In focus, 25th Mar 2022, News & Stories from India

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25 Mar 2022

In focus, 25 Mar 2022

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25 Mar 2022 9:24 PM

The copper and steel installation art was created near Alibag's freshly beautified Kankeshwar Junction to commemorate Ravi Shashtri's spin bowling and all-rounder cricketing fame. — By arrangement

Ravi Shastri’s Champion of Champions installation unveiled at “Alibag”

This was the 37th anniversary of Ravi Shastri being awarded Champion of Champions at the competition

25 Mar 2022 9:04 PM

US President Joe Biden gestures ahead of a European Union (EU) summit at EU Headquarters in Brussels on March 24, 2022. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Biden to visit near Ukraine-Poland border in show of solidarity

At an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday NATO announced the deployment of further troops to Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria

25 Mar 2022 1:37 PM

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi (Twitter/@DrSJaishankar)

India, China foreign ministers hold talks

The Chinese foreign minister arrived in Delhi on Thursday evening

25 Mar 2022 12:56 PM

Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe into Birbhum killings

The court directed an SIT formed by the West Bengal government to hand over case papers and accused persons arrested by it to the CBI

25 Mar 2022 12:14 PM

A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Covid-19 preventive vaccine to a student in the age group of 12 to 14 years, at a vaccination centre, in New Delhi, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

India reports 1,685 new COVID-19 cases, 83 fatalities

A reduction of 897 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

25 Mar 2022 11:04 AM

The petrol and diesel in Delhi will cost Rs 97.81 per litre and Rs 89.07 per litre respectively today. (PTI)

Petrol, diesel prices hiked, third increase in four days

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise per litre each on Tuesday and Wednesday

25 Mar 2022 10:35 AM

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi speaks at the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation, at the Parliament House in Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP)

Chinese foreign minister lands for tense India tour

Wang to meet Jaishankar, Doval today, no meeting with PM Modi

25 Mar 2022 7:40 AM

Members of the UN Security Council vote to abstain from a resolution proposed by the Russian Federation and therefore preventing its passage during a meeting of the UN Security Council, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. (AP)

India abstains from voting on Russia-led UNSC resolution

According to these reports, the Russian-tabled draft resolution made no reference to its invasion of Ukraine

25 Mar 2022 3:56 AM

A man carries shopping bags as heavy smoke from a warehouse destroyed by Russian bombardment casts shadows on the road outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Putin’s Ukraine war goes beyond just war-fighting

It’s not classically conventional and is veering towards combinations: hybrid, conventional and grey zone, all rolled in one

25 Mar 2022 2:57 AM

Since the immediate threat of large scale drop-outs has been avoided, governments across India now need to focus on the medium-term and long-term prospects of the education system. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Lakshita Joshi | Enrolment jump in govt schools a chance to boost public education

The priority during a crisis like this should be to ensure that children do not drop out of the education system

25 Mar 2022 2:29 AM

Australia's Ashleigh Barty speaks during a press conference in Brisbane on March 24, 2022, after she announced her retirement from tennis. (AFP)

AA Edit | Never say never again

Ashleigh Barty, the World women’s No. 1 player, has announced, for the 2nd time, that she is hanging up her racquet

25 Mar 2022 1:38 AM

The government, however, has been realistic and careful enough not to declare that the virus and the pandemic no longer exist. (Representational Image/ AFP)

AA Edit | India's Covid curbs to go, but caution still advisable

Two years and three waves later, the daily caseload of Covid-19 has gone below 2,000 from a high of four lakhs at the crest of the pandemic

25 Mar 2022 1:02 AM

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi. (ANI Photo)

India slams OIC for resorting to 'falsehoods and misrepresentation'

The reaction by the MEA came a day after the OIC at its foreign ministerial meeting in Pakistan criticised India for its policy on Kashmir

25 Mar 2022 12:37 AM

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