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Russia restricts flow of funds to 'unfriendly' countries, regions

Russia has imposed restrictions on the movement of funds that could be transferred to "unfriendly" countries and regions, its central bank has said.

Less than 100 kms from Ukraine, Joe Biden sees refugee crisis in Poland

More than 3.5 million Ukrainians have fled the country since the Feb 24 invasion, including about 2.2 million to Poland, according to the United Nations

Russia announces completion of 1st stage of military operation in Ukraine

The main tasks of the first stage of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine have been completed in general, the Russian military has said.

Top headlines: India eyes Mercosur for sunflower oil, mixed reviews on CUET

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Russia had its own problems and fault lines in handling 'NATO expansion'

In certain quarters it was believed in the early nineties that Russia was almost trapped into believing that it could even join NATO

Russia carried out 30 attacks on Ukrainian medical facilities: Report

The Associated Press has independently documented at least 34 assaults on Ukrainian medical facilities by Russian forces. AP journalists in Ukraine have seen firsthand the deadly results of Russian strikes on civilian targets, including the final moments of children whose bodies were shredded by shrapnel and dozens of corpses heaped into mass graves. AP journalists outside Ukraine have confirmed the details of other attacks by interviewing survivors and independently verifying war zone videos and photos posted online. The accounting is part of the War Crimes Watch Ukraine project, a broader effort by AP and PBS Frontline to track evidence of potential war crimes for the duration of the conflict. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights confirms at least 1,035 civilians, including 90 children, have died and another 1,650 civilians have been wounded since the war started a month ago. Those numbers are certainly an undercount since scores of bodies now lie under the rubb

Russia-Ukraine war: India eyes Mercosur deal to import crude sunflower oil

May have to reduce import duty, scrap strict requirements for S. American bloc

Russia-Ukraine war behind fuel price rise, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Says India probably only country that didn't resort to new taxes to fund recovery

US, European Union strike LNG deal to undercut Russian energy

The EU is aiming to cut its dependency on Russian gas by two-thirds this year and end all Russian fossil fuel imports by 2027 due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

India targeting over 30-odd Russian-Ukrainian markets to ship local wheat

Exporters say they aren't merely looking to serve a stop-gap requirement but want to become credible long-term suppliers

Bank of England sketches out first regulatory approach to crypto

Cryptoassets have come under the regulatory spotlight amid concerns they could be used to circumvent financial sanctions imposed on Russia since its invasion of Ukraine

Commodity prices set for 'best year since 1915': Report

A flurry of factors, such as the pandemic, lockdowns, civil unrest, war, excess monetary and fiscal stimulus and broken supply chains have resulted in epic inflation, BofA analysts said

Ukraine forces advance near Kyiv; Russia hints at scaled-back war aims

Moscow hinted it was scaling back its ambitions in Ukraine to focus on territory claimed by Russian-backed separatists as Ukrainian forces went on the offensive, recapturing towns on outskirts of Kyiv

Kremlin's defined limits

Why didn't Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and others become economic powerhouses?

Russian forces cut off Ukraine's Chernihiv city, says mayor

City authorities had resorted to delivering water to districts in whatever containers they could find, while residents had to cook on open fires outside their homes

Ukraine crisis: Spotify says it will suspend service in Russia

The service is expected to end in early April, according to one person with knowledge of the situation

Indices decline for third day; FPIs sell shares worth Rs 1,507 crore

But their domestic counterparts buy Rs 1,373 crore of stocks

Gold prices head for weekly rise on safe-haven demand

Spot silver XAG= fell 0.3% to $25.44 per ounce, but was on track for a weekly rise of about 2%

Russia-Ukraine war: RBI board discusses geopolitical impact on economy

Sources say Indian banks have small exposure to the two warring countries; but oil price surge above $100/bbl mark could impact India's current account deficit and inflation

China seeks bumper wheat harvest amid fears of global food crisis

The notice comes as Chinese authorities spare no effort to raise domestic production in spring ploughing season, which started from early April