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People fleeing from Ukraine leave the border crossing in Palanca, Moldova, Friday, March 4, 2022. (AP)

Russia declares ceasefire, opens humanitarian corridors for civilians...

The opening up of the corridors would enable residents of Mariupol and Volnovakha to leave the war-torn areas

5 March 2022 12:47 PM IST

Beijing has poured billions of dollars into defence modernisation in recent years as it aims to transform its huge military into a world-class force. (AFP)

China says military spending to grow 7.1 percent in 2022

Some 1.45 trillion yuan ($230 billion) has been set aside for national defence, according to a government budget report

5 March 2022 11:32 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a flag raising ceremony on the ferry Marshal Rokossovsky via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on March 4, 2022. (Alexey NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Putin denies Russia bombing Ukrainian cities

Putin confirmed that Russia is open to dialogue with the Ukrainian side, as well as with everyone who wants peace in...

5 March 2022 7:33 AM IST

Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan. (Photo:PTI)

Pakistan likely to remain on FATF's grey list for four more months:...

Pakistan has been on the grey list of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force since June 2018

4 March 2022 2:32 PM IST

An image grab from footage obtained from a livestream from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Authority on March 4, 2022 shows multiple blasts at key a Ukrainian nuclear plant in Zaporizhzhia from Russian shelling. (Photo: AFP)

Fire out at Ukraine's key nuclear plant amid Russian attacks

Ukraine's state nuclear regulator said that no changes in radiation levels have been recorded so far

4 March 2022 8:44 AM IST

Andrey Goncharuk, a member of the territorial defense speaks to a man in the backyard of a house damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Ukraine update: Russia seizes Kherson, key southern Ukraine city after...

Moscow's victory in Kherson comes one week after Russian President Vladimir Putin's army marched into Ukraine from the...

3 March 2022 12:30 PM IST

The H-1B visa programme is the most sought-after work visa among foreign professionals, including Indians. (Representational image)

Legislation introduced in US Senate to reform and stop abuse of H-1B...

The H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act will reduce fraud and abuse, provide protections for American workers and visa holders

3 March 2022 10:26 AM IST

A family arrive at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, after fleeing from the Ukraine. (AP/Markus Schreiber)

Ukraine updates: Refugee count tops 1 million; Russians besiege...

The tally from the UN agency amounts to more than 2 percent of Ukraine's population being forced out of the country in...

3 March 2022 9:01 AM IST

Firefighters extinguishing a fire in the Kharkiv regional police department building, which is said was hit by recent shelling, in Kharkiv on March 2, 2022. (AFP)

Ukraine updates: Russian troops land in Kharkiv

Russian forces have carried out massive bombing and encircled urban centres, but Ukraine insists no major city has yet...

2 March 2022 1:14 PM IST

The ban will be efefctive for passenger and cargo flights, and scheduled as well as charter flights. (Representational image: Wikimedia)

U.S. to ban Russian flights from American airspace

The U.S. Transportation Department Federal Aviation Administration orders will take effect by the end of the day...

2 March 2022 10:34 AM IST

People walk past a queue of cars heading to the Poland border near Shehyni, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavlo Palamarchuk)

Russia-Ukraine War: US President says won't engage in conflict with...

Biden, while extending support to Kyiv in the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict, condemning Russia's 'premeditated attack'...

2 March 2022 8:51 AM IST

A view of the central square following shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Russia on Tuesday stepped up shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraines second-largest city, pounding civilian targets there. Casualties mounted and reports emerged that more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed after Russian artillery recently hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, the capital. AP/PTI

''Undisguised terror'': Russia's Kharkiv strike chills Ukraine

An emergency official said the bodies of at least six people had been pulled from the ruins, and at least 20 other...

1 March 2022 10:02 PM IST