Technology, Mobiles tabs, 1st Mar 2022, News & Stories from India

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PR/Ambassador of India to United Nations TS Tirumurti speaks during the UNSC meeting, in New York. (PTI Photo)

Ready to help those from neighbouring, developing nations stranded in Ukraine: India

Tirumurti voiced deep concern for the safety and security of thousands of Indian citizens, including students, stranded in Ukraine

01 Mar 2022 10:54 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting Tuesday evening on the Ukraine crisis. (ANI file photo)

PM Modi chairs meet on Ukraine issue

Modi has asserted that his government's top priority is to ensure safety and evacuation of Indian students

01 Mar 2022 10:18 PM

A view of the central square following shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Russia on Tuesday stepped up shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, pounding civilian targets there. Casualties mounted and reports emerged that more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed after Russian artillery recently hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, the capital. AP/PTI

''Undisguised terror'': Russia's Kharkiv strike chills Ukraine

An emergency official said the bodies of at least six people had been pulled from the ruins, and at least 20 other people were injured

01 Mar 2022 10:02 PM

"A student Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, a native of Chalageri in Haveri district, died in the shelling," the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority commissioner Dr Manoj Rajan told reporters. (Image: Twitter/NasirKhuehami)

Indian student killed in heavy Russian shelling in Kharkiv

The student was a native of Chalageri in Karnataka's Haveri district, a state government official said

01 Mar 2022 3:30 PM

Indian students stuck in Shehyni, Lviv Oblast before crossing the Ukraine-Poland border, as part of evacuating Indians from war-torn Ukraine. (Photo: PTI)

Indian embassy in Ukraine asks Indians to leave Kyiv 'urgently'

In an advisory, it asked the citizens to leave Kyiv by available trains or any other means

01 Mar 2022 2:33 PM

The graves of 12 civilians, killed by Indian army soldiers on Dec. 4, lie in a row in Oting village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland. (Photo: AP/File)

Nagaland SIT report ready on violent border incident: State minister

The minister, V Kashiho Sangtam, added that the forensic report is awaited after which the SIT will submit its finding

01 Mar 2022 2:18 PM

The revenues for February 2022 are 18 per cent higher than the GST revenues in the same month last year. (Photo: PTI/File)

GST collection up 18 per cent at over Rs 1.33 lakh crore in Feb

The February mop-up was impacted by the Omicron wave that swept through the country

01 Mar 2022 2:11 PM

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. (Bloomberg)

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's son Zain passes away at 26

Nadella asked executives to hold the family in their thoughts and prayers while giving them space to grieve privately

01 Mar 2022 12:59 PM

In order to scale up the ongoing evacuation efforts under Operational Ganga, PM Modi has called for the IAF to join the exercise. (Twitter)

Ukraine crisis: PM Modi asks Air Force to evacuate stranded Indians

The IAF is likely to deploy several C-17 aircraft as part of Operation Ganga from Tuesday

01 Mar 2022 12:52 PM

Pricing for the Nokia C2 2nd edition will be available shortly. (Photo: PTI/File)

Nokia C2 2nd edition with metal frame unveiled

As per GSM Arena, it is a successor to the original C2, but improvements are offset by downgrades

01 Mar 2022 11:46 AM

Indian nationals hold the tricolour before boarding a special Air India flight, evacuating Indians from war-torn Ukraine, in Budapest. (PTI Photo)

India's evacuation programme most active among all nations: Govt sources

There has been criticism from some quarters, especially opposition parties, over the alleged delay in India's response to evacuate Indians

01 Mar 2022 11:45 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI/File)

PM Modi briefs President Kovind on Ukraine crisis

The government has launched 'Operation Ganga' to evacuate Indian citizens from Ukraine

01 Mar 2022 11:24 AM

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. (Representational image)

United States reaches 65,000 H-1B visa cap for 2022: USCIS

The H-1B visa programme is the most sought-after work visa among foreign professionals, including Indians

01 Mar 2022 11:22 AM

The Security Council holds a meeting to address the invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations headquarters on February 28, 2022 in New York City. (AFP)

Isolated Russia defends Ukraine war at UN General Assembly

A vote is expected Wednesday, and it must reach a two-thirds threshold to pass

01 Mar 2022 10:13 AM

Nuvaxovid vaccines against the Covid-19 coronavirus are seen in a refrigerator at the CIZ Tegel vaccination center in Berlin. (Photo: AFP)

India reports 6,915 new Covid infections; active cases below 1 lakh after two months

A reduction of 10,129 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

01 Mar 2022 9:53 AM

Students show the thumbs-up sign before boarding the flight in Bucharest. (Photo: Twitter/@DrSJaishankar)

Air India flight carrying 182 Indians nationals from Ukraine lands in Mumbai

The AI Express flight IX-1202 from Bucharest via Kuwait touched down the runway at 7.40 am

01 Mar 2022 9:19 AM

Women holding their identification cards, wait in a queue to cast their vote during the first phase of Manipur Assembly Elections, in Manipur. (PTI Photo)

Manipur polls: 78 pc voting in Phase-1 amid sporadic violence

There were reports of poll violence in Heingang, the constituency of chief minister N. Biren Singh

01 Mar 2022 8:59 AM

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi welcomes Indian nationals, evacuated from war-torn Ukraine, upon their arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)

India sends four ministers to oversee evacuations

Delhi abstains in yet another vote, on special UN general Assembly session

01 Mar 2022 8:35 AM

Ukrainian police rush a traveler to the railway station terminal during an airstrike alarm in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Ukraine updates: East Ukraine city Mariupol loses power after Russian assaults

Kremlin has again raised the specter of nuclear war, announcing that its nuclear-capable weapons have all been put on high alert

01 Mar 2022 7:30 AM

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

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