says some troops pulling back from Ukraine border

Russia says some troops pulling back from Ukraine border

Moscow is starting to return some troops at the Ukrainian border to their bases, the Russian government announced Tuesday — but Ukraine's president and Western officials have urged caution over taking Russia's claims at face value. In a statement early Tuesday, Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, said troops that had recently been posted to Russia's southern and western military districts — which share a border with Ukraine — had completed their military drills and "have already begun loading onto rail and road transport and will begin moving to their military garrisons today." It came amid…
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Apex Medical body warns the Medical Aspirants

Apex Medical body warns the Medical Aspirants

The top medical education regulator of India NMC has issued its advisory for medical students after the Ministry of External Affairs warned against China universities that is offering admissions in medical colleges. The medical universities of China have informed that the courses will be conducted online because of Coronavirus expansion. The NMC has declared that the online medical courses will not be recognized by the commission. It has been said that, "It has come to the notice of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, that few universities in People's Republic of China have started issuing notices for admission…
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Winter Olympics Manager of Indian contingent tests positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Beijing

Winter Olympics Manager of Indian contingent tests positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Beijing

Manager for India’s Winter Olympics, Mohammad Abbas Wani has been tested positive for COVID-19 after the team’s arrival at Beijing Airport. Abbas Wani is a part of the six-member Indian delegation at the Winter Olympics for which Kashmir skier Arif Khan is the only athlete from the country to have qualified this time. Arif will be competing in Slalom and Giant Slalom events during the Games. The contingent also includes Harjinder Singh, Ludar Chand Thakur, Puran Chand as technician and Rop Chand Negi as its chef de mission, as alpine coach and as team official respectively. Indian Olympic Association (IOA)…
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Asian Games 2022 will take place from September 10 to September 25, 2022

Asian Games 2022 will take place from September 10 to September 25, 2022

The Asian Games 2022 will take place from September 10 to September 25, 2022, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China and there will be five co-host cities. The multi-sporting event will feature 40 sports with a total of 61 disciplines, including Olympic sports like swimming, archery, athletics, badminton, equestrian, fencing, football, hockey, judo, kabaddi, and much more. E-sports and breakdancing will debut in the 2022 Asian Games as full medal sports after being approved by the Olympic Council of Asia this year, while Cricket will be back at Asian Games in T20 format to raise the excitement of the viewers. India has…
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Pakistan’s new security policy seeks peace’ with India

Pakistan’s new security policy seeks peace’ with India

On January 14, Pakistan PM Imran Khan unveiled the countrys first National Security Policy, which purportedly focuses on the ‘security of its citizens. It aims to define the country's security priorities between 2022 and 2026, including relations with India. Prepared by the National Security Division of the government, the original version of the NSP remains a classified document. But a shorter public version stresses on human security, geoeconomics, regional connectivity, prosperity, trade and investment. It makes all the right noises and gives an impression of fresh thinking from the Pakistani establishment. The policy appears to be an expanded form of…
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New variant detected in France

New variant detected in France

The new Covid-19 variant, B.1.640, was detected by French researchers and is probably of Cameroonian origin, is not "circulating widely at the moment" and has so far been identified in less than 1 per cent of the samples sequenced in France, the World Health Organization said. The strain is known as the 'IHU' variant because it was first identified by academics at the IHU Mediterranee Infection Institute in Marseille, France, reports Xinhua news agency. At a press meet on Thursday, Maria van Kerkhove the technical lead for the WHO's Health Emergencies Program, said that it was first detected in September…
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Earthquake Hits Taiwan

Earthquake Hits Taiwan

On Monday evening, a strong earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau said, shaking felt in the capital Taipei but no immediate reports of damage. The epicentre was given in the sea 56 kilometres east of the coastal city of Hualien. The weather bureau said the quake measured 6.0 in magnitude and hit at the relatively shallow depth of 19 kilometers. The United States Geological Survey put the magnitude higher at 6.2. The weather bureau said no immediate reports of damage had come in. Taiwan is regularly hit by earthquakes as the island lies near…
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Biden has signed the National Defense Authorization Act

Biden has signed the National Defense Authorization Act

US President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law on Monday, authorizing $768.2 billion in military spending, including a 2.7% pay raise for service members, for 2022. The Act provides vital benefits and enhances access to justice for military personnel and their families, and includes critical authorities to support our countrys national defense, Biden said in a statement. The $768.2 billion price tag marks $25 billion more than Biden initially requested from Congress, a prior proposal that was rejected by members of both parties out of concerns it would undermine U.S. efforts to keep pace militarily with…
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