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US announces $1.7 bn in aid to Ukraine to pay health care workers

Viktor Liashko, Ukraine's minister of health, said paying health workers' salaries is becoming more difficult each month due to the overwhelming burden of war".

India expresses concern over Ukraine crisis, reiterates path for dialogue

India once again expressed deep concern over the situation in Ukraine on Monday and called for a cessation of all hostilities while backing efforts to alleviate the sufferings of the people of Ukraine

India isn't anywhere near a middle income trap, says Nicholas Stern

'We would not have got a Paris agreement without the enthusiastic participation of India'

Ukrainian Prez Zelensky announces cabinet reshuffle for post-war planning

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced to re-shuffle his cabinet to cut down on corruption and secure global confidence subsequently for post-war planning

Russian rocket attack kills 15 people in Ukraine; 20 still trapped

Dozens of Ukrainian emergency workers laboured Sunday to pull people out of the rubble after a Russian rocket attack smashed into apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine: Rocket attack on apartment building in Chasiv Yar leaves 6 dead

Russian rockets hit the eastern Ukraine town of Chasiv Yar, destroying a five-story apartment building and killing at least six people, the region's governor said Sunday. Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region, said about three dozen people could be trapped in the rubble. Rescuers have made contact with two people who are under the wreckage, he said on the Telegram messaging app. Kyrylenko said the town of about 12,000 was hit by Uragan rockets, which are fired from truck-borne systems. Chasiv Yar is about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Kramatorsk, a city that is expected to be a major target of Russian forces as they grind westward. The Donetsk region is one of two provinces along with Luhansk that make up the Donbas region, where separatist rebels have fought Ukrainian forces since 2014. Last week, Russia captured the city of Lysychansk, the last major stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk. Russian forces are raising true hell in the Donbas, despite ...

Anxiety grows for Ukraine's grain farmers as harvest begins amid war

Russia's war has trapped about 22 million tons of grain inside Ukraine, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Russia and Ukraine are to blame for nursing home attack, says UN

Two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Russian forces assaulted a nursing home in Luhansk. Dozens of elderly and disabled patients were trapped inside without water or electricity

LIVE: 41 missing, rescue work on; Amarnath yatra to resume soon, says CRPF

Live news updates: Officials said 15,000 stranded Amarnath pilgrims were shifted to the lower base camp of Panjtarni and 25 injured people were rushed to hospitals

European railways to help Ukraine with grain export amid Russia's blockade

Due to the ongoing Russian blockade, about 30 chiefs of European railways plan to sign the "Ukrainian Declaration" in Vienna on Saturday help Kiev export grain

Ukraine cancels licensing of wheat, meslin exports: Food ministry

The Ukrainian government has cancelled the licensing of the exports of wheat and meslin -- a mixture of wheat and rye, the country's Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry said in a statement on Friday

G-20 diplomats struggle for unity on Ukraine, war's impact: Report

Consensus appeared to remain elusive amid deepe­ning East-West splits driven by China and Russia on one side and the US and Europe on the other

A major recession in developed countries is unlikely: AIIB chief economist

We will have inflation at an elevated level for some time, says AIIB chief economist Erik Berglof

India's forex reserves slip $5 bn in a week amid RBI interventions

Most emerging market currencies have faced pressure since the start of the war in Ukraine in late February as investors have rushed to safe-haven assets

Oil heads for weekly loss as growth fears trump supply tightness

Investors remain concerned that restrictive US monetary policy could herald a recession, and oil has been dragged lower alongside other commodities

US to send $400 million in military equipment to Ukraine amid Russian war

The aid comes as Moscow this week claimed full control of Luhansk province in the Donbas, but Ukrainian officials say their troops still control a small part of the province and fierce fight continues

Amarnath cloudburst LIVE: PM Modi takes stock of situation; rescue work on

Live news updates: The cloudburst hit the cave area at around 5.30 pm after heavy rains

Putin asks Ukraine to brace for worst, says Russia has barely started

With Russia's military action in Ukraine in its fifth month, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned Kyiv that it should quickly accept Moscow's terms or brace for the worst

Russian forces hit ammunition depots, Ukrainian troops in Donetsk: Kyiv

Russia's aerospace forces have destroyed temporary deployment points and ammunition depots near the city of Artemovsk in Donetsk, the country Defence Ministry said

Inflation pushed 71 million people into poverty since Ukraine war

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia's invasion of Ukraine