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Mere idea of nuclear conflict is simply inconceivable, says Antonio Guterres at emergency special session of UN General Assembly

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Delhi reports 258 new Covid cases

Delhi reported 258 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases in the city to 1,845. Delhi government said in its health bulletin that the positivity rate is 0.71 per cent.

 

No COVID-19 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. With 499 more recoveries in the last 24 hours, the total COVID-19 recoveries in the national capital have gone up to 18,31,925.

 

The bulletin said 167 COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospitals.

 

A total of 7,563 beneficiaries were vaccinated against the disease in the last 24 hours. Of these, 918 took their first dose and 6,341 their second dose. The bulletin said 1,935 beneficiaries in the 15 to 17 age group were vaccinated in the last 24 hours while 304 precaution doses were also given to the eligible beneficiaries.

10:20 PM

Negotiations between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine have ended: Sputnik

Negotiations between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine have ended: Sputnik

9:56 PM

Three Assam students from Ukraine arrive in Delhi

Three more students from Assam stranded in war-torn Ukraine arrived in New Delhi on Monday while four others have left for Budapest airport and will board an India-bound flight, an official release said.

 

A total of 13 of at least 124 estimated students from the state in Ukraine have so far arrived in India.

 

The three students arrived in New Delhi at 5:20 pm and they were received by Assam government officials at the airport. The three students -Deepshikha Das, Prayash Sharma, and Avnish Phukan- were pursuing an education in medicine in the war-ravaged country. They will be staying in Assam House in Delhi and their air travel to Guwahati will be arranged accordingly.

9:41 PM

Stocks fall, ruble dives as Russia sanctions hit world markets

The Russian ruble fell to fresh record lows on Monday while world stocks slid and oil prices jumped, as the West ramped up sanctions against Russia over its Ukraine invasion, with steps including blocking banks from the SWIFT global payments system.

 

Russia's central bank hiked its key interest rate to 20% from 9.5% to bolster the ruble and fight inflation. Authorities told export-focused companies to be ready to sell foreign currency as the ruble slid 32% before recouping about half its losses.

 

As an economic crisis loomed in Russia, the fallout of tougher sanctions from the West imposed over the weekend rippled across financial markets, especially in Europe, where the pan-regional STOXX 600 index slid 1.10%.

 

9:34 PM

Action plans were being made by Ukraine and Georgia to join NATO: Russia at UNGA

9:33 PM

Moscow has no plans to occupy Ukraine, Russia's UN envoy says: Sputnik

Moscow has no plans to occupy Ukraine, Russia's UN envoy says: Sputnik

9:33 PM

Air India Express flight to bring back about 182 Indian nationals on Tuesday

Air India Express, the low-cost international budget arm of Air India, has said it is operating a flight to Bucharest in Romania to fly back the Indian evacuees from war-torn Ukraine.

 

Air India Express flight, IX-1201, which departed from the city's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport at 1.50 pm on Monday, is expected to arrive here with 182 Indian nationals the next day, the airline said in a statement.

 

The flight is expected to reach Romanian capital Bucharest at 6:15 pm (local time), and depart from there for India at 7.15 pm (local time). The flight will have a stopover at Kuwait for refuelling, before arriving at Mumbai airport on Tuesday.

 

Meanwhile, an official advisory stated that Air India Express' evacuation flight from Bucharest is expected to arrive in Mumbai at 6.20 am on Tuesday. It also said that Union Minister for MSME, Narayan Rane will receive the second batch of home-bound Indians on its arrival at the airport here.

9:28 PM

We demand Russia to unconditionally withdraw its forces: Ukraine at UNGA emergency meeting

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PM chairs high level meetings on Ukraine; MEA says 8,000 Indians returned so far

Stepping up its efforts to evacuate thousands of Indians stuck in Ukraine, the government on Monday decided to send four Union ministers to the neighbouring countries of the war-torn country to coordinate the evacuation process even as the external affairs ministry said nearly 8,000 nationals have returned in the last fortnight.

 

The decision to send Hardeep Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and V K Singh as "special envoys" of India to coordinate the evacuation process was taken at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who also held another high-level meeting in the evening on Ukraine, government sources said.

 

Official sources said Modi spoke to all four ministers personally to convey the decision that they will be coordinating evacuation efforts on the ground from the countries in Ukraine's neighbourhood.

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Ukraine solution possible only if Russia's security interests are considered: Putin tells Macron