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India’s vote did not really matter in the end, because Russia as a permanent UNSC member has a veto, which it used, and it was known the condemnation would fail. (AP)

Aakar Patel | Vote to abstain at UN will hurt India as it fails to live up to ideals

India’s foreign policy under the current government has not been able to find its rhythm because it doesn’t have a theme

01 Mar 2022 6:59 AM

Indian nationals board a special Air India flight, evacuating Indians from war-torn Ukraine, in Budapest. (Photo: PTI)

Govt allows some exemptions in Covid guidelines for those arriving from Ukraine

Those arriving have been exempted from pre-boarding RT-PCR test, providing Covid vaccination certificates

28 Feb 2022 4:19 PM

Indian students in Ukraine show the Indian flag before being evacuated. (Photo: ANI)

Ukraine crisis: Sixth flight with 240 stranded Indians departs from Budapest

The union government has launched Operation Ganga to bring back stranded students and Indian citizens

28 Feb 2022 2:40 PM

A member of Ukrainian forces patrols the streets at Maidan square in Kyiv, on February 27, 2022. (AFP)

Stranded Indian citizens in Kyiv asked to move to railway station for onward journey

Indian embassy in Ukraine said the weekend curfew in Kyiv has been lifted and they can go to the railway station to get out of the city

28 Feb 2022 1:36 PM

Indian nationals, evacuated from war-torn Ukraine, upon their arrival at the IGI Airport in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Ukraine crisis: PM Modi chairs meeting, four ministers to help in evacuating Indians

Union ministers Hardeep Puri, Scindia, Rijiju and V K Singh will travel to Ukraine's neighbouring countries for the evacuation mission

28 Feb 2022 11:24 AM

More batches of Indian students enter Hungary from Ukrainian side at Zahony crossing, travelling onward to Budapest for return to India by AI flight. (PTI)

PM Modi chairs crisis meet as 15K Indians still stuck in war zone

Indians fleeing the war zone have been asked to prominently display the tricolour on their buses to escape amid confusion

28 Feb 2022 6:51 AM

Indian nationals on board a special Air India flight as people stranded in war-torn Ukraine are evacuated, in Romania, Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Air India evacuation flights costing Rs 7-8 lakh per hour: Source

The airline is operating the services with wide-body Boeing 787 plane, better known as Dreamliner

27 Feb 2022 3:55 PM

A man holds a placard as people gather at Tokyo's Shibuya area to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Photo: AFP)

Ukraine crisis updates: Ukraine calls for Russia to lose UN Security Council seat

Russia is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, giving it veto power over resolutions

27 Feb 2022 2:35 PM

Indian nationals, evacuated from war-torn Ukraine, upon their arrival at the IGI Airport, in New Delhi, early Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Air India flights carrying 490 Indian evacuees land in Delhi

India on Saturday began the evacuation of its stranded citizens amid the Russian military offensive in Ukraine

27 Feb 2022 2:11 PM

The students who reached the border point on Saturday pleaded for help to put an end to their ordeal and the uncertainty over their evacuation. Image credit: Twitter/@IndiainUkraine)

Indian students hoping for exit through Poland stuck at border in freezing cold

Sleeping in parks in temperature below minus 4 degrees, their food stocks dwindling and their phone batteries dying

27 Feb 2022 1:45 PM

People take part in a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (AP)

Manish Tewari | Gloves off as New Iron Curtain falls on world

In his rather rambling walk through the park of history Vladimir Putin tried to lay out his much flawed case for the aggression on Ukraine

27 Feb 2022 1:43 AM

Ukrainian soldiers take positions outside a military facility after an explosion in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Ukraine Update: Russian troops enter Ukraine's second city, fighting under way

Russia unleashed a wave of attacks on Ukraine targeting airfields and fuel facilities in what appeared to be the next phase of invasion

26 Feb 2022 1:32 PM

The exercise 'Cobra Warrior' is scheduled to take place from March 6-27 at Waddington in the United Kingdom. (ANI Photo)

IAF decides not to send aircraft to multilateral air exercise in UK

Though the IAF did not clearly mention the reasons for the pull-out, it is learnt that the crisis in Ukraine prompted the decision

26 Feb 2022 12:20 PM

Ukrainian soldiers take position on a bridge inside the city of Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Street fighting begins in Kyiv; people urged to seek shelter

The clashes followed two days of fighting that resulted in hundreds of casualties and pummeled bridges, schools and apartment buildings

26 Feb 2022 12:10 PM

India is dispatching two Air India evacuation flights one each from Delhi and Mumbai. (PTI Photo)

Air India flights to bring Indians from Romania

Sources said the first batch of Indian students have already left for the Ukraine/Romania border

26 Feb 2022 12:15 AM

A Ukrainian firefighter walks between at fragments of a downed aircraft seen in in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo: AP)

Russia bans UK flights over its airspace after sanctions

Rosaviatsiya said that all flights by the U.K. carriers to Russia as well as transit flights are banned starting Friday

25 Feb 2022 2:48 PM

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

Demonstrators protest Russia's 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 bring down the tensions

25 Feb 2022 11:08 AM

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

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

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

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