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US didn't cut off Russia from SWIFT to prevent unwanted consequences

SWIFT is a global cooperative of financial institutions that began in 1973

IOC urges sports bodies to cancel events in Russia and Belarus: Report

Volleyball and shooting both have world championships scheduled to be held in Russia; there is also a World Cup qualifying playoff match against Poland scheduled for March 24 in Moscow

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Food prices set to zoom on threat to shipments

Ukraine and Russia together account for more than a quarter of the global trade in wheat, as well as a fifth of corn sales

Why's Buddha frowning

Would it have been so simple for Russia to crush Ukraine if it hadn't given up its nuclear stockpile in 1994? India was prescient to declare itself a nuclear-armed state

Key Russian oil shipping rate triples amid Ukraine crisis, says report

The rate to book an Aframax vessel to load at one of Russia's Baltic Sea ports to western Europe almost tripled on Thursday

Oil shock: Economy will suffer, but less reason to worry than in the past

The fear now is that consumers will take longer to come out of their shell, growth will moderate and full recovery from the effects of the pandemic will be stretched out even longer, writes T N Ninan

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Higher radiation levels reported at Chernobyl

The still-radioactive site of the 1986 nuclear disaster lies some 100 kilometres from Kyiv

Ukraine crisis: Bitcoin jumps more than 11%; Russian stocks & ruble rise

Other digital coins including ether and XRP saw solid gains as well

Ukraine crisis: World fine-tuning Russia sanctions; EU targets Putin

President Putin signed treaties with leaders of DPR and LPR on February 21, recognising the two regions of Ukraine as independent

Russia ready to hold talks once Ukrainian Army lays down arms: Lavrov

Putin said the Russian military operation aims to ensure a demilitarisation of Ukraine and urged Ukrainian servicemen to immediately put down arms and go home

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Volodymyr Zelensky says he's target number 1

Ukraine's Defence Ministry on Friday said more than 1,000 Russian servicemen have been killed so far in the conflict

Channi requests Jaishankar for safe evacuation of Indians from Ukraine

SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal, AAP's Bhagwant Mann and Punjab Lok Congress president Amarinder Singh also appealed to the Centre to ensure their safe return

Ready to hold 'high-level negotiations' with Ukraine, Putin tells Xi

Around the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday reiterated his call for Russian President Putin to hold talks and stop the conflict

'It was planned': Pak FM justifies PM's Russia visit amid Ukraine crisis

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the latest situation didn't come up in a day but was a result of an evolving crisis over a period of time, and the visit was not related to the Ukraine

LIVE: Putin calls on Ukrainian military to seize power to better negotiate

'It will be easier for us to agree if you take power in your hands,' says Russian President to Ukrainian servicemen

Russia-Ukraine war throws out Elon Musk from coveted $200 bn club

The Tesla CEO's net worth was roughly $199 billion while Bezos' net worth was around $176 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires' index

Foreign minister Jaishankar, Ukrainian counterpart discuss ongoing crisis

'Received call from Ukrainian FM @DmytroKuleba. He shared his assessment of the current situation. I emphasised that India supports diplomacy and dialogue as the way out,' said Jaishankar in a Tweet

Russia-Ukraine crisis set to worsen global chip shortage: Experts

The worldwide chip shortage will exist well into the last part of 2022, and possibly even 2023, according to the latest US Commerce Department report on semiconductor supply chain

Ukraine crisis: 'Raw material prices may see rise; steel output to be hit'

Amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the commodity and raw material prices will see a steady increase and this will in turn impact the input cost of steel production, the Indian Steel Association said.

EAM Jaishankar receives phone call from Ukrainian foreign minister

Ahead of the crucial vote at the UN Security Council on the Russian attack on Ukraine, the country's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Friday spoke to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and shared his assessment of the current situation in Ukraine. Jaishankar said he emphasised that India supports diplomacy and dialogue as the "way out". "Received call from Ukrainian FM @DmytroKuleba. He shared his assessment of the current situation.I emphasised that India supports diplomacy & dialogue as the way out," Jaishankar tweeted. "Discussed predicament of Indian nationals, including students. Appreciate his support for their safe return," he added. The UN Security Council is scheduled to vote on Friday evening on a draft resolution on Russia's military operation in Ukraine as well as the escalating situation in the eastern European country. The draft resolution is set to condemn in the strongest terms Russia's military operation in Ukraine that has triggered strong outrage by the ...