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A girl wearing a mask walks near India Gate in New Delhi. A high number of children and adolescents are contracting the novel coronavirus in the second wave (Photo: PTI)

Over 1.9 million kids in India lost parent or caregiver to COVID-19:...

The new study suggests that globally, two out of three children orphaned from are adolescents aged 10 to 17 years

25 Feb 2022 12:48 PM IST

China is attempting to impose its agenda in Southeast Asia by establishing its Confucius Institutes (CIs). (Photo: ANI)

China using 'cultural appropriation' to expand soft borders: Report

Cultural appropriation happens when someone from one culture adopts another culture's style

25 Feb 2022 12:33 PM IST

Ukrainian soldiers take positions in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital Friday after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides in an attack that could rewrite the global post-Cold War security order. (AP Photo)

Pope Francis voices concern in unusual step

Ukraine pleads for help as Russian missiles pound Kyiv

25 Feb 2022 12:06 PM IST

Demonstrators protest Russias military action in Ukraine, at Roddick Gates in Montreal. (Photo: AP)

Dialogue, diplomacy best way forward to defuse Ukraine crisis: India

EAM Jaishankar stressed that India has been in touch with all parties concerned as part of overall global efforts to...

25 Feb 2022 11:08 AM IST

A wholesale vendor displays Rapid Antigen Test kits at his outlet in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India records over 13,000 fresh Covid cases, 302 deaths

The daily COVID-19 cases have remained less than one lakh for 19 consecutive days

25 Feb 2022 10:00 AM IST

$\Stand With Ukraine\ is projected on the wall of UN headquarters. (Photo: AP)$ World

UN gives $20 million to scale up Ukraine humanitarian aid

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said the $20 million will support emergency operations along the contact line

25 Feb 2022 9:47 AM IST

Commuters drive past the National Stock Exchange (NSE) building in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

CBI arrests ex-NSE GOO over irregularities in National Stock Exchange

Subramanian was questioned for days in Chennai before the agency decided to arrest him, the officials said

25 Feb 2022 9:15 AM IST

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. (AFP)

Indranil Banerjie | Flashpoint Ukraine: Cold War thinking still...

The global order, democracy and world peace are under threat and the West is determined to prevent this from happening

25 Feb 2022 3:39 AM IST

Indian Air Force Chief V.R. Chaudhari . (Twitter)

China's space tech a threat: IAF

In January, China's Shij-ian-21 satellite physically moved a disabled Chinese satellite, altering its geostationary...

25 Feb 2022 2:55 AM IST

President Joe Biden speaks about the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP)

Biden hits Russia with new sanctions, says Putin 'chose' war

The sanctions target Russian banks, oligarchs, and high-tech sectors, Biden said

25 Feb 2022 2:44 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

PM Modi speaks to Russian President, appeals for 'immediate cessation...

The conversation took place just hours after New Delhi activated its contingency plans and began efforts for evacuation...

25 Feb 2022 2:26 AM IST

Ukraines ambassador to India, Igor Polikha. (Twitter)

Ukraine seeks Modi's help to dissuade Putin

Ukraine's ambassador to India, Igor Polikha, on Thursday 'pleaded' for direct Indian mediation to solve the Ukraine...

25 Feb 2022 1:37 AM IST