Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: Russian Forces Shoot At Evacuating Civilians, Kill 7, Says Ukraine's Defense Ministry
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the leaders of France and Germany to help secure the release of the mayor of Melitopol who Kyiv says was abducted by invading Russian forces: AFP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will shortly launch Khel Mahakumbh 2022 at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad
Ukraine’s military: Russian occupiers seize eastern outskirts of Mariupol. According to Ukraine’s armed forces, the Russian forces are attempting to seize the cities of Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, and Severodenetsk, Luhansk Oblast.
Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi has called a meeting of the party's parliamentary strategy group at 10.30 am at 10 Janpath tomorrow
Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting to be held tomorrow at 4PM at AICC office in Delhi, to discuss poll debacle in 5 states and current political situation, ANI reported.
Congress leader CM Ibrahim tenders his resignation to the party's interim president Sonia Gandhi.
Ukraine says mosque housing 80 civilians shelled in Mariupol, AFP reported.
PM Narendra Modi dedicates to the nation the building of Rashtriya Raksha University in Gandhinagar.
HM Amit Shah addresses the gathering on the occassion.
Several fires in Kyiv Oblast after the Russian attacks overnight. An oil depot is on fire in Vasylkiv, 36 km south of Kyiv and another was hit in village of Kryachky, Ukraine's Kyiv Independent reported.
In the village of Kvitneve, a warehouse for frozen food products is on fire after Russian shelling, it stated.
Pramod Sawant submits his resignation as Goa chief minister, asked to continue as caretaker CM till the new government is formed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Holds Roadshow In Gandhinagar's Dahegam.
Punjab CM-Elect Bhagwant Mann meets Governor Banwarilal Purohit to stake claim to form govt.
Uttar Pradesh's Acting CM Yogi Adityanath to visit Delhi tomorrow. He will call on PM Narendra Modi and BJP president JP Nadda. Swearing-in ceremony of the new government is likely to take place after Holi, ANI reported sources as saying
15th round of Corps Commander level talks between India & China at Chushul, Eastern Ladakh lasted for around 13 hrs and concluded at 11 PM yesterday. Indian side pushed for resolution of remaining friction points in area to address military standoff that started in April-May 2020: Army Sources
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet against two ISIS terrorists Afshan Parvaiz Jarabi and Tawheed Latief Sofi in cases of the publication of 'Voice of Hind' magazine (which aims to incite & radicalize impressionable youth), the agency informed as reported by ANI.
Afshan Parvaiz is a key ISIS operative and he was also associated with Afghanistan-Pakistan based ISIS operatives and was actively involved recruitment for ISIS, it stated.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah flags off 'Dandi Cycle Yatra' on the occasion of 92nd anniversary of Dandi March in Ahmedabad
Pakistani JeM commander Kamaal Bhai, who was active since 2018, killed in Pulwama encounter, IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar informed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the building of Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) to the nation today. He will also deliver the first Convocation address of the RRU as the Chief Guest. At around 6:30 PM, Prime Minister will declare open the 11th Khel Mahakumbh and deliver an address on the occasion.
Moscow, Mar 11 (PTI | AP) Russian regulators said Friday that internet users will be blocked from accessing Instagram because it's being used to call for violence against Russian soldiers, in Moscow's latest move to tighten up access to foreign social platforms.
The communications and media regulator, Roskomnadzor, said in a statement that it's restricting national access to Instagram because the platform is spreading calls to commit violent acts against Russian citizens, including military personnel.
Facebook parent Meta Platforms, which also owns Instagram, didn't respond immediately to a request for comment.
Roskomnadzor specifically cited a Thursday tweet by Meta spokesman Andy Stone conveying a company statement saying it had made allowances for forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules on violent speech, such as death to the Russian invaders'.
Stone's statement followed a Reuters report that Meta was making a temporary change to its hate speech policy to allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion.
The statement stressed that the company still won't allow credible calls for violence against Russian civilians.
Russian has already blocked access to Facebook, limited access to Twitter and criminalised the intentional spreading of what Moscow deems to be fake reports, as part of President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on social media and news outlets like the BBC.
Big tech companies, meanwhile, have moved to restrict Russian state media from using their platforms to spread propaganda and misinformation, especially for European users.
Google has blocked European users from viewing YouTube channels operated by RT and Sputnik, which TikTok has disabled their European accounts. Meta has barred Russian state media from Instagram and Facebook. (AP)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the building of Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) to the nation today. He will also deliver the first Convocation address of the RRU as the Chief Guest.
At around 6:30 PM, Prime Minister will declare open the 11th Khel Mahakumbh and deliver an address on the occasion.
Meanwhile, Amidst the crisis between Russia and Ukraine worsening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Friday that Russia was employing "murderers" from Syria to fight in Ukraine, following Moscow's announcement that Syrian soldiers would be permitted to join its army.
“It’s a war with a very stubborn enemy… who has decided to hire mercenaries against our citizens. Murderers from Syria, a country where everything has been destroyed… like they are doing here to us,” Zelensky said in a video statement on Telegram.
On the other hand, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Friday that there had been some "positive shifts" in discussions between Russia and Ukraine.
During a televised meeting in Moscow, Putin informed his Belarus colleague Alexander Lukashenko that, "there are certain positive shifts, negotiators from our side reported to me."
He went on to say that talks are now taking place "nearly every day." Since Putin dispatched troops to Ukraine on February 24, Russian and Ukrainian diplomats have held multiple rounds of negotiations.
UKRAINE-RUSSIA CONFLICT: FULL COVERAGE
Some "high-threat pathogens" are housed in the public health laboratories of Ukraine, and the World Health Organization (WHO) had advised the country to destroy them to prevent "any potential spills" that could spread disease among the people, news agency Reuters said in an exclusive report, quoting the United Nations agency.
Meanwhile, amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the Embassy of India in Russia has issued guidelines for the Indian students studying in the country.
The Embassy said that it has been receiving messages from the Indian students in universities in Russia seeking advice on their continued stay in the country.
“The Embassy would like to reassure all students that at present we see no security reasons for them to leave,” the guidelines said.
“The Embassy is in regular contact with relevant authorities with respect to the safety and security of the Indian nationals, including students,” the guidelines added.
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