Section: Daily News & Analysis (India)
Water, power return to Syria’s Aleppo after three week cut: Monitor
Mains water and electricity have returned to large parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo following a three-week cut after rebels stopped water supplies to pressure the government, a group monitoring the war said on Saturday. Al Qaeda’s Nusra Front stopped supplies to government and insurgent-held areas of Aleppo by closing the city’s...
Russia’s Putin orders formation of new military reserve force
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a new reserve armed force as part of steps to improve training and military readiness at a time of international tensions with the West over Ukraine. The new reserve force has been discussed for several years and was first ordered by Putin in 2012 shortly after his re-election as...
A year after MH17, intelligence agencies slow to share threat data with pilots
A year after the downing of MH17, Europe’s intelligence agencies remain reluctant to share information that might help airlines detect threats from ground-based conflicts in future, the region’s aviation safety chief said on Friday. Malaysia Airlines flight 17, flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down over eastern Ukraine...
Ukraine points finger at Russia as families mark downing of MH17
Ukraine’s president accused Russia’s military on Friday of ordering the missile strike that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 one year ago, as relatives gathered from the Netherlands to Australia to remember the 298 passengers and crew. “MH17, where 298 victims were killed for no reason, was shot down by a Russian BUK...
Russia, US agree fishing ban in Arctic as sea ice melts
The United States, Russia and other Arctic nations signed an agreement on Thursday to bar their fishing fleets from fast-thawing seas around the North Pole, an agreement delayed more than a year by tensions over Ukraine. The accord, also signed in Oslo by the ambassadors of Canada, Norway and Denmark, is a response to global warming, which is...
Joe Biden lauds progress made since US-India civil nuclear agreement
Lauding the tremendous progress made since the U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement that was signed in 2005, Vice President Joe Biden stated that a lot depends on the bilateral relationship, not just for the two countries, but for the region and the world. Delivering the keynote address at an event organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry...
Ukraine’s first female military pilot can face 25 years in jail for involvement in killing of two journalists
Russian investigators on Monday said that a Ukrainian pilot controversially detained in Moscow faces up to 25 years in prison for her alleged involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists. Nadezhda Savchenko, Ukraine’s first female military pilot, has been accused of abetting the deaths of Russian journalists Igor Kornelyuk and...
New BRICS bank to look at local, international borrowing, says President Kamath
The New Development Bank being launched by the BRICS group of emerging economies plans to raise money both on local markets and internationally, its president said on Thursday. The bank, with an initial capital of $50 billion, is being introduced at an organisational summit the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa...
BRICS vow to coordinate actions to protect their economies
The BRICS emerging nations said on Thursday they were worried about the volatility of global financial markets and oil prices and agreed to coordinate efforts to keep their economies stable. Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa finally launched the group’s largest initiatives to date — a development bank and a...
Unilateral sanctions hurting global economy: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that “unilateral sanctions” are hurting the global economy, in a veiled attack on the West which has imposed sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis. He pitched for stronger and deeper cooperation among the member countries of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) at a time...
